Connection Properties
The connection 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 settings for this provider. Click the links for further details.
For more information on establishing a connection, see Getting Started.
| Property | Description |
| RemoteHost | Set this to the host name or address of the server. |
| RemotePort | The port the FTP server is running on. |
| RemotePath | The current path in the FTP server. |
| User | The name of a user. |
| Password | The password of the user. |
| Passive | Controls whether to direct the server into passive mode. Recommended if behind a firewall. |
| TableDepth | The depth level to display subfolders as views. |
| SSLMode | The authentication mechanism to be used when connecting to the FTP server. |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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. |
| FileRetrievalDepth | Specify the depth level of folders you want to query from the Root table. |
| 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. |
| Other | These hidden properties are used only in specific use cases. |
| PseudoColumns | Specify a set of pseudocolumns to expose as columns. |
| Readonly | You can use this property to enforce read-only access to FTP from the provider. |
| RTK | The runtime key used for licensing. |
| Timeout | The value in seconds until the timeout error is thrown, canceling the operation. |
| UseMLSD | Uses listings for machine processing. Used only for FTP servers. |
| UserDefinedViews | A filepath pointing to the JSON configuration file containing your custom views. |
| UseSimpleNames | Boolean determining if simple names should be used for tables and columns. |