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# Page Data Connections Overview

Page data connections make it easy for site administrators and designers to create a detail page for a single record when working with Salesforce objects.

### Required Editions

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          <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: Salesforce Classic</td>

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            <p>Available for purchase in: <strong>Enterprise</strong>, <strong>Performance</strong>, and
              <strong>Unlimited</strong> Editions
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            <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Available (with limitations) in:
              <strong>Developer</strong> Edition
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When combined with repeater elements, custom code, or content blocks, page data connections let you connect to standard and custom objects, retrieve a specific record, and dynamically display the record on a site page.

![Example](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-platform-extend_click-264-0-0-production-enus/5f7d9219-b7b1-4552-8891-f1aba9b289fc/images/icon_example.png)

Example

For example, let's say you want to list all of your company's accounts on a site page called Accounts. When a user clicks a **View Details** link, you want to open a site page called Account Detail to display information for the selected account.

In this case, you could add a data repeater to the Accounts site page to retrieve a list of records from the Account object (1). Using a data element, you could create a **View Details** link (2) that, when clicked, uses a URL query string to pass the Account ID field as a unique identifier to the Account Detail page. As the Account Details page loads, the page data connection uses the unique identifier value to dynamically return only that record's details (3).

![List page numbered 1-2, and details page numbered 3](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-platform-extend_click-264-0-0-production-enus/5f7d9219-b7b1-4552-8891-f1aba9b289fc/extend_click/images/siteforce_data_connection.png)

With page data connections, you can use expressions to access the returned data anywhere on the page, including the page's properties. For example, let's say you want to use the account name as the title of the Account Detail page. In this case, you would simply enter {!Name} in the Title field on the Properties pane. When the page loads, it retrieves the account name for that particular record and displays it in the browser's title bar.

#### See Also

- [Retrieving Data with Page Data Connections](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.siteforce_data_page_connection.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Use a page data connection to create a detail page for a single record when working with Salesforce objects.")
- [Site.com Data Services Overview](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.siteforce_data_overview.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Site.com data services combine many features that let you connect to standard and custom Salesforce objects. Retrieve data from your organization's objects and dynamically display it on your site pages, or alternatively, gather and submit data from your customers. And when you update data in your Salesforce object, the changes are reflected automatically on the live site—no site updates required!")