Data Connector Resource

Returns Analytics connector properties and updates or deletes Analytics connectors.

Resource URL

/wave/dataConnectors/<connectorIdOrApiName>

Formats

JSON

Available Version

39.0

Available in Postman

To view and test a working example of this resource, see getDataConnector in Postman. For information about how to authenticate your org with Postman, see the CRM Analytics Rest API Quick Start.

HTTP Methods

DELETE GET PATCH

Request parameters for GET

Parameter Name Type Description Required or Optional Available Version
user​Id String Retrieve the data connector with a user ID. Optional 55.0

Response body for GET and PATCH

Data Connector

Request body for PATCH

Data Connector Input

The following JSON shows how to edit an existing Analytics connector. The name and connectorType can’t be changed after the Analytics connector is created, only the label, description, and connectionProperties.

{
    "label": "My Salesforce External Connector",
    "description" : "Updated connection to another Salesforce org.",
    "connectionProperties" : [ 
        {
          "name" : "Password",
          "value" : "*******"
        }, {
          "name" : "Service_URL",
          "value" : "https://MyDomainName.my.salesforce.com
/services/Soap/u/41.0"
        }, {
          "name" : "Username",
          "value" : "user@yourSalesforceOrg.org"
      }
    ]
}

Schedule a Connection

To schedule a connection, use the Schedule Resource API. For examples of how to schedule dataflows, recipes, and data syncs, see Schedule Dataflows, Recipes, and Data Syncs