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 Establishing a Connection.
| Property | Description |
| AuthScheme | The type of authentication to use when connecting to remote services. |
| ConnectionType | The type of connection to use. |
| User | The FHIR user account used to authenticate. |
| Password | The password used to authenticate the user. |
| URL | The Service Base URL of the FHIR server. |
| APIKey | The API key used for accessing your InterSystems IRIS for Health account. For more reference, please check: https://docs.intersystems.com/services/csp/docbook/DocBook.UI.Page.cls?KEY=FAS_intro#FAS_tour_apikey. |
| Property | Description |
| AWSAccessKey | Your AWS account access key. This value is accessible from your AWS security credentials page. |
| AWSSecretKey | Your AWS account secret key. This value is accessible from your AWS security credentials page. |
| AWSRoleARN | The Amazon Resource Name of the role to use when authenticating. |
| AWSRegion | The hosting region for your Amazon Web Services. |
| CredentialsLocation | The location of the settings file where MFA credentials are saved. |
| AWSUserPoolId | The User Pool Id. |
| AWSUserPoolClientAppId | The User Pool Client App Id. |
| AWSUserPoolClientAppSecret | Optional. The User Pool Client App Secret. |
| AWSIdentityPoolId | The Identity Pool Id. |
| Property | Description |
| InitiateOAuth | Set this property to initiate the process to obtain or refresh the OAuth access token when you connect. |
| OAuthVersion | The version of OAuth being used. |
| 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. |
| DelegatedServiceAccounts | A space-delimited list of service account emails for delegated requests. |
| 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. |
| State | Optional value for representing extra OAuth state information. |
| OAuthPasswordGrantMode | Specifies how the OAuth Client Id and Client Secret should be passed. Supported options: BASIC and POST. |
| OAuthIncludeCallbackURL | Whether to include the callback URL in an access token request. |
| OAuthAuthorizationURL | The authorization URL for the OAuth service. |
| OAuthAccessTokenURL | The URL to retrieve the OAuth access token from. |
| OAuthRefreshTokenURL | The URL to refresh the OAuth token from. |
| OAuthRequestTokenURL | The URL the service provides to retrieve request tokens from. This is required in OAuth 1.0. |
| OAuthVerifier | The verifier code returned from the OAuth authorization URL. |
| AuthToken | The authentication token used to request and obtain the OAuth Access Token. |
| AuthKey | The authentication secret used to request and obtain the OAuth Access Token. |
| OAuthParams | A comma-separated list of other parameters to submit in the request for the OAuth access token in the format paramname=value. |
| 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. |
| OAuthJWTIssuer | The issuer of the Java Web Token. |
| OAuthJWTSubject | The user subject for which the application is requesting delegated access. |
| 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 |
| Logfile | A filepath which designates the name and location of the log file. |
| Verbosity | The verbosity level that determines the amount of detail included in the log file. |
| LogModules | Core modules to be included in the log file. |
| MaxLogFileSize | A string specifying the maximum size in bytes for a log file (for example, 10 MB). |
| MaxLogFileCount | A string specifying the maximum file count of log files. |
| Property | Description |
| Location | A path to the directory that contains the schema files defining tables, views, and stored procedures. |
| BrowsableSchemas | This property restricts the schemas reported to a subset of the available schemas. For example, BrowsableSchemas=SchemaA,SchemaB,SchemaC. |
| Tables | This property restricts the tables reported to a subset of the available tables. For example, Tables=TableA,TableB,TableC. |
| Views | Restricts the views reported to a subset of the available tables. For example, Views=ViewA,ViewB,ViewC. |
| Property | Description |
| AutoCache | Automatically caches the results of SELECT queries into a cache database specified by either CacheLocation or both of CacheConnection and CacheProvider . |
| CacheProvider | The name of the provider to be used to cache data. |
| CacheDriver | The database driver used to cache data. |
| CacheConnection | The connection string for the cache database. This property is always used in conjunction with CacheProvider . Setting both properties will override the value set for CacheLocation for caching data. |
| CacheLocation | Specifies the path to the cache when caching to a file. |
| CacheTolerance | The tolerance for stale data in the cache specified in seconds when using AutoCache . |
| Offline | Use offline mode to get the data from the cache instead of the live source. |
| CacheMetadata | This property determines whether or not to cache the table metadata to a file store. |
| Property | Description |
| APIFieldsNameSeparator | Define the separator of compound filed names in your FHIR Server. |
| PaginationLimitName | The PaginationLimitName is used for defining a different name for the limit property in the limit-offset pagination. |
| PaginationMode | The type of pagination implemented by the FHIR server. The default value is NextLink. |
| PaginationOffsetName | Define a different name for offset property in the limit-offset pagination. |
| PaginationSnapshotName | Define the name for the property that identifies the current request snapshot identifier. |
| ContentType | The format used for accessing your FHIR Server data. The available values are: XML or JSON. |
| CustomHeaders | Other headers as determined by the user (optional). |
| 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 size of records returned per page. |
| PseudoColumns | This property indicates whether or not to include pseudo columns as columns to the table. |
| RTK | The runtime key used for licensing. |
| SupportsPostSearchRequests | Indicates whether or not the FHIR Server supports sending URL search params in a POST request body using the 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded' ContentType Header. Note: The InterSystems IRIS for Health does not support search with Post. |
| SupportsServerSideLastUpdatedFilter | Indicates whether or not the FHIR Server supports filtering Server-Side resources by the LastUpdated date. The filter must strictly follow the FHIR Specifications, meaning that the query parameter name is: '_lastUpdated' and the datetime precision is exactly as the server sends on the response. Also, the server must implemet filtering with comparison operators as: =, <, <=, >, >=. Example: [baseUrl]/Observation?_lastUpdated=2022-09-19T11:59:52Z For more information, please refer to: https://build.fhir.org/search.html#_lastUpdated . |
| SupportsServerSideSorting | Indicates whether or not the FHIR Server supports sorting operation Server-Side. The sorting must strictly follow the FHIR Specifications, meaning that the query parameter name is: '_sort' and by default the sotring will be ASC. If we would like to sort them DESC, the server must accept a '-' before the parameter name. Example: [baseUrl]/Observation?_sort=status,-date,category For more information, please refer to: http://hl7.org/fhir/search.html#_sort . |
| 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. |