Miscellaneous
This section provides a complete list of the Miscellaneous properties you can configure in the connection settings for this provider.
| Property | Description |
| BackwardsCompatibilityMode | Set BackwardsCompatibilityMode to true to use the JSON functionality and features available in the 2017 version. |
| Charset | Specifies the session character set for encoding and decoding character data transferred to and from the JSON file. The default value is UTF-8. |
| Culture | This setting can be used to specify culture settings that determine how the provider interprets certain data types that are passed into the provider. For example, setting Culture='de-DE' will output German formats even on an American machine. |
| CustomHeaders | Other headers as determined by the user (optional). |
| CustomUrlParams | The custom query string to be included in the request. |
| DirectQueryLimit | Limits the number of rows when using the DirectQuery mode. This helps avoid performance issues at design time. |
| EnableForeignKeyDetection | Whether to detect the foreign keys in ODBC. |
| ExcludeFiles | Comma-separated list of file extensions to exclude from the set of the files modeled as tables. |
| FlattenRowLimit | The maximum number of rows that can result from a single flattened element. |
| FolderId | The ID of a folder in Google Drive. If set, the resource location specified by the URI is relative to the Folder ID for all operations. |
| GenerateSchemaFiles | Indicates the user preference as to when schemas should be generated and saved. |
| IncludeDropboxTeamResources | Indicates if you want to include Dropbox team files and folders. |
| IncludeFiles | Comma-separated list of file extensions to include into the set of the files modeled as tables. |
| IncludeItemsFromAllDrives | Whether Google Drive shared drive items should be included in results. If not present or set to false, then shared drive items are not returned. |
| MaximumColumnSize | The maximum column size. |
| MaxRows | Limits the number of rows returned when no aggregation or GROUP BY is used in the query. This takes precedence over LIMIT clauses. |
| MetadataDiscoveryURI | Used when aggregating multiple files into one table, this property specifies a specific file to read to determined the aggregated table schema. |
| Other | These hidden properties are used only in specific use cases. |
| Pagesize | The maximum number of results to return per page from JSON. |
| PathSeparator | Determines the character which will be used to replace the file separator. |
| PseudoColumns | Specify a set of pseudocolumns to expose as columns. |
| Readonly | You can use this property to enforce read-only access to JSON from the provider. |
| RowScanDepth | The number of rows to scan when dynamically determining columns for the table. |
| RTK | The runtime key used for licensing. |
| Timeout | The value in seconds until the timeout error is thrown, canceling the operation. |
| TypeDetectionScheme | Determines how to determine the data types of columns. |
| URISeparator | A delimiter used to separate different values in the URI property. |
| UserDefinedViews | A filepath pointing to the JSON configuration file containing your custom views. |