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You need to login using Salesforce credentials or a session id to use FuseIT SFDC Explorer.

New Connection

Use this tab if you want to connect with username and password credentials. Consider using the OAuth Login if you don't want to expose your credentials to the app.

  1. Username
    Salesforce username as used to sign into the Web UI 
  2. Password
    Salesforce password as used to sign into the Web UI
  3. Security Token
    An additional token generated by Salesforce for use with API access. Salesforce emails the security token to new users. Changes to the password will change the security token. 
    See Resetting Your Security Token(if you need to reset it be aware that other applications using the API may be affected)
    It will be required unless your current IP address is listed as trusted under Network Access (Salesforce → Setup → Administer → Security Controls → Network Access).
  4. Client Id
    This is the client identifier that appears in the call options header. It is only required if working on a certified app that requires API access to professional and group edition orgs.
  5. Environment
    Typically either Production for a standard org or Sandbox for an environment where you usually login with test.salesforce.com

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  1. Session Id
    The Salesforce session id. Appears in the sid cookie and via UserInfo.getSessionId() . Often interchangeable with the OAuth 2.0 access_token. 

    00D300000001234!AQ0AQCrxOXc5NvSXnwabcdefghijklmnopqrsTuVwXyZKQhA8EVgxCdwA_HjDtJGH3tMIge3whdIP9lOL3YRrWWl65XG3IhG

    Use the "Apex for SessionId" button to get anonymous apex that you can run in the developer console to extract the current session id.


  2. Server URL
    The Salesforce instance that the session id belongs to. It can be derived from the Session Id if the org hasn't been migrated from one instance to another.

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  1. Consumer Key
    Consumer key for the connected app of the org we are connecting to
  2. Username
    Username to login with. It must belong to a pre-authorized profile for the connected app
  3. Certificate
    The subject of the certificate that was used to sign the connected app. This 
  4. Endpoint URL
    The endpoint of the org we are connecting to. Of the form Should end with “.../services/oauth2/token”
  5. Environment
    Typically Choose 'Production / Other' for a standard org orgs or 'Sandbox for an environment where you ' for orgs that login with test.salesforce.com

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