Salesforce Extraction Prerequisites

The Birst Salesforce.com extraction process uses the Force.com Web Services API to load data from a Salesforce.com account to Birst. In order to connect to your Salesforce.com account, Birst requires permission to use this API on your account. The following instructions describe how to add the Birst IP addresses to the list of IP addresses that are allowed to access your Salesforce.com account. If you do not have administration privileges, ask your Salesforce.com administrator to follow the instructions below.

You need to follow these instructions if your Salesforce.com security is IP-based. If the security is token-based, these steps are not necessary.

Refer to the Support Portal for the latest set of Birst IP address ranges.

To add the IP range of the Birst site to the list of IP addresses that are allowed to access your Salesforce.com account

1. Log in to your Salesforce.com account and click Setup (in the upper right).
2. Expand Security Controls in the Administration Setup area on the left hand side and click Network Access.
3. Click New to add a new address to the list of allowed IP addresses.
4. Enter 70.42.130.0 in the Start IP Address field and 70.42.130.255 in the End IP Address field, then click Save.
5. Verify that the Birst IP address range appears in the list of allowed IP addresses.

Next Steps

Extracting Data from Salesforce