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 type of authentication to use when connecting to SAP Gateway. |
URL | Set this to the URL your SAP Gateway environment or to the full URL of the OData service. Any additional properties must be added using the CustomUrlParams property. |
Namespace | Specify the service namespace you want to retrieve data from. This is required if the service is not specified in the URL. |
Service | Specify the service you want to retrieve data from. This is required if the service is not specified in the URL. |
User | The SAP Gateway user account used to authenticate. |
Password | The password used to authenticate the user. |
APIKey | Set this to the key of the application you have created. If you set this, User and Password are not used for authentication. |
Property | Description |
InitiateOAuth | Set this property to initiate the process to obtain or refresh the OAuth access token when you connect. |
OAuthClientId | The client Id assigned when you register your application with an OAuth authorization server. |
OAuthClientSecret | The client secret assigned when you register your application with an OAuth authorization server. |
OAuthAccessToken | The access token for connecting using OAuth. |
OAuthSettingsLocation | The location of the settings file where OAuth values are saved when InitiateOAuth is set to GETANDREFRESH or REFRESH . Alternatively, you can hold this location in memory by specifying a value starting with 'memory://'. |
Scope | The permission scopes in space separated values. This is required when authenticating via OAuth2.0 flow. |
CallbackURL | The OAuth callback URL to return to when authenticating. This value must match the callback URL you specify in your app settings. |
OAuthVerifier | The verifier code returned from the OAuth authorization URL. |
OAuthRefreshToken | The OAuth refresh token for the corresponding OAuth access token. |
OAuthExpiresIn | The lifetime in seconds of the OAuth AccessToken. |
OAuthTokenTimestamp | The Unix epoch timestamp in milliseconds when the current Access Token was created. |
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 |
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. |
UseDisplayNames | Boolean determining whether or not to use SAP labels. |
Property | Description |
CustomUrlParams | The custom query string to be included in the request. |
DataFormat | The data format to retrieve data in. Select either XML or JSON. |
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. |
Pagesize | The maximum number of results to return per page from SAP Gateway. |
Readonly | You can use this property to enforce read-only access to SAP Gateway from the provider. |
Timeout | The value in seconds until the timeout error is thrown, canceling the operation. |
UseDynamicStoredProcedures | A boolean indicating if dynamic stored procedures should be exposed. |
UserDefinedViews | A filepath pointing to the JSON configuration file containing your custom views. |