--- schema_version: "1" id: d4a14729818ea388bcd0e7126e8dbaa34655fa8b656d3e6412552132abc89118 title: SendDefinition collection: developer version: current locale: en-us portal_url: https://docs.salesforce.com/developer/current/en-us/marketing-cloud/guides/mc-apis/senddefinition.md canonical_url: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/marketing/marketing-cloud/guide/senddefinition.html source_site: developer.salesforce.com content_type: documentation content_hash: 8b77d9a9d1d17272aa4122eb4d0b1fbf72cca40d719f91c61cebf51e2039d7cf products: - Marketing Cloud Engagement APIs and Programmatic Languages - Marketing Cloud --- # SendDefinition The SendDefinition object is the base class representing the settings for a send. ## Properties | Name | Data Type | Description | | ------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | `CategoryID` | Int | Specifies the identifier of the folder. | | `Client` | [ClientID](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/marketing/marketing-cloud/guide/clientid.md) | Specifies the account ownership and context of an object. | | `CorrelationID` | String | Identifies correlation of objects across several requests. | | `CreatedDate` | DateTime | The date and time when the object was created. | | `CustomerKey` | String | User-supplied unique identifier for an object within an object type. This property corresponds to the external key assigned to an object. | | `DeliveryProfile` | [DeliveryProfile](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/marketing/marketing-cloud/guide/deliveryprofile.md) | Identifies the delivery profile included in a send classification. | | `Description` | String | Describes and provides information regarding the object. | | `DomainType` | [DeliveryProfileDomainTypeEnum](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/marketing/marketing-cloud/guide/deliveryprofiledomaintypeenum.md) | Defines the type of domain associated with a delivery profile or send definition. Valid values include DefaultDomain or CustomDomain. | | `FooterContentArea` | [ContentArea](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/marketing/marketing-cloud/guide/apicontentarea.md) | Defines footer content area to use as part of a delivery profile or send definition. | | `FooterSalutationSource` | [SalutationSourceEnum](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/marketing/marketing-cloud/guide/salutationsourceenum.md) | Defines source of a footer salutation to use as part of a delivery profile or send definition. Valid values include: | | `FromAddress` | String | Indicates From address associated with a object. Deprecated for email send definitions and triggered send definitions. | | `FromName` | String | Specifies the default email message From Name. Deprecated for email send definitions and triggered send definitions. | | `HeaderContentArea` | [ContentArea](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/marketing/marketing-cloud/guide/apicontentarea.md) | Defines content area to be used in the header of a delivery profile or a send definition. | | `HeaderSalutationSource` | [SalutationSourceEnum](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/marketing/marketing-cloud/guide/salutationsourceenum.md) | Defines source of header salutation for a delivery profile or send definition. Valid values include: | | `ID` | Int | Read-only identifier for an object. Some objects use the ObjectID property as a unique ID. | | `InteractionObjectID` | String | Returns associated ID for activities within the asynchronous process of the overall conversation or program. | | `IsSendLogging` | Boolean | Indicates whether send logging is enabled for the specified send definition. | | `Keyword` | String | Not used. | | `ModifiedDate` | DateTime | The date and time when the object was last modified. | | `Name` | String | Name of the object or property. | | `ObjectID` | String | System-controlled, read-only text string identifier for object. | | `ObjectState` | String | Not used. | | `Owner` | [Owner](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/marketing/marketing-cloud/guide/owner.md) | Describes account ownership of subscriber in an on-your-behalf account. | | `PartnerKey` | String | Unique identifier provided by partner for an object. This property is accessible only via API. | | `PartnerProperties` | Array of [APIProperty](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/marketing/marketing-cloud/guide/apiproperty.md) objects | A collection of metadata supplied by the client and stored by the system. These properties are accessible only via API. | | `PrivateDomain` | [PrivateDomain](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/marketing/marketing-cloud/guide/privatedomain.md) | Defines private domain to use as part of a delivery profile or send definition. | | `PrivateIP` | [PrivateIP](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/marketing/marketing-cloud/guide/privateip.md) | Contains information about the private IP address associated with a delivery profile. | | `SendClassification` | [SendClassification](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/marketing/marketing-cloud/guide/sendclassification.md) | Indicates the send classification to use as part of a send definition. | | `SenderProfile` | [SenderProfile](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/marketing/marketing-cloud/guide/senderprofile.md) | Identifies the sender profile included in the send classification. | | `SourceAddressType` | [DeliveryProfileSourceAddressTypeEnum](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/marketing/marketing-cloud/guide/deliveryprofilesourceaddresstypeenum.md) | Indicates the source IP address type used with the delivery profile. Valid values include DefaultPrivateIPAddress and CustomPrivateIPAddress. | | `SuppressTracking` | Boolean | Indicates whether the send definition suppresses tracking results for associated sends. | ## Description Valid values for the HeaderSalutationSource and FooterSalutationSource properties includes the following: ## Related Items - [TriggeredSendDefinition Object](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/marketing/marketing-cloud/guide/triggeredsenddefinition.md) - [EmailSendDefinition Object](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/marketing/marketing-cloud/guide/emailsenddefinition.md)