Hi there, I'm struggling with the

tap.properties.json

file...: where should it be stored to be correctly picked-up by

meltano

? I have it stored under

.meltano/extractors/tap_salesforce_soap/tap.properties.json

but it does not seem to work. When running

meltano elt tap_salesforce_soap target-csv

, it runs for 2 seconds, I get

meltano             | Running extract & load...
meltano             | No state was found, complete import.
tap-salesforce-soap | INFO Attempting login via SOAP <https://test.salesforce.com/services/Soap/u/41.0>
target-csv          | INFO Sending version information to <http://singer.io|singer.io>. To disable sending anonymous usage data, set the config parameter "disable_collection" to true
tap-salesforce-soap | INFO SOAP login successful
meltano             | Extract & load complete!
meltano             | Transformation skipped.

but nothing happens (no data being extracted). However, when I output my config to

config.json

(

meltano config tap_salesforce_soap > config.json

) and then I run

.meltano/extractors/tap_salesforce_soap/venv/bin/tap_salesforce_soap --config config.json --properties .meltano/extractors/tap_salesforce_soap/tap.properties.json

, it runs perfectly, and I see data being extracted. What am I missing here? thanks a mil

@benjamin_maquet Did you see https://meltano.com/docs/integration.html#extractor-catalog-generation? Modifying

.meltano/extractors/tap_salesforce_soap/tap.properties.json

directly doesn't work, you can either provide your own catalog file using

catalog: <path>

in

meltano.yml

or

--catalog=<path>

on

meltano elt

, or use Meltano's own catalog discovery and generation capabilities.

thanks, didnt see this catalog option! will look at it

Also see the "What if I already have a catalog file" section in https://meltano.com/docs/getting-started.html#select-entities-and-attributes-to-extract 🙂

perfect! amazing!