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 establishing a connection, see Basic Tab.
Property | Description |
AuthScheme | The scheme used for authentication. Accepted entries are NTLM, Basic, Digest, None, and Negotiate. |
URL | The URL used to connect to the Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services. |
User | The Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services user account used to authenticate. |
Password | The password used to authenticate the user. |
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. |
Property | Description |
SSLClientCert | The TLS/SSL client certificate store for SSL Client Authentication (2-way SSL). |
SSLClientCertType | The type of key store containing the TLS/SSL client certificate. |
SSLClientCertPassword | The password for the TLS/SSL client certificate. |
SSLClientCertSubject | The subject of the TLS/SSL client certificate. |
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. This takes precedence over other proxy settings, so you'll need to set ProxyAutoDetect to FALSE in order use custom proxy settings. |
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 |
LogModules | Core modules to be included in the log file. |
Property | Description |
Location | A path to the directory that contains the schema files defining tables, views, and stored procedures. |
Property | Description |
Catalog | The Analysis Services catalog to use. This may also be known as a Database from within Analysis Services. |
CustomHeaders | Other headers as determined by the user (optional). |
ExpressionInDescription | Set this to true to report expressions as part of the description on measure columns. |
ExtraProperties | Additional properties to submit on each MDX request to Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services. |
IncludeJoinColumns | Set this to true to include extra join columns on each table. |
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. |
Other | These hidden properties are used only in specific use cases. |
ResponseRowLimit | The number of response rows to allow before erroring. Set to 0 for no limit. |
ShowHiddenEntities | Set this to true to include hidden dimensions, measures and levels. |
SplitMeasures | Set this to true to split Measures table into individual tables. |
Timeout | The value in seconds until the timeout error is thrown, canceling the operation. |
UseMDX | Set this to true to pass MDX queries to Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services as-is. |
UserDefinedViews | A filepath pointing to the JSON configuration file containing your custom views. |