Microsoft SharePoint Connector for CData Sync

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  • Microsoft SharePoint
    • Establishing a Connection
      • Connecting to REST API
      • Using Kerberos
      • Fine-Tuning Data Access
    • Advanced Features
      • SSL Configuration
      • Firewall and Proxy
    • SOAP Data Model
      • Tables
        • Attachments
        • Groups
        • Roles
        • Users
        • Views
      • Views
        • FileVersions
        • GetValidTerms
        • Lists
        • Permissions
        • Subsites
    • REST Data Model
      • Views
        • Attachments
        • Files
        • Groups
        • Lists
        • RoleAssignmentMember
        • RoleAssignments
        • RoleDefinitionBindings
        • Roles
        • Subsites
        • Users
      • Data Type Mapping
    • Connection String Options
      • Authentication
        • AuthScheme
        • URL
        • SharePointEdition
        • User
        • Password
      • Azure Authentication
        • AzureTenant
        • AzureEnvironment
      • SSO
        • SSOLoginURL
        • SSODomain
        • SSOProperties
      • OAuth
        • OAuthClientId
        • OAuthClientSecret
        • Scope
        • OAuthGrantType
      • JWT OAuth
        • OAuthJWTCert
        • OAuthJWTCertType
        • OAuthJWTIssuer
      • Kerberos
        • KerberosKDC
        • KerberosRealm
        • KerberosSPN
        • KerberosKeytabFile
        • KerberosServiceRealm
        • KerberosServiceKDC
        • KerberosTicketCache
      • SSL
        • SSLClientCert
        • SSLClientCertType
        • SSLClientCertPassword
        • SSLClientCertSubject
        • SSLServerCert
      • Firewall
        • FirewallType
        • FirewallServer
        • FirewallPort
        • FirewallUser
        • FirewallPassword
      • Proxy
        • ProxyAutoDetect
        • ProxyServer
        • ProxyPort
        • ProxyAuthScheme
        • ProxyUser
        • ProxyPassword
        • ProxySSLType
        • ProxyExceptions
      • Logging
        • LogModules
      • Schema
        • Location
        • BrowsableSchemas
        • Tables
        • Views
        • Schema
      • Miscellaneous
        • CalculatedDataType
        • ContinueOnError
        • CreateIDColumns
        • FolderOption
        • IncludeLookupColumns
        • MaxRows
        • Other
        • Pagesize
        • PseudoColumns
        • ShowHiddenColumns
        • ShowPredefinedColumns
        • ShowVersionViews
        • STSURL
        • Timeout
        • UseDisplayNames
        • UseEntityTypeName
        • UseNTLMV1
        • UserDefinedViews
        • UseSimpleNames

Microsoft SharePoint Connector for CData Sync

Overview

The CData Sync App provides a straightforward way to continuously pipeline your Microsoft SharePoint data to any database, data lake, or data warehouse, making it easily available for Analytics, Reporting, AI, and Machine Learning.

The Microsoft SharePoint connector can be used from the CData Sync application to pull data from Microsoft SharePoint and move it to any of the supported destinations.

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Establishing a Connection

Create a connection to Microsoft SharePoint by navigating to the Connections page in the Sync App application and selecting the corresponding icon in the Add Connections panel. If the Microsoft SharePoint icon is not available, click the Add More icon to download and install the Microsoft SharePoint connector from the CData site.

Required properties are listed under the Settings tab. The Advanced tab lists connection properties that are not typically required.

Connecting to Microsoft SharePoint

Microsoft SharePoint works with all Lists and Documents in the global Microsoft Sharepoint site, as well as with individual sites. Set the URL connection property to your Site Collection URL to work with all Lists and Documents, or set it to a specific Site URL to work with Lists and Documents in that site only.

URLExample URL
Site Collectionhttps://teams.contoso.com
Site https://teams.contoso.com/teamA or https://teamA.contoso.com

In addition to providing the URL, use one of the following sets of connection properties to authenticate to SharePoint. The default values make it easy to connect in most environments, as shown below. Sharepoint supports online (cloud-based) and on-premises architectures. Each architecture supports a different set of authentication schemes.

Online and on-prem authentication are discussed in turn below.

Authenticating to SharePoint Online

Set SharePointEdition to "SharePoint Online" and set the User and Password to the credentials you use to log onto SharePoint, for example, the credentials to your Microsoft Online Services account.

The following authentication schemes are supported:

  • AzureAD
  • Single sign-on (SSO) schemes
  • MSI
  • OAuthJWT
The following SSO identity providers are supported:

  • ADFS
  • OneLogin
  • Okta
  • PingFederate

If the user account domain is different from the domain configured with the identity provider, set SSODomain to the latter. This property may be required for any SSO.

