# Connection

Enter the connection information in the following transformation step options.

| Option                        | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| ----------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Salesforce Webservice URL** | <p>Specify the URL to the Salesforce Webservice.</p><p>The URL specified is dependent on the Salesforce API version used by PDI:</p><p>See <strong>Data Sources</strong> in the <strong>Components Reference</strong> in <strong>Install Pentaho Data Integration and Analytics</strong> for specific certified and supported Salesforce API versions.</p> |
| **Username**                  | Specify the username for authenticating to Salesforce (`myname@hitachivantara.com` for example).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| **Password**                  | Specify the password for authenticating to Salesforce. Enter your password followed by your security token. For example, if your password is PASSWORD and your security token is TOKEN, you would enter `PASSWORDTOKEN` in this field.                                                                                                                     |
| **Test connection**           | Click to verify the connection can be made to the Salesforce Webservice URL you specified.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |


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