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### Extracting Metadata from Salesforce

To extract metadata from Salesforce object, right click an edge and select New metadata → Extract from salesforce from context menu.

A wizard for metadata extraction from Salesforce opens.

In the first step of wizard, select an existing Salesforce connection or create a new one.

Figure 32.29. Extract metadata from Salesforce - specify connection

In the second step of wizard, enter a SOQL query. You can use Workbench, https://workbench.developerforce.com/, to create a SOQL query and then paste the query to this metadata extraction wizard.

Figure 32.30. Extract metadata from Salesforce - enter SOQL query

In the last step of wizard, check the created metadata. In this step, you can do some customization, e.g. you can rename the record.

Figure 32.31. Extract metadata from Salesforce - edit created metadata

##### See also

Salesforce connection
SalesforceBulkReader
SalesforceReader
SalesforceBulkWriter

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