---
title: Salesforce Journey Builder Connector Setup Guide
description: This article describes how to set up the Salesforce Journey Builder connector in your Customer Data Hub account.
url: https://docs.tealium.com/server-side-connectors/salesforce-journey-builder-connector/
---
## Connector Actions

| Action Name | AudienceStream | EventStream |
| --- | :---: | :---: |
|Send Event to Initiate Journey| ✓| ✗|

## Configure Settings

Go to the Connector Marketplace and add a new connector. Read the [Connector Overview](https://docs.tealium.com/about-connectors/) article for general instructions on how to add a connector.

After adding the connector, configure the following settings:

* **Client ID**
  * (Required) Provide your app client ID.
  * For additional information, see: [Get OAuth Client Credentials](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.mc-getting-started.meta/mc-getting-started/get-api-key.htm)

* **Client Secret**
  * (Required) Provide your app client secret.

* **Account ID**
  * (Required) Provide the account identifier (MID) of the target business unit.

* **Tenant-specific subdomain**
  * (Required) Provide the tenant-specific subdomain for your application.

## Action Settings - Parameters and Options

Click **Next** or go to the **Actions** tab. This is where you configure the connector actions.

This section describes how to set up parameters and options for each action.

### Action - Send Event to Initiate Journey

#### Parameters

|**Parameter**| **Description**|
|---| ---|
|Event Entry Definition|  <ul><li>(Required) Select an event entry definition or enter it manually.</li><li>The drop-down list is listed from newest to oldest and shows a maximum of 2000 entries.</li><li>For more information, see [Salesforce: POST /interaction/v1/events](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/marketing/marketing-cloud/references/mc_rest_interaction/postEvent.html).</li></ul> |
|Contact Key|  <ul><li>(Required) Provide contact key.</li></ul> |
|Event Data|  <ul><li>Required if defined in a custom event or specified by the event.</li><li>Map values to contact event attributes.</li><li>For more information, see [Salesforce: POST /interaction/v1/events](hhttps://developer.salesforce.com/docs/marketing/marketing-cloud/references/mc_rest_interaction/postEvent.html).</li></ul> |

## Vendor Documentation

* [Salesforce: Get OAuth Client Credentials](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.mc-getting-started.meta/mc-getting-started/get-api-key.htm)
* [Salesforce: POST /interaction/v1/events](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/marketing/marketing-cloud/references/mc_rest_interaction/postEvent.html)
* [Salesforce: Entry Events and Data Definitions](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/marketing/marketing-cloud/guide/event-definition-key.html#:~:text=Event%20definitions%20define%20the%20name,the%20journey%20to%20be%20published.)