How to Find Your Salesforce Sandbox URL
To find your Salesforce sandbox URL, you can log in to your sandbox at https://test.salesforce.com by appending .sandbox_name to your Salesforce usernames, and if you’re unsure about your sandbox name, you can find it in your sandbox environment custom settings after refreshing your sandbox from production. The default Salesforce login URL for sandboxes is https://test.salesforce.com, whereas production and Developer Edition orgs use https://login.salesforce.com.
Understanding Salesforce Sandbox URLs
Understanding how to navigate and manage your Salesforce sandbox is crucial for development, testing, and training without affecting your production environment.
Finding Your Salesforce Sandbox Name
To locate your sandbox name, you can refer to the SandBoxPostCopyExecution apex class while refreshing your sandbox from production, which will provide the sandbox name in your sandbox environment custom settings after the refresh.
FAQs
1. What is the Default Salesforce Login URL for Sandboxes?
The default Salesforce login URL for sandboxes is https://test.salesforce.com, and for production and Developer Edition orgs, it is https://login.salesforce.com.
2. How Do I Connect to My Salesforce Sandbox?
To connect to your Salesforce sandbox, contact Act-On Support to enable the connection, then log into Act-On, go to Settings > Connectors > CRM > Salesforce, and enter your Salesforce sandbox username, password, and security token.
3. How Do I Know if My Salesforce is a Sandbox?
You can identify if your Salesforce is a sandbox by looking at the URL; if you log in at test.salesforce.com, it’s a sandbox, and it will direct you to csX.salesforce.com (where X is replaced with a number), whereas production logs in at login.salesforce.com and directs to naX.salesforce.com.
4. What is a Sandbox ID in Salesforce?
The org ID of your sandbox changes each time it’s refreshed, and Salesforce inserts the new value where the org ID is used, including text values and metadata.
5. How Do I Find the ID of My Salesforce Org?
To find the ID of the org you’re logged into, go to Setup, enter Company Information in the Quick Find box, and select Company Information.
6. How Do I Determine if My Salesforce is a Sandbox or Production Environment?
You can determine if your current environment is a sandbox or production by querying the IsSandbox field from the Organization object using [select IsSandbox from Organization limit 1].
7. What is the SOAP URL for Salesforce Sandbox?
For Salesforce sandbox, use https://test.salesforce.com/services/soap/u/18.0 for login calls, which will return a new serverURL for subsequent calls.
8. Why Can’t I Log into My Salesforce Sandbox?
If your web browser has saved login information from before the last sandbox refresh, clear the browser’s cache, cookies, and saved passwords, then restart the browser.
9. Where is the Org ID in Salesforce Sandbox?
Find the org ID by clicking the gear icon, selecting Setup, typing “company” in the Quick Find search box, selecting Company Information, and looking under Organization Detail.
10. What is a Sandbox ID?
A sandbox ID is a partitioning unit of data for a title, product, or service config, allowing multiple titles to share service config data.
11. How Do I Query a Sandbox Name in Salesforce?
Use the SandBoxPostCopyExecution apex class while refreshing your sandbox from production to find the sandbox name in your sandbox environment custom settings.
12. What is the URL of the Salesforce User ID?
The URL format is https://login.salesforce.com/id/orgID/userID, where orgID is the Salesforce org ID, and userID is the Salesforce user ID, replacing login.salesforce.com with test.salesforce.com for a sandbox.
13. How Do I Copy a URL in Salesforce?
To copy a file URL in Salesforce, go to the Content Builder library, click the actions dropdown for a file, select Copy Published URL, and paste it where needed.
14. What is the Profile ID in the URL of Salesforce?
The Profile ID can be found in the URL after “%2F” when viewing a profile, for example, 00e5Y0000031ca1.
15. How Do I Authenticate to My Salesforce Sandbox?
To authenticate, click the Setting button, open the Configuration page, select Manage Authentication in the Salesforce section, ensure pop-ups are enabled, and fill in your username and password in the SFDC pop-up.