# SalesforceCustomKnowledgeArticleTypeConfiguration
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Provides the configuration information for indexing Salesforce custom articles.

## Contents
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 ** DocumentDataFieldName **   <a name="kendra-Type-SalesforceCustomKnowledgeArticleTypeConfiguration-DocumentDataFieldName"></a>
The name of the field in the custom knowledge article that contains the document data to index.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 100.  
Pattern: `^[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9_.]*$`   
Required: Yes

 ** Name **   <a name="kendra-Type-SalesforceCustomKnowledgeArticleTypeConfiguration-Name"></a>
The name of the configuration.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 100.  
Pattern: `^[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9_]*$`   
Required: Yes

 ** DocumentTitleFieldName **   <a name="kendra-Type-SalesforceCustomKnowledgeArticleTypeConfiguration-DocumentTitleFieldName"></a>
The name of the field in the custom knowledge article that contains the document title.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 100.  
Pattern: `^[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9_.]*$`   
Required: No

 ** FieldMappings **   <a name="kendra-Type-SalesforceCustomKnowledgeArticleTypeConfiguration-FieldMappings"></a>
Maps attributes or field names of the custom knowledge article to Amazon Kendra index field names. To create custom fields, use the `UpdateIndex` API before you map to Salesforce fields. For more information, see [Mapping data source fields](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/kendra/latest/dg/field-mapping.html). The Salesforce data source field names must exist in your Salesforce custom metadata.  
Type: Array of [DataSourceToIndexFieldMapping](API_DataSourceToIndexFieldMapping.md) objects  
Array Members: Minimum number of 1 item. Maximum number of 100 items.  
Required: No

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/kendra-2019-02-03/SalesforceCustomKnowledgeArticleTypeConfiguration) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/kendra-2019-02-03/SalesforceCustomKnowledgeArticleTypeConfiguration) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/kendra-2019-02-03/SalesforceCustomKnowledgeArticleTypeConfiguration)