# Salesforce

Using Orbit Connect, you can easily bring in Salesforce data to combine and supplement data from your other external systems. Once imported, you can map this data to a User Defined Table or, if you use the Apteco Customer Data Platform (CDP), to a Customer Data Table, where you can also apply ID resolution and validation rules.

## Pre-requisites

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> Before creating a Salesforce data source, your system administrator must set up and configure your Salesforce data for access by Orbit Connect. For more information, see the following [Salesforce technical documentation](<https://help.apteco.com/en/admin/integration/salesforce/data-source/index.md>).

You’ll need three pieces of information from your Salesforce environment:

- Your Domain URL
- Your Consumer Key
- Your Consumer Secret

Without these items, you cannot proceed with setting up this data source type.

## Creating a Salesforce data source

To create a Salesforce data source:

1. Click **\+ New Data Source**.
2. Next to the Salesforce data source type, click **Connect**.
3. Enter a **Data Source Name** and click **Create**.
4. From the Credential drop-down menu, click **\+ New Credential**.
5. Enter the following details:

   - Credential Name
   - Domain URL
   - Consumer Key
   - Client Secret
6. The Tables drop-down list is now populated, search for and choose the **Table** that you want to import.
7. A preview of the data is displayed. You can use the **Import** button to send this data into the staging database.
8. Repeat this process for each table that you wish to import from Salesforce.

You've now successfully created a Salesforce data source.