Before You Connect

Before you can connect to IBM Cloud Object Storage, you need to register a IBM Cloud Object Storage instance, then find and note your IBM Cloud Object Storage API Key and CRN.

Registering a New Instance of Cloud Object Storage

If you do not already have Cloud Object Storage in your IBM Cloud account, install an instance of SQL Query in your account as follows:

1. Log in to your IBM Cloud account.
2. Navigate to the Cloud Object Storage page.
3. Choose a name for your instance.
4. Click Create. The Cloud Object Storage console immediately redirects you to the Cloud Object Storage instance you just created.

Obtaining the API Key

To obtain your ApiKey:

1. Log in to your IBM Cloud account.
2. Navigate to the Platform API Keys page.
3. On the middle-right corner, click Create an IBM Cloud API Key to create a new API Key.
4. In the pop-up window, specify the API Key name.
5. Click Create.

Note: The API Key is only displayed once, so record it in a safe place for future use.

Obtaining the Cloud Object Storage CRN

By default, the Sync App automatically attempts to determine the Cloud Object Storage CRN. However, if you have multiple accounts, you must explicitly specify the CloudObjectStorageCRN when you connect to IBM Cloud Object Storage.

To obtain the Cloud Object Storage CRN, do one of the following:

• Query the Services view. The server returns a list of all your IBM Cloud Object Storage instances, along with the CRN for each.
• Locate the CRN directly in IBM Cloud by navigating to your IBM Cloud Dashboard. In the Resource List, under Storage, select your Cloud Object Storage resource. The resource's CRN displays.

Adding a Connection to IBM Cloud Object Storage

To add a connection to IBM Cloud Object Storage:

1. In the application console, navigate to the Connections page.
2. At the Add Connections panel, select the icon for the connection you want to add.
3. If the IBM Cloud Object Storage icon is not available, click the Add More icon to download and install the IBM Cloud Object Storage connector from the CData site.

For required properties, see the Settings tab.

For connection properties that are not typically required, see the Advanced tab.

Connecting to IBM Cloud Object Storage

To connect to IBM Cloud Object Storage data, set these parameters:

• ApiKey: The API key which was noted during setup (see Before You Connect).
• CloudObjectStorageCRN (Optional): The cloud object storage CRN established during setup (see Before You Connect). The Sync App attempts to retrieve this automatically, but if you have more than one Cloud Object Storage account, we recommend that you specify this explicitly.

When you connect, the Sync App completes the OAuth process.

Fine Tuning Data Access

You can use the following properties to gain greater control over IBM Cloud Object Storage API features and the strategies the Sync App uses to surface them:

• Region: The geographic location of the bucket you're connecting to. If specified, the Sync App won't attempt to resolve the location of the buckets.

This section details a selection of advanced features of the IBM Cloud Object Storage Sync App.

User Defined Views

The Sync App supports the use of user defined views, virtual tables whose contents are decided by a pre-configured user defined query. These views are useful when you cannot directly control queries being issued to the drivers. For an overview of creating and configuring custom views, see User Defined Views .

SSL Configuration

Use SSL Configuration to adjust how Sync App handles TLS/SSL certificate negotiations. You can choose from various certificate formats;. For further information, see the SSLServerCert property under "Connection String Options" .

Firewall and Proxy

Configure the Sync App for compliance with Firewall and Proxy, including Windows proxies and HTTP proxies. You can also set up tunnel connections.

Query Processing

The Sync App offloads as much of the SELECT statement processing as possible to IBM Cloud Object Storage and then processes the rest of the query in memory (client-side).

For further information, see Query Processing.

Logging

For an overview of configuration settings that can be used to refine CData logging, see Logging. Only two connection properties are required for basic logging, but there are numerous features that support more refined logging, which enables you to use the LogModules connection property to specify subsets of information to be logged.

Customizing the SSL Configuration

By default, the Sync App attempts to negotiate TLS with the server. The server certificate is validated against the default system trusted certificate store. You can override how the certificate gets validated using the SSLServerCert connection property.

To specify another certificate, see the SSLServerCert connection property.

Connecting Through a Firewall or Proxy

HTTP Proxies

To authenticate to an HTTP proxy, set the following:

• ProxyServer: the hostname or IP address of the proxy server that you want to route HTTP traffic through.
• ProxyPort: the TCP port that the proxy server is running on.
• ProxyAuthScheme: the authentication method the Sync App uses when authenticating to the proxy server.
• ProxyUser: the username of a user account registered with the proxy server.
• ProxyPassword: the password associated with the ProxyUser.

Other Proxies

Set the following properties:

• To use a proxy-based firewall, set FirewallType, FirewallServer, and FirewallPort.
• To tunnel the connection, set FirewallType to TUNNEL.
• To authenticate, specify FirewallUser and FirewallPassword.
• To authenticate to a SOCKS proxy, additionally set FirewallType to SOCKS5.

This section describes how the Sync App models the IBM Cloud Object Storage API as relational Views and Stored Procedures.

