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Select the Default Connection Setup radio button to use a preconfigured connection string.

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Setting

Description

Default Connection Setup

Select this option to configure a default connection.

Advanced Connection Setup

Select this option to configure the data source connection using a connection string. For further information, see the section below, Advanced Connection Setup.

Database Type

Select any of the available database types. You may need to perform some preparations before attempting to connect to the database for the first time. For information about required preparations, see the section below, Database Types.

Database Name

Enter a name that identifies the database instance. For example, when you configure the profile for an Oracle database, this field should contain the SID.

Database Host

Enter the hostname or IP address of the host on which the database is running. Type it exactly as when accessing it from any other application within the network.

Port Number

Enter the database network port.

Username

Enter the database user name.

Password

Enter the database password.

Enable TLS Truststore

Enable TLS/SSL for connection to an SAP HANA Database. This option will be enabled by default. This option applies only to SAP HANA and will only be visible when SAP HANA is selected as the Database Type. For information about advanced connection for SAP HANA with TLS/SSL enabled, you can refer to SAP HANA DB.

Note

Note!

If the TLS truststore is configured for SAP HANA default connection setup, the following SAP HANA JDBC connection string properties will be added as well:

  • encrypt=true

  • hostNameInCertificate=*

For information about SAP HANA  connection string properties, you can refer to the SAP HANA documentation at the SAP Help Portal.

TLS Truststore

Enter the path and filename to the TLS/SSL trust store file that contains the SAP HANA hosting server's certificate. This option applies only for SAP HANA and will only be visible when SAP HANA is selected as the Database Type

TLS Truststore Password

Enter the password for the TLS/SSL trust store file. This option applies only to SAP HANA and will only be visible when SAP HANA is selected as the Database Type

Try Connection

Click to try the connection to the database, using the configured values.

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The Advanced Connection Setup enables you to specify a customized connection string. It can be used for Oracle RAC and Snowflake connections, or when you need to add additional properties to a connection. For more information, see the relevant subsections.

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Setting

Description

Default Connection Setup

Select to configure a default connection. For further information, see the section above, Default Connection Setup.

Advanced Connection Setup

Select to configure the data source connection using a connection string.

Database Type

Select any of the available database types. You may need to perform some preparations before attempting to connect to the database for the first time. For information about required preparations, see the section below, Database Types.

Connection String

Enter a connection string containing information about the database and the means of connecting to it.

Notification Service

This field is used when the selected Database Type is Oracle. For more information, see Oracle.

Username

Enter the database user name.

Password

Enter the database password.

Try Connection

Click to try the connection to the database, using the configured values.

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The Properties tab allows you to configure additional properties for certain database types.

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The Database profile configuration - Properties tabCurrently, the following properties can be configured:

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