Connection Properties
The connection 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 settings for this provider. Click the links for further details.
For more information on establishing a connection, see Getting Started.
Property | Description |
AuthScheme | The type of authentication to use when connecting to Microsoft Dynamics 365. |
OrganizationURL | The URL to your Dynamics 365 organization. For instance, https://abc123.cloudax.dynamics.com/. |
Edition | The edition of Microsoft Dynamics 365 being used. |
ADFSServer | The ADFS Server used for authentication. Only used with FinOpsOnPremise edition. |
ApiVersion | The API version being used. This can be specified to access a new version of the API once it is released. |
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 |
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. |
OAuthJWTIssuer | The issuer of the Java Web Token. |
OAuthJWTSubject | The user subject for which the application is requesting delegated access. |
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 |
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. |
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 |
AllowDuplicateRecords | Indicates if the driver should check the configured duplicate detection rules. |
CrossCompany | Whether to pull data for all companies or just the user's default company. |
CustomUrlParams | The custom query string to be included in the request. |
DirectQueryLimit | Limits the number of rows when using the DirectQuery mode. This helps avoid performance issues at design time. |
EnableForeignKeyDetection | Whether to detect the foreign keys in ODBC. |
IncludeFormattedValues | Indicates if columns that hold formatted values should be exposed. |
IncludeLookUpLogicalName | Indicates if the referenced entity name for a LookUp field should be exposed. |
IncludeNavigationProperties | A boolean indicating if navigation properties should be included in the column listing. |
MaximumColumnSize | The maximum column size. |
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 Microsoft Dynamics 365. |
PseudoColumns | This property indicates whether or not to include pseudo columns as columns to the table. |
Readonly | You can use this property to enforce read-only access to Microsoft Dynamics 365 from the provider. |
RTK | The runtime key used for licensing. |
Timeout | The value in seconds until the timeout error is thrown, canceling the operation. |
UseClientSidePaging | Whether or not the CData ADO.NET Provider for Microsoft Dynamics 365 should use multiple threads with client side paging. |
UseDynamicStoredProcedures | A boolean indicating if dynamic stored procedures should be exposed. |
UserDefinedViews | A filepath pointing to the JSON configuration file containing your custom views. |