Key Features

• The Sync App models IBM Cloud Object Storage buckets, bucket information, and objects as relational views, allowing you to write SQL to query IBM Cloud Object Storage data.
• Stored procedures allow you to execute operations to IBM Cloud Object Storage, including downloading and uploading objects.
• Live connectivity to these objects means any changes to your IBM Cloud Object Storage account are immediately reflected when using the Sync App.

Views

Pre-defined Views are available for read only access to data from IBM Cloud Object Storage, including Buckets, Services, and Objects.

Stored Procedures

Stored procedures allow you to execute operations to IBM Cloud Object Storage, including downloading and uploading objects.

System Tables

System Tables contains information about the objects and resources belonging to your database.

Views are similar to tables in the way that data is represented; however, views are read-only.

Queries can be executed against a view as if it were a normal table.

IBM Cloud Object Storage Connector for CData Sync Views

Name	Description
BucketLifecycle	Returns the lifecycle configuration information set on the bucket.
Buckets	Returns information for buckets. Buckets are used to store objects, which consist of data and its metadata.
Objects	Returns information for objects inside a specific bucket.
Services	Query resource instances belonging to the current authenticated user.

Returns the lifecycle configuration information set on the bucket.

Table Specific Information

Select

The Sync App will use the IBM Cloud Object Storage API to process WHERE clause conditions built with the following column and operator. The rest of the filter is executed client side within the Sync App.

• Bucket supports the '=, IN' comparisons.

For example, the following queries are processed server side:

SELECT * FROM BucketLifecycle WHERE Bucket = 'testBucket' 

SELECT * FROM BucketLifecycle WHERE Bucket IN ('testBucket', 'testBucket2') 

Columns

Name	Type	Description
Id [KEY]	String	Id of the rule.
Filter	String	Filter of the rule.
Status	String	Status of the rule.
TransitionDays	String	Transition days for the rule.
TransitionStorage	String	Storage class of the rule.
ExpirationDays	String	Expiration days of the rule.
Bucket	String	Name of the bucket that the rule is applied to.

Returns information for buckets. Buckets are used to store objects, which consist of data and its metadata.

Columns

Name	Type	Description
Name [KEY]	String	The bucket's name.
CreationDate	Timestamp	The date the bucket was created.
LocationConstraint	String	The location of the bucket.
OwnerId	String	The bucket owner's canonical user ID.
OwnerDisplayName	String	The bucket owner's display name.

Returns information for objects inside a specific bucket.

Table Specific Information

Select

The Sync App will use the IBM Cloud Object Storage API to process WHERE clause conditions built with the following column and operator. The rest of the filter is executed client side within the Sync App.

• Bucket supports the '=, IN' comparisons.
• Key supports the '=, LIKE' comparisons.

For example, the following queries are processed server side:

SELECT * FROM Objects WHERE Bucket = 'testBucket' 

SELECT * FROM Objects WHERE Bucket IN ('testBucket', 'testBucket2') 

SELECT * FROM Objects WHERE Key LIKE 'ad%'

Columns

Name	Type	Description
Key [KEY]	String	Name of the object.
Size	String	Size of the object.
Etag	String	Etag of the object.
StorageClass	String	Storage class of the object.
LastModified	Datetime	Date the object was last modified.
Bucket [KEY]	String	Bucket in which the object is located.

Query resource instances belonging to the current authenticated user.

Columns

Name	Type	Description
Name	String	The name of the service.
CRN	String	The CRN (Cloud resource name) of the service.

Stored procedures are function-like interfaces that extend the functionality of the Sync App beyond simple SELECT operations with IBM Cloud Object Storage.

Stored procedures accept a list of parameters, perform their intended function, and then return any relevant response data from IBM Cloud Object Storage, along with an indication of whether the procedure succeeded or failed.

IBM Cloud Object Storage Connector for CData Sync Stored Procedures

Name	Description
CopyObject	Copies an object from one bucket to another.

Copies an object from one bucket to another.

Input

Name	Type	Required	Description
BucketSource	String	True	Bucket name where the object to be copied is located.
ObjectSource	String	True	Object name of the object that will be copied.
BucketDestination	String	True	Bucket name where the object will be copied to.
ObjectDestination	String	False	New name of the object in the new bucket. If not specified, the name will be the same.

Result Set Columns

Name	Type	Description
Success	String	Stored procedure execution status.

Passes the name of a bucket and object to download.

Input

Name	Type	Required	Description
Bucket	String	True	Bucket name where the object is located.
Object	String	False	Object name for the object that should be retrieved. If not specified, all the objects from the specified bucket will be retrieved.
LocalFolderPath	String	False	The path, or URI, to the file that will receive the data of the object.
ByteRangeStart	Long	False	The start of the byte range to download.
ByteRangeEnd	Long	False	The end of the byte range to download.
Encoding	String	False	If the LocalFile input is left empty, the data will be output to FileData in the specified encoding. The allowed values are NONE, BASE64. The default value is BASE64.

