--- schema_version: "1" id: d3d7ba128ae918786e949b78d12f00848d8940402b4a3252b039af87c95c8a32 title: Data Connector Input collection: legacydeveloper version: current locale: en-us portal_url: https://docs.salesforce.com/legacydeveloper/current/en-us/bi_dev_guide_rest/bi_requests_data_connector_input.md canonical_url: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.bi_dev_guide_rest.meta/bi_dev_guide_rest/bi_requests_data_connector_input.htm source_site: developer.salesforce.com content_type: documentation content_hash: 5170ad13c3443ebd1b5d571a6f9e085e09fb39faf8374c7cdc436827604c0bff description: An Analytics data connector. --- # Data Connector Input An Analytics data connector. Properties DataConnectorInput inherits properties from the abstract [BaseAssetInput](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.bi_dev_guide_rest.meta/bi_dev_guide_rest/bi_requests_base_asset_input.htm "The base Analytics asset input."). These base properties appear in DataConnectorInput alongside the properties defined explicitly in the following table.
Property Name Type Description Required or Optional Available Version
connection​Properties Data​Connector​Property​Input[] The list of connection properties for the Analytics connector. Required for POST and PATCH (can be an empty list) 39.0
connector​Type Connect​Wave​Data​Connector​Type​Enum For a full list of the data connector types, see the enum description. Required for POST; Not allowed to edit in PATCH 39.0
connector​Handler Connect​Wave​Data​Connector​Handler​Enum The type of Analytics connector. Valid values are:
  • Amazon​Athena
  • Amazon​Redshift​Output
  • Amazon​S3
  • Amazon​S3​Output
  • Amazon​S3​Private
  • Aws​Rds​Aurora​My​SQL
  • Aws​Rds​Aurora​Postgres
  • Aws​Rds​Maria​DB
  • Aws​Rds​My​SQL
  • Aws​Rds​Postgres
  • Aws​Rds​Postgres​Private
  • Aws​Rds​Sql​Server
  • Azure​Data​Lake​Gen2​Output
  • Azure​Sql​Database
  • Azure​Sql​Datawarehouse
  • Databricks (Beta)
  • Google​Analytics​4
  • Google​Big​Query
  • Google​Big​Query​Direct
  • Google​Big​Query​Standard​SQL
  • Google​Spanner
  • Heroku​Postgres
  • Hub​Spot
  • MarketoV2
  • Net​Suite
  • Oracle​Eloqua
  • Redshift
  • Redshift​Private
  • Salesforce​External
  • Salesforce​Marketing​Cloud​OAuth2
  • Sap​Hana​Cloud
  • Sfdc​Local
  • Snowflake​Computing
  • Snowflake​Direct
  • Snowflake​Output
  • Snowflake​Private
  • Snowflake​Private​Output
  • Tableau​Online
  • Tableau​Hyper​Output
  • Zendesk
. 		Required for POST; Not allowed to edit in PATCH 52.0
folder Asset​Reference​Input The folder for the live connector. Optional 49.0
target​Connector Asset​Reference​Input The target connector associated with the current source connector. Optional 50.0
#### See Also - [Data Connector Resource](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.bi_dev_guide_rest.meta/bi_dev_guide_rest/bi_resources_dataconnectors_connectorid.htm "Returns Analytics connector properties and updates or deletes Analytics connectors.") - [Data Connectors List Resource](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.bi_dev_guide_rest.meta/bi_dev_guide_rest/bi_resources_dataconnectors_connectorid.htm "Returns Analytics connector properties and updates or deletes Analytics connectors.")