# Salesforce connection options
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The following connection options are supported for the Salesforce connector:
+ `ENTITY_NAME`(String) - (Required) Used for Read/Write. The name of your Object in Salesforce.
+ `API_VERSION`(String) - (Required) Used for Read/Write. Salesforce Rest API version you want to use.
+ `SELECTED_FIELDS`(List<String>) - Default: empty(SELECT \$1). Used for Read. Columns you want to select for the object.
+ `FILTER_PREDICATE`(String) - Default: empty. Used for Read. It should be in the Spark SQL format.

  When providing a filter predicate, only the `AND` operator is supported. Other operators such as `OR` and `IN` are not currently supported.
+ `QUERY`(String) - Default: empty. Used for Read. Full Spark SQL query.
+ `PARTITION_FIELD`(String) - Used for Read. Field to be used to partition query.
+ `LOWER_BOUND`(String)- Used for Read. An inclusive lower bound value of the chosen partition field.
+ `UPPER_BOUND`(String) - Used for Read. An exclusive upper bound value of the chosen partition field. 
+ `NUM_PARTITIONS`(Integer) - Default: 1. Used for Read. Number of partitions for read.
+ `IMPORT_DELETED_RECORDS`(String) - Default: FALSE. Used for read. To get the delete records while querying.
+ `WRITE_OPERATION`(String) - Default: INSERT. Used for write. Value should be INSERT, UPDATE, UPSERT, DELETE.
+ `ID_FIELD_NAMES`(String) - Default : null. Required for UPDATE and UPSERT.