Result Set Columns

Name	Type	Description
Success	String	Stored procedure execution status.
FileData	String	The base64encoded file data output, if the LocalPath input and OutData are not specified.

Gets an authentication token from IBM Cloud. The connection property ApiKey must be specified when calling this stored procedure.

Input

Name	Type	Required	Description

Result Set Columns

Name	Type	Description
OAuthAccessToken	String	The access token used for communication with IBM Cloud.
OAuthRefreshToken	String	The OAuth refresh token. This is the same as the access token in the case of IBM Cloud.
ExpiresIn	String	The remaining lifetime on the access token. A -1 denotes that it will not expire.

Refreshes the OAuth access token used for authentication with IBM Cloud. The connection property ApiKey must be specified when calling this stored procedure.

Input

Name	Type	Required	Description
OAuthRefreshToken	String	True	The refresh token returned from the original authorization code exchange.

Result Set Columns

Name	Type	Description
OAuthAccessToken	String	The authentication token returned from IBM CLoud. This can be used in subsequent calls to other operations for this particular service.
OAuthRefreshToken	String	A token that may be used to obtain a new access token.
ExpiresIn	String	The remaining lifetime on the access token.

Uploads objects in a single operation.

Input

Name	Type	Required	Description
Bucket	String	True	Bucket name where the object is located.
LocalFilePath	String	False	The path, or URI, to the file that will receive the data of the object.
Name	String	False	The name in which to save the file when using an inputstream.

Result Set Columns

Name	Type	Description
Success	String	Stored procedure execution status.

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 Establishing a Connection.

Authentication

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Property	Description
ApiKey	The API Key used to identify the user to IBM Cloud.
CloudObjectStorageCRN	The CRN which uniquely identifies your Cloud Object Storage instance in IBM Cloud.

SSL

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Property	Description
SSLServerCert	Specifies the certificate to be accepted from the server when connecting using TLS/SSL.

Firewall

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Property	Description
FirewallType	Specifies the protocol the provider uses to tunnel traffic through a proxy-based firewall.
FirewallServer	Identifies the IP address, DNS name, or host name of a proxy used to traverse a firewall and relay user queries to network resources.
FirewallPort	Specifies the TCP port to be used for a proxy-based firewall.
FirewallUser	Identifies the user ID of the account authenticating to a proxy-based firewall.
FirewallPassword	Specifies the password of the user account authenticating to a proxy-based firewall.

Proxy

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Property	Description
ProxyAutoDetect	Specifies whether the provider checks your system proxy settings for existing proxy server configurations, rather than using a manually specified proxy server.
ProxyServer	Identifies the hostname or IP address of the proxy server through which you want to route HTTP traffic.
ProxyPort	Identifies the TCP port on your specified proxy server that has been reserved for routing HTTP traffic to and from the client.
ProxyAuthScheme	Specifies the authentication method the provider uses when authenticating to the proxy server specified in the ProxyServer connection property.
ProxyUser	Provides the username of a user account registered with the proxy server specified in the ProxyServer connection property.
ProxyPassword	Specifies the password of the user specified in the ProxyUser connection property.
ProxySSLType	Specifies the SSL type to use when connecting to the proxy server specified in the ProxyServer connection property.
ProxyExceptions	Specifies a semicolon-separated list of destination hostnames or IPs that are exempt from connecting through the proxy server set in the ProxyServer connection property.

Logging

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Property	Description
LogModules	Specifies the core modules to include in the log file. Use a semicolon-separated list of module names. By default, all modules are logged.

Schema

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Property	Description
Location	Specifies the location of a directory containing schema files that define tables, views, and stored procedures. Depending on your service's requirements, this may be expressed as either an absolute path or a relative path.
BrowsableSchemas	Optional setting that restricts the schemas reported to a subset of all available schemas. For example, BrowsableSchemas=SchemaA,SchemaB,SchemaC .
Tables	Optional setting that restricts the tables reported to a subset of all available tables. For example, Tables=TableA,TableB,TableC .
Views	Optional setting that restricts the views reported to a subset of the available tables. For example, Views=ViewA,ViewB,ViewC .

Miscellaneous

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Property	Description
MaxRows	Specifies the maximum number of rows returned for queries that do not include either aggregation or GROUP BY.
Other	Specifies advanced connection properties for specialized scenarios. Use this property only under the guidance of our Support team to address specific issues.
PseudoColumns	Specifies the pseudocolumns to expose as table columns, expressed as a string in the format 'TableName=ColumnName;TableName=ColumnName'.
Region	The geographic location of the bucket you're connecting to.
Timeout	Specifies the maximum time, in seconds, that the provider waits for a server response before throwing a timeout error.
UserDefinedViews	Specifies a filepath to a JSON configuration file that defines custom views. The provider automatically detects and uses the views specified in this file.

This section provides a complete list of the Authentication properties you can configure in the connection string for this provider.

