Connection String Options
The connection string properties are the various options that can be used to establish a connection. This section provides a complete list of the options you can configure in the connection string for this provider. Click the links for further details.
For more information on connecting, see Establishing a Connection.
Property | Description |
AuthScheme | The scheme used for authentication. Accepted entries are NTLM,Basic,Digest,Forms,None,Negotiate,ADFS. |
URL | The base URL for a site or site collection. |
User | The username of the account used to authenticate to the server. |
Password | The password of the account used to authenticate to the server. |
SharePointVersion | The version of the SharePoint server to which you are connecting. |
STSURL | The URL of the security token service (STS) when using Single Sign On (SSO). |
UseNTLMV1 | Determines whether the driver will attempt to connect with NTLMv1 or NTLMv2 (default). |
Property | Description |
DefineTables | Define the tables within a spreadsheet. |
File | The name of the Excel file to which to connect. |
Folder | The folder containing the workbook specified by the File property. |
Header | Indicates whether the first row should be used as a column header when using the REST API. |
Library | The Document Library to which to connect. |
IgnoreCalcError | Indicates whether to ignore errors that occurred during the calculation. |
MaxRows | Limits the number of rows returned rows when no aggregation or group by is used in the query. This helps avoid performance issues at design time. |
TypeDetectionScheme | Determines how to determine the data type of columns. |
UseRESTAPI | Whether or not the REST API is used for retrieving data. |
Property | Description |
SSOLoginURL | The identity provider's login URL. |
SSODomain | The domain of the user when using single sign-on (SSO). |
SSOProperties | Additional properties required to connect to the identity provider in a semicolon-separated list. |
Property | Description |
KerberosKDC | The Kerberos Key Distribution Center (KDC) service used to authenticate the user. |
KerberosRealm | The Kerberos Realm used to authenticate the user. |
KerberosSPN | The service principal name (SPN) for the Kerberos Domain Controller. |
KerberosKeytabFile | The Keytab file containing your pairs of Kerberos principals and encrypted keys. |
KerberosServiceRealm | The Kerberos realm of the service. |
KerberosServiceKDC | The Kerberos KDC of the service. |
KerberosTicketCache | The full file path to an MIT Kerberos credential cache file. |
Property | Description |
SSLServerCert | The certificate to be accepted from the server when connecting using TLS/SSL. |
Property | Description |
FirewallType | The protocol used by a proxy-based firewall. |
FirewallServer | The name or IP address of a proxy-based firewall. |
FirewallPort | The TCP port for a proxy-based firewall. |
FirewallUser | The user name to use to authenticate with a proxy-based firewall. |
FirewallPassword | A password used to authenticate to a proxy-based firewall. |
Property | Description |
ProxyAutoDetect | This indicates whether to use the system proxy settings or not. |
ProxyServer | The hostname or IP address of a proxy to route HTTP traffic through. |
ProxyPort | The TCP port the ProxyServer proxy is running on. |
ProxyAuthScheme | The authentication type to use to authenticate to the ProxyServer proxy. |
ProxyUser | A user name to be used to authenticate to the ProxyServer proxy. |
ProxyPassword | A password to be used to authenticate to the ProxyServer proxy. |
ProxySSLType | The SSL type to use when connecting to the ProxyServer proxy. |
ProxyExceptions | A semicolon separated list of destination hostnames or IPs that are exempt from connecting through the ProxyServer . |
Property | Description |
Logfile | A filepath which designates the name and location of the log file. |
Verbosity | The verbosity level that determines the amount of detail included in the log file. |
LogModules | Core modules to be included in the log file. |
MaxLogFileSize | A string specifying the maximum size in bytes for a log file (for example, 10 MB). |
MaxLogFileCount | A string specifying the maximum file count of log files. |
Property | Description |
Location | A path to the directory that contains the schema files defining tables, views, and stored procedures. |
BrowsableSchemas | This property restricts the schemas reported to a subset of the available schemas. For example, BrowsableSchemas=SchemaA,SchemaB,SchemaC. |
Tables | This property restricts the tables reported to a subset of the available tables. For example, Tables=TableA,TableB,TableC. |
Views | Restricts the views reported to a subset of the available tables. For example, Views=ViewA,ViewB,ViewC. |
Property | Description |
AutoCache | Automatically caches the results of SELECT queries into a cache database specified by either CacheLocation or both of CacheConnection and CacheProvider . |
CacheProvider | The name of the provider to be used to cache data. |
CacheConnection | The connection string for the cache database. This property is always used in conjunction with CacheProvider . Setting both properties will override the value set for CacheLocation for caching data. |
CacheLocation | Specifies the path to the cache when caching to a file. |
CacheTolerance | The tolerance for stale data in the cache specified in seconds when using AutoCache . |
Offline | Use offline mode to get the data from the cache instead of the live source. |
CacheMetadata | This property determines whether or not to cache the table metadata to a file store. |
Property | Description |
BatchSize | The maximum size of each batch operation to submit. |
ConnectionLifeTime | The maximum lifetime of a connection in seconds. Once the time has elapsed, the connection object is disposed. |
IncludeNavigationParentColumns | Indicates if navigation parent columns should be included on navigation views. |
Other | These hidden properties are used only in specific use cases. |
PoolIdleTimeout | The allowed idle time for a connection before it is closed. |
PoolMaxSize | The maximum connections in the pool. |
PoolMinSize | The minimum number of connections in the pool. |
PoolWaitTime | The max seconds to wait for an available connection. |
PseudoColumns | This property indicates whether or not to include pseudo columns as columns to the table. |
RowScanDepth | The maximum number of rows to scan to look for the columns available in a table. |
RTK | The runtime key used for licensing. |
ShowEmptyRows | Indicates whether or not the empty rows should be pushed when UseRESTAPI = true. |
Timeout | The value in seconds until the timeout error is thrown, canceling the operation. |
UseConnectionPooling | This property enables connection pooling. |
UserDefinedViews | A filepath pointing to the JSON configuration file containing your custom views. |