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Understanding PowerExchange for Salesforce Overview

PowerExchange for Salesforce integrates PowerCenter with Salesforce to extract data from Salesforce sources and write data to Salesforce targets. Salesforce sources and targets represent objects in the Salesforce object model. Salesforce objects are tables that correspond to tabs and other user interface elements on the Salesforce web site. For example, the Account object contains the information that appears in fields on the Salesforce Account tab. You can view, create, update, and delete data in Salesforce objects. PowerExchange for Salesforce uses the Salesforce security model to enforce data access controls. Your ability to access data depends on the Salesforce organization, or org, that is associated with the user login you use when you connect to Salesforce. It also depends on the user privileges and the field and row level permissions associated with the login. You specify the Salesforce login user and password in an application connection object that you create in the Workflow Manager or when you import a Salesforce object in the Designer. PowerExchange for Salesforce uses the Salesforce API to apply existing access policies, and it does not impose additional data access restrictions. PowerExchange for Salesforce provides the following benefits: Data integration and migration. Integrate data from diverse data sources, including other applications, with Salesforce data. Also, use PowerCenter to migrate data from various data sources to Salesforce. Data analysis. Use the built-in data quality capability of PowerCenter to analyze and evaluate Salesforce data. Access to Salesforce functionality through PowerCenter. Gain full access to Salesforce objects as sources and targets in PowerCenter.

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