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Property	Description
ApiKey	The API Key used to identify the user to IBM Cloud.
CloudObjectStorageCRN	The CRN which uniquely identifies your Cloud Object Storage instance in IBM Cloud.

The API Key used to identify the user to IBM Cloud.

Remarks

Access to resources in the IBM Cloud Object Storage REST API is governed by an API key in order to retrieve token. An API Key can be created by navigating to Manage --> Access (IAM) --> Users and clicking 'Create'.

The CRN which uniquely identifies your Cloud Object Storage instance in IBM Cloud.

Remarks

Access to resources, such as data, in the IBM Cloud Object Storage REST API is governed by an Instance Cloud Resource Name. To retrieve your CloudObjectStorage CRN, select your Cloud Object Storage instance from the Dashboard, then click the 'Service credentials' tab on the right hand side and create or select one of the existing credentials by clicking on view credentials. Among the information displayed, you will find the CloudObjectStorageCRN (resource_instance_id). Use that value for this property. If not specified, the IBM Cloud Object Storage will automatically retrieve the CloudObjectStorageCRN. If more than one CloudObjectStorage service is available, then the first one in the list will be picked.

This section provides a complete list of the SSL properties you can configure in the connection string for this provider.

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Property	Description
SSLServerCert	Specifies the certificate to be accepted from the server when connecting using TLS/SSL.

Specifies the certificate to be accepted from the server when connecting using TLS/SSL.

Remarks

If you are using a TLS/SSL connection, use this property to specify the TLS/SSL certificate to be accepted from the server. If you specify a value for this property, all other certificates that are not trusted by the machine are rejected.

This property can take the following forms:

Description	Example
A full PEM Certificate (example shortened for brevity)	-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- MIIChTCCAe4CAQAwDQYJKoZIhv......Qw== -----END CERTIFICATE-----
A path to a local file containing the certificate	C:\cert.cer
The public key (example shortened for brevity)	-----BEGIN RSA PUBLIC KEY----- MIGfMA0GCSq......AQAB -----END RSA PUBLIC KEY-----
The MD5 Thumbprint (hex values can also be either space- or colon-separated)	ecadbdda5a1529c58a1e9e09828d70e4
The SHA1 Thumbprint (hex values can also be either space- or colon-separated)	34a929226ae0819f2ec14b4a3d904f801cbb150d

Note: It is possible to use '*' to signify that all certificates should be accepted, but due to security concerns this is not recommended.

This section provides a complete list of the Firewall properties you can configure in the connection string for this provider.

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Property	Description
FirewallType	Specifies the protocol the provider uses to tunnel traffic through a proxy-based firewall.
FirewallServer	Identifies the IP address, DNS name, or host name of a proxy used to traverse a firewall and relay user queries to network resources.
FirewallPort	Specifies the TCP port to be used for a proxy-based firewall.
FirewallUser	Identifies the user ID of the account authenticating to a proxy-based firewall.
FirewallPassword	Specifies the password of the user account authenticating to a proxy-based firewall.

Specifies the protocol the provider uses to tunnel traffic through a proxy-based firewall.

Remarks

A proxy-based firewall (or proxy firewall) is a network security device that acts as an intermediary between user requests and the resources they access. The proxy accepts the request of an authenticated user, tunnels through the firewall, and transmits the request to the appropriate server.

Because the proxy evaluates and transfers data backets on behalf of the requesting users, the users never connect directly with the servers, only with the proxy.

Note: By default, the Sync App connects to the system proxy. To disable this behavior and connect to one of the following proxy types, set ProxyAutoDetect to false.

The following table provides port number information for each of the supported protocols.

Protocol	Default Port	Description
TUNNEL	80	The port where the Sync App opens a connection to IBM Cloud Object Storage. Traffic flows back and forth via the proxy at this location.
SOCKS4	1080	The port where the Sync App opens a connection to IBM Cloud Object Storage. SOCKS 4 then passes theFirewallUser value to the proxy, which determines whether the connection request should be granted.
SOCKS5	1080	The port where the Sync App sends data to IBM Cloud Object Storage. If the SOCKS 5 proxy requires authentication, set FirewallUser and FirewallPassword to credentials the proxy recognizes.

To connect to HTTP proxies, use ProxyServer and ProxyPort. To authenticate to HTTP proxies, use ProxyAuthScheme, ProxyUser, and ProxyPassword.

Identifies the IP address, DNS name, or host name of a proxy used to traverse a firewall and relay user queries to network resources.

Remarks

A proxy-based firewall (or proxy firewall) is a network security device that acts as an intermediary between user requests and the resources they access. The proxy accepts the request of an authenticated user, tunnels through the firewall, and transmits the request to the appropriate server.

Because the proxy evaluates and transfers data backets on behalf of the requesting users, the users never connect directly with the servers, only with the proxy.

Specifies the TCP port to be used for a proxy-based firewall.

Remarks

A proxy-based firewall (or proxy firewall) is a network security device that acts as an intermediary between user requests and the resources they access. The proxy accepts the request of an authenticated user, tunnels through the firewall, and transmits the request to the appropriate server.

