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.
- Username
Salesforce username as used to sign into the Web UI - Password
Salesforce password as used to sign into the Web UI - Security Token
An additional token generated by Salesforce for use with API access.
See Resetting Your Security Token
It will be required unless your current IP address is listed under Trusted Networks. - 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. - Environment
Typically either Production for a standard org or Sandbox for an environment where you usually login with test.salesforce.com
Use the "Create New Connection String" button to save the current details in the .config file. These can then be quickly accessed via the Load Saved Connection String tab or the Connection dropdown in the menus.
Load Saved Connection String
Connect using login credentials stored in the connection strings in the FuseIT.SFDC.Explorer.config file.
WIL Emulation
Use this tab if you have an existing Salesforce session, such as a tab in a web browser, and want to connect to the same session.
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.
- 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.
OAuth Login
Connect to Salesforce via OAuth. Your username and password are never shared directly with the app. You can save the refresh token as a connection string.