Connecting to Salesforce Marketing Cloud Account Engagement

Establishing a Connection shows how to authenticate to Salesforce Marketing Cloud Account Engagement and configure any necessary connection properties. You can also configure provider capabilities through the available Connection properties, from data modeling to firewall traversal. The Advanced Settings section shows how to set up more advanced configurations and troubleshoot connection errors.

Connecting from Visual Studio

The CData ADO.NET Provider for Salesforce Marketing Cloud Account Engagement provides a seamless integration with Microsoft Visual Studio. The provider is registered as an ADO.NET provider with Visual Studio, allowing for integration with visual designer tools, Server Explorer, and ADO.NET data source configuration wizards.

Visual Studio Version Support

The CData ADO.NET Provider for Salesforce Marketing Cloud Account Engagement supports Visual Studio versions 2012 and above.

.NET Version Support

The CData ADO.NET Provider for Salesforce Marketing Cloud Account Engagement supports .NET Framework 4.0 and above as well as .NET Standard 2.0.

Salesforce Marketing Cloud Account Engagement Version Support

The provider leverages the Salesforce Marketing Cloud Account Engagement API to enable bidirectional access to Salesforce Marketing Cloud Account Engagement. Supports Marketing Cloud Account Engagement API v3, v4, and v5.

See Also

See the following for information about creating connections, building models, and creating real-time reports:

• See Using ADO.NET to create ADO.NET connection objects from code.
• See Using Entity Framework to build an EF model based on the Salesforce Marketing Cloud Account Engagement connection.
• See Using SSRS to connect to Salesforce Marketing Cloud Account Engagement and create real-time reports.
• See Using DbProviderFactory to connect to Salesforce Marketing Cloud Account Engagement from generic ADO.NET code.