Because the proxy evaluates and transfers data backets on behalf of the requesting users, the users never connect directly with the servers, only with the proxy.

Identifies the user ID of the account authenticating to a proxy-based firewall.

Remarks

A proxy-based firewall (or proxy firewall) is a network security device that acts as an intermediary between user requests and the resources they access. The proxy accepts the request of an authenticated user, tunnels through the firewall, and transmits the request to the appropriate server.

Because the proxy evaluates and transfers data backets on behalf of the requesting users, the users never connect directly with the servers, only with the proxy.

Specifies the password of the user account authenticating to a proxy-based firewall.

Remarks

A proxy-based firewall (or proxy firewall) is a network security device that acts as an intermediary between user requests and the resources they access. The proxy accepts the request of an authenticated user, tunnels through the firewall, and transmits the request to the appropriate server.

Because the proxy evaluates and transfers data backets on behalf of the requesting users, the users never connect directly with the servers, only with the proxy.

This section provides a complete list of the Proxy properties you can configure in the connection string for this provider.

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Property	Description
ProxyAutoDetect	Specifies whether the provider checks your system proxy settings for existing proxy server configurations, rather than using a manually specified proxy server.
ProxyServer	Identifies the hostname or IP address of the proxy server through which you want to route HTTP traffic.
ProxyPort	Identifies the TCP port on your specified proxy server that has been reserved for routing HTTP traffic to and from the client.
ProxyAuthScheme	Specifies the authentication method the provider uses when authenticating to the proxy server specified in the ProxyServer connection property.
ProxyUser	Provides the username of a user account registered with the proxy server specified in the ProxyServer connection property.
ProxyPassword	Specifies the password of the user specified in the ProxyUser connection property.
ProxySSLType	Specifies the SSL type to use when connecting to the proxy server specified in the ProxyServer connection property.
ProxyExceptions	Specifies a semicolon-separated list of destination hostnames or IPs that are exempt from connecting through the proxy server set in the ProxyServer connection property.

Specifies whether the provider checks your system proxy settings for existing proxy server configurations, rather than using a manually specified proxy server.

Remarks

When this connection property is set to True, the Sync App checks your system proxy settings for existing proxy server configurations (no need to manually supply proxy server details).

This connection property takes precedence over other proxy settings. If you want to configure the Sync App to connect to a specific proxy server, set ProxyAutoDetect to False.

To connect to an HTTP proxy, see ProxyServer. For other proxies, such as SOCKS or tunneling, see FirewallType.

Identifies the hostname or IP address of the proxy server through which you want to route HTTP traffic.

Remarks

The Sync App only routes HTTP traffic through the proxy server specified in this connection property when ProxyAutoDetect is set to False.

If ProxyAutoDetect is set to True (the default), the Sync App instead routes HTTP traffic through the proxy server specified in your system proxy settings.

Identifies the TCP port on your specified proxy server that has been reserved for routing HTTP traffic to and from the client.

Remarks

The Sync App only routes HTTP traffic through the ProxyServer port specified in this connection property when ProxyAutoDetect is set to False.

If ProxyAutoDetect is set to True (the default), the Sync App instead routes HTTP traffic through the proxy server port specified in your system proxy settings.

For other proxy types, see FirewallType.

Specifies the authentication method the provider uses when authenticating to the proxy server specified in the ProxyServer connection property.

Remarks

Supported authentication types :

• BASIC: The Sync App performs HTTP basic authentication.
• DIGEST: The Sync App performs HTTP digest authentication.
• NTLM: The Sync App retrieves an NTLM token.
• NEGOTIATE: The Sync App retrieves an NTLM or Kerberos token based on the applicable protocol for authentication.
• NONE: Signifies that the ProxyServer does not require authentication.

For all values other than NONE, you must also set the ProxyUser and ProxyPassword connection properties.

If you need to use another authentication type, such as SOCKS 5 authentication, see FirewallType.

Provides the username of a user account registered with the proxy server specified in the ProxyServer connection property.

Remarks

The ProxyUser and ProxyPassword connection properties are used to connect and authenticate against the HTTP proxy specified in ProxyServer.

After selecting one of the available authentication types in ProxyAuthScheme, set this property as follows:

ProxyAuthScheme Value	Value to set for ProxyUser
BASIC	The username of a user registered with the proxy server.
DIGEST	The username of a user registered with the proxy server.
NEGOTIATE	The username of a Windows user who is a valid user in the domain or trusted domain that the proxy server is part of, in the format user@domain or domain\user.
NTLM	The username of a Windows user who is a valid user in the domain or trusted domain that the proxy server is part of, in the format user@domain or domain\user.
NONE	Do not set the ProxyPassword connection property.

Note: The Sync App only uses this username if ProxyAutoDetect is set to False. If ProxyAutoDetect is set to True (the default), the Sync App instead uses the username specified in your system proxy settings.

