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 Azure Data Lake Storage. |
| Account | This property specifies the name of the Azure Data Lake storage account. |
| AccessKey | Your Azure DataLakeStorage Gen 2 storage account access key. |
| FileSystem | This property specifies the name of the FileSystem which will be used in a Gen 2 storage account. For Example, the name of your Azure Blob container. |
| SharedAccessSignature | A shared access key signature that may be used for authentication. |
| Property | Description |
| Directory | This property specifies the root path of Azure Data Lake Storage to list files and folders. |
| IncludeSubDirectories | Choose if the sub directories paths should be listed in the Resources view. |
| Property | Description |
| AzureTenant | The Microsoft Online tenant being used to access data. If not specified, your default tenant is used. |
| AzureEnvironment | The Azure Environment to use when establishing a connection. |
| 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://'. |
| CallbackURL | The OAuth callback URL to return to when authenticating. This value must match the callback URL you specify in your app settings. |
| OAuthGrantType | The grant type for the OAuth flow. |
| 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 |
| OAuthJWTCert | The JWT Certificate store. |
| OAuthJWTCertType | The type of key store containing the JWT Certificate. |
| OAuthJWTCertPassword | The password for the OAuth JWT certificate. |
| OAuthJWTCertSubject | The subject of the OAuth JWT certificate. |
| 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 | When this connection property is set to True, the provider checks your system proxy settings for existing proxy server configurations (no need to manually supply proxy server details). Set to False if you want to manually configure the provider to connect to a specific proxy server. |
| 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 (specified in the ProxyServer connection property) is running on. |
| ProxyAuthScheme | The authentication method the provider uses when authenticating to the proxy server specified in the ProxyServer connection property. |
| ProxyUser | The username of a user account registered with the proxy server specified in the ProxyServer connnection property. |
| ProxyPassword | The password associated with the user specified in the ProxyUser connection property. |
| 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 |
| ChunkSize | The size of chunks (in Mb) to use when uploading large files. |
| MaxRows | Limits the number of rows returned when no aggregation or GROUP BY is used in the query. This takes precedence over LIMIT clauses. |
| MaxThreads | Specifies the number of concurrent requests. |
| Other | These hidden properties are used only in specific use cases. |
| Timeout | The value in seconds until the timeout error is thrown, canceling the operation. |
| UserDefinedViews | A filepath pointing to the JSON configuration file containing your custom views. |