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# ActivateSalesforceInstance

This method is used by the Docusign eSignature for Salesforce package to connect Salesforce to Docusign. | Name | Schema Type | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | AccountId | String | The Docusign account ID to which you are trying to connect. | | ExternalInstanceId | String | The Salesforce session ID. | | ConnectUsername | String | The Salesforce login user name. | | ConnectPassword | String | The Saleforce login password | | SalesforceEnvironment | String | The Salesforce environment being accessed (i.e: Production or Test). | | Member | Member | A complex type that contains information about the member being activated. See the Member section for more information. |

## Sample Request XML

```
POST /api/3.0/accountmanagement.asmx HTTP/1.1
Host: docusign.net
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length
SOAPAction: "http://www.docusign.net/API/AccountManagement/ActivateSalesforceInstance"

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
   <soap: Body>
      <ActivateSalesforceInstance xmlns="http://www.docusign.net/API/AccountManagement">
         <AccountId>string</AccountId>
         <ExternalInstanceId>string</ExternalInstanceId>
         <ConnectUsername>string</ConnectUsername>
         <ConnectPassword>string</ConnectPassword>
         <SalesforceEnvironment>string</SalesforceEnvironment>
         <Member>
            <MemberEmailAddress>string</MemberEmailAddress>
            <MemberUserName>string</MemberUserName>
            <MemberPassword>string</MemberPassword>
            <MemberForgottenPasswordQuestion>string</MemberForgottenPasswordQuestion>
            <MemberForgottenPasswordAnswer>string</MemberForgottenPasswordAnswer>
            <MemberTitle>string</MemberTitle>
            <MemberFirstName>string</MemberFirstName>
            <MemberMiddleName>string</MemberMiddleName>
            <MemberLastName>string</MemberLastName>
            <MemberSuffix>string</MemberSuffix>
            <EnableConnectForUser>boolean</EnableConnectForUser>
            <MemberSettings>
               <CanManageAccount>boolean</CanManageAccount>
               <CanSendEnvelope>boolean</CanSendEnvelope>
               <CanSendAPIRequests>boolean</CanSendAPIRequests>
               <APIAccountWideAccess>boolean</APIAccountWideAccess>
               <EnableVaulting>boolean</EnableVaulting>
               <VaultingMode>bytes</VaultingMode>
               <EnableTransactionPoint>boolean</EnableTransactionPoint>
               <EnableSequentialSigningAPI>boolean</EnableSequentialSigningAPI>
               <EnableSequentialSigningUI>boolean</EnableSequentialSigningUI>
               <EnableDSPro>boolean</EnableDSPro>
               <PowerFormAdmin>boolean</PowerFormAdmin>
               <PowerFormUser>boolean</PowerFormUser>
               <CanEditSharedAddressBook>bytes</CanEditSharedAddressBook>
               <CanManageTemplates>bytes</CanManageTemplates>
               <EnableSignOnPaperOverride>boolean</EnableSignOnPaperOverride>
               <EnableSignerAttachments>boolean</EnableSignerAttachments>
            </MemberSettings>
            <ReturnEncryptedPassword>boolean</ReturnEncryptedPassword>
         </Member>
      </ActivateSalesforceInstance>
   </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>
```

The result contains the information below and returns either a success or failure. If the call fails an [error code](/docs/esign-rest-api/esign101/error-codes) is provided. | Name | Schema Type | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | AccountId | String | The Docusign account ID to which you are connected. | | SiteId | String | The Docusign account number. | | UserId | String | The User ID for the connected account. | | MembershipId | String | The membership ID for the connected account. | | EncryptedPassword | String | The Docusign encrypted password for the authenticated user. |

## Sample Response XML

```
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
   <soap: Body>
      <ActivateSalesforceInstanceResponse xmlns="http://www.docusign.net/API/AccountManagement">
         <ActivateSalesforceInstanceResult>
            <AccountId>string</AccountId>
            <SiteId>string</SiteId>
            <UserId>string</UserId>
            <MembershipId>string</MembershipId>
            <EncryptedPassword>string</EncryptedPassword>
            <Success>boolean</Success>
            <Error>
               <ErrorCode>Unspecified_Error or Invalid_Account_ID or Account_Requires_User_Name_And_Password_For_Activation or Account_Is_Already_Activated_For_Salesforce or Invalid_Distributor_For_Account or Invalid_User_ID or Invalid_Account or User_Is_Not_An_Account_Manager or Invalid_Login or Invalid_Member_User_Name or Invalid_Member_Email or Member_Email_Not_Allowed or Member_Email_And_User_Name_Awaiting_Activation or Member_Email_And_User_Name_Already_Exists_For_This_Account or Member_Password_Blank or Member_Forgotten_Password_Question_Blank or Member_Forgotten_Password_Answer_Blank or Invalid_Password_Format or Invalid_Member_Data or Member_Email_And_User_Name_Already_Exists or Not_Authorized or Invalid_Distributor_Selected or Invalid_PGP_For_Distributor or Invalid_Credit_Card_Type or CreditCard_Auth_Failed or Invalid_PGP or Invalid_Plan_Retired or Invalid_Successor_Plan or Invalid_Credit_Card or Credit_Card_Expiration or Invalid_AppToken or Distributor_Not_Enabled_For_AppToken or Plan_Group_Not_Enabled_For_Distributor or Invalid_Configuration_Number or Invalid_Salesforce_Credentials or Invalid_Salesforce_External_Instance_ID or Invalid_Docusign_Connect_Configuration_For_Account or Invalid_User or Invalid_Membership or Invalid_Account_Member or Invalid_Edit_User or Invalid_Edit_Membership or Invalid_CanEditSharedAddressBook_Value or Invalid_CanManageTemplates_Value or Invalid_Membership_ID or Invalid_Request or Partner_Authentication_Failed</ErrorCode>
               <Description>string</Description>
            </Error>
         </ActivateSalesforceInstanceResult>
      </ActivateSalesforceInstanceResponse>
   </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>
```