Specifies the password of the user specified in the ProxyUser connection property.

Remarks

The ProxyUser and ProxyPassword connection properties are used to connect and authenticate against the HTTP proxy specified in ProxyServer.

After selecting one of the available authentication types in ProxyAuthScheme, set this property as follows:

ProxyAuthScheme Value	Value to set for ProxyPassword
BASIC	The password associated with the proxy server user specified in ProxyUser.
DIGEST	The password associated with the proxy server user specified in ProxyUser.
NEGOTIATE	The password associated with the Windows user account specified in ProxyUser.
NTLM	The password associated with the Windows user account specified in ProxyUser.
NONE	Do not set the ProxyPassword connection property.

For SOCKS 5 authentication or tunneling, see FirewallType.

Note: The Sync App only uses this password if ProxyAutoDetect is set to False. If ProxyAutoDetect is set to True (the default), the Sync App instead uses the password specified in your system proxy settings.

Specifies the SSL type to use when connecting to the proxy server specified in the ProxyServer connection property.

Remarks

This property determines when to use SSL for the connection to the HTTP proxy specified by ProxyServer. You can set this connection property to the following values :

AUTO	Default setting. If ProxyServer is set to an HTTPS URL, the Sync App uses the TUNNEL option. If ProxyServer is set to an HTTP URL, the component uses the NEVER option.
ALWAYS	The connection is always SSL enabled.
NEVER	The connection is not SSL enabled.
TUNNEL	The connection is made through a tunneling proxy. The proxy server opens a connection to the remote host and traffic flows back and forth through the proxy.

Specifies a semicolon-separated list of destination hostnames or IPs that are exempt from connecting through the proxy server set in the ProxyServer connection property.

Remarks

The ProxyServer is used for all addresses, except for addresses defined in this property. Use semicolons to separate entries.

Note: The Sync App uses the system proxy settings by default, without further configuration needed. If you want to explicitly configure proxy exceptions for this connection, set ProxyAutoDetect to False.

This section provides a complete list of the Logging properties you can configure in the connection string for this provider.

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Property	Description
LogModules	Specifies the core modules to include in the log file. Use a semicolon-separated list of module names. By default, all modules are logged.

Specifies the core modules to include in the log file. Use a semicolon-separated list of module names. By default, all modules are logged.

Remarks

The Sync App writes details about each operation it performs into the logfile specified by the Logfile connection property.

Each of these logged operations are assigned to a themed category called a module, and each module has a corresponding short code used to labels individual Sync App operations as belonging to that module.

When this connection property is set to a semicolon-separated list of module codes, only operations belonging to the specified modules are written to the logfile. Note that this only affects which operations are logged moving forward and doesn't retroactively alter the existing contents of the logfile. For example: INFO;EXEC;SSL;META;

By default, logged operations from all modules are included.

You can explicitly exclude a module by prefixing it with a "-". For example: -HTTP

To apply filters to submodules, identify them with the syntax <module name>.<submodule name>. For example, the following value causes the Sync App to only log actions belonging to the HTTP module, and further refines it to exclude actions belonging to the Res submodule of the HTTP module: HTTP;-HTTP.Res

Note that the logfile filtering triggered by the Verbosity connection property takes precedence over the filtering imposed by this connection property. This means that operations of a higher verbosity level than the level specified in the Verbosity connection property are not printed in the logfile, even if they belong to one of the modules specified in this connection property.

The available modules and submodules are:

