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. |
| 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). |
| ExposeMemberKeys | Determines if each level should be converted into a measure, allowing calculations to be performed on the measure. |
| 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 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. |
| 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. |
| SplitMeasuresOn | Use this property in conjunction with SplitMeasures to set the priority for how measures should be organized into 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. |