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description: Connection Finder lets you connect with businesses that use Salesforce so you can share data with them. From Salesforce to Salesforce Connection Finder in Setup, you can enable it.
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# Enable Connection Finder

Connection Finder lets you connect with businesses that use Salesforce so you can share data with them. From Salesforce to Salesforce Connection Finder in Setup, you can enable it.

### Required Editions

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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d68811e73 ">To enable Connection Finder and edit settings:</td>

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![Important](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-sales-sales_productivity-264-0-0-production-enus/b2f6c36a-fa61-4a3c-9752-032ce1818a69/images/icon_important.png)

Important Salesforce to Salesforce is scheduled for retirement as of Spring ’27. See [Salesforce to Salesforce Retirement](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=005103355&type=1&language=en_US).

1. From Setup, enter Connection Finder in the Quick Find box, then select **Salesforce to Salesforce Connection Finder**.
2. Click **Edit**.
3. Select Enabled.
4. Click **Save**. The connection finder settings are now available to configure. Additionally, the default email template and required related fields are created and available for use.
    
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    Note Disabling Connection Finder inactivates outstanding surveys and removes the Connection Finder button.
5. From Setup, enter Connection Finder in the Quick Find box, then select **Salesforce to Salesforce Connection Finder**.
6. Click **Edit**.
7. Select an email template. The default connection finder template is automatically selected. You can also create custom email templates for your survey. Custom email templates must contain the survey URL. `{!Contact.PartnerSurveyURL}` is available as a contact merge field when creating templates.
8. Optionally, select a logo using the lookup. You must first upload your logo to the Documents tab and mark it as Externally Available Image. Salesforce recommends adding a branded logo, as it appears at the top of the survey page. If no logo is selected, the logo portion of the survey page remains blank.
9. Add the Connection Finder button to the contacts list view by customizing the search layout. Add the button to the contact detail page by customizing the contacts page layout.
10. Add the Uses Salesforce field to the contacts page layout.
11. Add the Salesforce Customer field to the account page layout.

#### See Also

- [Connect with Your Business Partners using Salesforce to Salesforce](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sales.partner_survey_setup.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Using Connection Finder, you can find out which business partners use Salesforce. Then, you can invite them to connect with you to share data using Salesforce to Salesforce. From the Connections tab, you can manage your Salesforce to Salesforce connections and connection templates.")