Module Name	Module Description	Submodules
INFO	General Information. Includes the connection string, product version (build number), and initial connection messages.	Connec – Information related to creating or destroying connections. Messag – Generic label for messages pertaining to connections, the connection string, and product version. These messages are typically specific to the Sync App, rather than being received and passed along directly from the service.
EXEC	Query Execution. Includes execution messages for user-written SQL queries, parsed SQL queries, and normalized SQL queries. Success/failure messages for queries and query pages appear here as well.	Messag – Messages pertaining to query execution. These messages are typically specific to the Sync App, rather than being received and passed along directly from the service. Normlz – Query normalization steps. Query normalization is when the product takes the user-submitted query and rewrites the query to get the same results with optimal performance. Origin – This label applies to any messages recording a user's original query (the exact, unaltered, non-normalized query executed by the user). Page – Messages related to query paging. Parsed – Query parsing steps. Parsing is the process of converting the user-submitted query into a standardized format for easier processing.
HTTP	HTTP protocol messages. Includes HTTP requests/responses (including POST messages), as well as Kerberos related messages.	KERB – HTTP requests related to Kerberos. Messag – Messages pertaining to HTTP protocols. These messages are typically specific to the Sync App, rather than being received and passed along directly from the service. Unpack – This label applies to messages about zipped data being returned from the service API and unpacked by the product. Res – Messages containing HTTP responses. Req – Messages containing HTTP requests.
WSDL	Messages pertaining to the generation of WSDL/XSD files.	—
SSL	SSL certificate messages.	Certif – Messages pertaining to SSL certificates.
AUTH	Authentication related failure/success messages.	Messag – Messages pertaining to authentication. These messages are typically specific to the Sync App, rather than being received and passed along directly from the service. OAuth – Messages related to OAuth authentication. Krbros – Kerberos-related authentication messages.
SQL	Includes SQL transactions, SQL bulk transfer messages, and SQL result set messages.	Bulk – Messages pertaining to bulk query execution. Cache – Messages related to reading row data from and writing row data to the product's cache for better performance. Messag – Messages pertaining to SQL transactions. These messages are typically specific to the Sync App, rather than being received and passed along directly from the service. ResSet – Query resultsets. Transc – Messages related to handling transactions, including information about the number of jobs executed and backup table handling.
META	Metadata cache and schema messages.	Cache – Messages related to reading from and modifying column and table definitions in the product's cache for better performance. Schema – Messages related to retrieving metadata from or modifying the service schema. MemSto – Messages related to writing to or reading from in-memory metadata cache. Storag – Messages relating to storing metadata on disk or in an external data store, rather than in memory.
FUNC	Information related to executing SQL functions.	Errmsg – Error messages related to executing SQL functions.
TCP	Incoming and outgoing raw bytes on TCP transport layer messages.	Send – Raw data sent via the TCP protocol. Receiv – Raw data received via the TCP protocol.
FTP	Messages pertaining to the File Transfer Protocol.	Info – Status messages related to communication in the FTP protocol. Client – Messages related to actions taken by the FTP client (the product) during FTP communication. Server – Messages related to actions taken by the FTP server during FTP communication.
SFTP	Messages pertaining to the Secure File Transfer Protocol.	Info – Status messages related to communication in the SFTP protocol. To_Server – Messages related to actions taken by the SFTP client (the product) during SFTP communication. From_Server – Messages related to actions taken by the SFTP server during SFTP communication.
POP	Messages pertaining to data transferred via the Post Office Protocol.	Client – Messages related to actions taken by the POP client (the product) during POP communication. Server – Messages related to actions taken by the POP server during POP communication. Status – Status messages related to communication in the POP protocol.
SMTP	Messages pertaining to data transferred via the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol.	Client – Messages related to actions taken by the SMTP client (the product) during SMTP communication. Server – Messages related to actions taken by the SMTP server during SMTP communication. Status – Status messages related to communication in the SMTP protocol.
CORE	Messages relating to various internal product operations not covered by other modules.	—
DEMN	Messages related to SQL remoting.	—
CLJB	Messages about bulk data uploads (cloud job).	Commit – Submissions for bulk data uploads.
SRCE	Miscellaneous messages produced by the product that don't belong in any other module.	—
TRANCE	Advanced messages concerning low-level product operations.	—

This section provides a complete list of the Schema properties you can configure in the connection string for this provider.

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Property	Description
Location	Specifies the location of a directory containing schema files that define tables, views, and stored procedures. Depending on your service's requirements, this may be expressed as either an absolute path or a relative path.
BrowsableSchemas	Optional setting that restricts the schemas reported to a subset of all available schemas. For example, BrowsableSchemas=SchemaA,SchemaB,SchemaC .
Tables	Optional setting that restricts the tables reported to a subset of all available tables. For example, Tables=TableA,TableB,TableC .
Views	Optional setting that restricts the views reported to a subset of the available tables. For example, Views=ViewA,ViewB,ViewC .

Specifies the location of a directory containing schema files that define tables, views, and stored procedures. Depending on your service's requirements, this may be expressed as either an absolute path or a relative path.

Remarks

The Location property is only needed if you want to either customize definitions (for example, change a column name, ignore a column, etc.) or extend the data model with new tables, views, or stored procedures.

If left unspecified, the default location is %APPDATA%\\CData\\IBMCloudObjectStorage Data Provider\\Schema, where %APPDATA% is set to the user's configuration directory:

Platform	%APPDATA%
Windows	The value of the APPDATA environment variable
Linux	~/.config

Optional setting that restricts the schemas reported to a subset of all available schemas. For example, BrowsableSchemas=SchemaA,SchemaB,SchemaC .

Remarks

Listing all available database schemas can take extra time, thus degrading performance. Providing a list of schemas in the connection string saves time and improves performance.

Optional setting that restricts the tables reported to a subset of all available tables. For example, Tables=TableA,TableB,TableC .

Remarks

Listing all available tables from some databases can take extra time, thus degrading performance. Providing a list of tables in the connection string saves time and improves performance.

If there are lots of tables available and you already know which ones you want to work with, you can use this property to restrict your viewing to only those tables. To do this, specify the tables you want in a comma-separated list. Each table should be a valid SQL identifier with any special characters escaped using square brackets, double-quotes or backticks. For example, Tables=TableA,[TableB/WithSlash],WithCatalog.WithSchema.`TableC With Space`.

Note: If you are connecting to a data source with multiple schemas or catalogs, you must specify each table you want to view by its fully qualified name. This avoids ambiguity between tables that may exist in multiple catalogs or schemas.

Optional setting that restricts the views reported to a subset of the available tables. For example, Views=ViewA,ViewB,ViewC .

Remarks

Listing all available views from some databases can take extra time, thus degrading performance. Providing a list of views in the connection string saves time and improves performance.

If there are lots of views available and you already know which ones you want to work with, you can use this property to restrict your viewing to only those views. To do this, specify the views you want in a comma-separated list. Each view should be a valid SQL identifier with any special characters escaped using square brackets, double-quotes or backticks. For example, Views=ViewA,[ViewB/WithSlash],WithCatalog.WithSchema.`ViewC With Space`.

Note: If you are connecting to a data source with multiple schemas or catalogs, you must specify each view you want to examine by its fully qualified name. This avoids ambiguity between views that may exist in multiple catalogs or schemas.

This section provides a complete list of the Miscellaneous properties you can configure in the connection string for this provider.

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Property	Description
MaxRows	Specifies the maximum number of rows returned for queries that do not include either aggregation or GROUP BY.
Other	Specifies advanced connection properties for specialized scenarios. Use this property only under the guidance of our Support team to address specific issues.
PseudoColumns	Specifies the pseudocolumns to expose as table columns, expressed as a string in the format 'TableName=ColumnName;TableName=ColumnName'.
Region	The geographic location of the bucket you're connecting to.
Timeout	Specifies the maximum time, in seconds, that the provider waits for a server response before throwing a timeout error.
UserDefinedViews	Specifies a filepath to a JSON configuration file that defines custom views. The provider automatically detects and uses the views specified in this file.

Specifies the maximum number of rows returned for queries that do not include either aggregation or GROUP BY.

Remarks

The default value for this property, -1, means that no row limit is enforced unless the query explicitly includes a LIMIT clause. (When a query includes a LIMIT clause, the value specified in the query takes precedence over the MaxRows setting.)

Setting MaxRows to a whole number greater than 0 ensures that queries do not return excessively large result sets by default.

This property is useful for optimizing performance and preventing excessive resource consumption when executing queries that could otherwise return very large datasets.

Specifies advanced connection properties for specialized scenarios. Use this property only under the guidance of our Support team to address specific issues.

Remarks

This property allows advanced users to configure hidden properties for specialized situations, with the advice of our Support team. These settings are not required for normal use cases but can address unique requirements or provide additional functionality. To define multiple properties, use a semicolon-separated list.

Note: It is strongly recommended to set these properties only when advised by the Support team to address specific scenarios or issues.

Integration and Formatting

Property	Description
DefaultColumnSize	Sets the default length of string fields when the data source does not provide column length in the metadata. The default value is 2000.
ConvertDateTimeToGMT=True	Converts date-time values to GMT, instead of the local time of the machine. The default value is False (use local time).
RecordToFile=filename	Records the underlying socket data transfer to the specified file.

Specifies the pseudocolumns to expose as table columns, expressed as a string in the format 'TableName=ColumnName;TableName=ColumnName'.

Remarks

This property allows you to define which pseudocolumns the Sync App exposes as table columns.

To specify individual pseudocolumns, use the following format:

Table1=Column1;Table1=Column2;Table2=Column3

To include all pseudocolumns for all tables use:

*=*

The geographic location of the bucket you're connecting to.

Remarks

The geographic location of the bucket you're connecting to. If specified, the Sync App won't attempt to resolve the location of the buckets.

Specifies the maximum time, in seconds, that the provider waits for a server response before throwing a timeout error.

Remarks

The timeout applies to each individual communication with the server rather than the entire query or operation. For example, a query could continue running beyond 60 seconds if each paging call completes within the timeout limit.

Timeout is set to 60 seconds by default. To disable timeouts, set this property to 0.

Disabling the timeout allows operations to run indefinitely until they succeed or fail due to other conditions such as server-side timeouts, network interruptions, or resource limits on the server.

Note: Use this property cautiously to avoid long-running operations that could degrade performance or result in unresponsive behavior.

Specifies a filepath to a JSON configuration file that defines custom views. The provider automatically detects and uses the views specified in this file.

Remarks

UserDefinedViews allows you to define and manage custom views through a JSON-formatted configuration file called UserDefinedViews.json. These views are automatically recognized by the Sync App and enable you to execute custom SQL queries as if they were standard database views. The JSON file defines each view as a root element with a child element called "query", which contains the SQL query for the view.

For example:

{
	"MyView": {
		"query": "SELECT * FROM Objects WHERE MyColumn = 'value'"
	},
	"MyView2": {
		"query": "SELECT * FROM MyTable WHERE Id IN (1,2,3)"
	}
}

You can use this property to define multiple views in a single file and specify the filepath. For example:

UserDefinedViews=C:\Path\To\UserDefinedViews.json

When you specify a view in UserDefinedViews, the Sync App only sees that view.

For further information, see User Defined Views.

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