AzureAD

Azure Active Directory (AzureAD) is a connection type that leverages OAuth to authenticate. OAuth requires the authenticating user to interact with Microsoft SharePoint using an internet browser. The driver facilitates this in several ways as described below. Set your AuthScheme to AzureAD. The AzureAD flows described below assume that you have done so.

Your organization may require Admin Consent when authorizing a new AzureAD application for your Azure Tenant. In all AzureAD flows, any initial installation and use of an AzureAD application requires that an administrator approve the application for their Azure Tenant.

Web Applications

When connecting via a Web application, you need to create and register a custom AzureAD application with Microsoft SharePoint. See Creating a Custom AzureAD App for more information about custom applications. You can then use the Sync App to acquire and manage the OAuth token values.

Get an OAuth Access Token

Set the following connection properties to obtain the OAuthAccessToken:

  • OAuthClientId: Set this to the client Id in your application settings.
  • OAuthClientSecret: Set this to the client secret in your application settings

Then call stored procedures to complete the OAuth exchange:

  1. Call the GetOAuthAuthorizationURL stored procedure. Set the CallbackURL input to the callback URL you specified in your application settings. If necessary, set the Scope parameter to request custom permissions.

    The stored procedure returns the URL to the OAuth endpoint.

  2. Open the URL, log in, and authorize the application. You are redirected back to the callback URL.
  3. Call the GetOAuthAccessToken stored procedure. Set the AuthMode input to WEB. Set the Verifier input to the "code" parameter in the query string of the callback URL. If necessary, set the Scope parameter to request custom permissions.

Once you have obtained the access and refresh tokens, you can connect to data and refresh the OAuth access token either automatically or manually.

Automatic Refresh of the OAuth Access Token

To have the driver automatically refresh the OAuth access token, set the following on the first data connection:

  • InitiateOAuth: Set this to REFRESH.
  • OAuthClientId: Set this to the client Id in your application settings.
  • OAuthClientSecret: Set this to the client secret in your application settings.
  • OAuthAccessToken: Set this to the access token returned by GetOAuthAccessToken.
  • OAuthRefreshToken: Set this to the refresh token returned by GetOAuthAccessToken.
  • OAuthSettingsLocation: Set this to the path where the Sync App saves the OAuth token values, which persist across connections.
On subsequent data connections, the values for OAuthAccessToken and OAuthRefreshToken are taken from OAuthSettingsLocation.

Manual Refresh of the OAuth Access Token

The only value needed to manually refresh the OAuth access token when connecting to data is the OAuth refresh token.

Use the RefreshOAuthAccessToken stored procedure to manually refresh the OAuthAccessToken after the ExpiresIn parameter value returned by GetOAuthAccessToken has elapsed, then set the following connection properties:

  • OAuthClientId: Set this to the client Id in your application settings.
  • OAuthClientSecret: Set this to the client secret in your application settings.

Then call RefreshOAuthAccessToken with OAuthRefreshToken set to the OAuth refresh token returned by GetOAuthAccessToken. After the new tokens have been retrieved, open a new connection by setting the OAuthAccessToken property to the value returned by RefreshOAuthAccessToken.

Finally, store the OAuth refresh token so that you can use it to manually refresh the OAuth access token after it has expired.

Azure Password

To connect using your Azure credentials directly, specify the following connection properties:

  • AuthScheme: Set this to AzurePassword.
  • User: Set this to your user account you use to connect to Azure.
  • Password: Set this to the password you use to connect to Azure.
  • AzureTenant: Set this to the Directory (tenant) ID, found on the Overview page of the OAuth app used to authenticate to Microsoft SharePoint on Azure.

OAuth: Admin Consent

Admin consent refers to when the Admin for an Azure Active Directory tenant grants permissions to an application that requires an administrator in your organization to consent to the use case. The embedded application within the CData Sync App, contains no permissions that require administrator consent. Therefore, this information applies only to custom applications.

Administrator Consent Permissions

When creating a new OAuth application in the Azure Portal, you must specify which permissions the application requires. Some permissions may be marked with "Admin Consent Required". For example, all Groups permissions require Admin Consent. If your application requires admin consent, there are two ways you can do this.

The easiest way to grant admin consent is to have an administrator log into the Azure Portal and navigate to the application you have created in App Registrations. Under API Permissions, click Grant Consent, which grants permissions on the tenant under which it was created.

If your organization has multiple tenants or you need to grant application permissions for other tenants outside your organization, use the GetAdminConsentURL stored procedure to generate the Admin Authorization URL. After the OAuth application is successfully authorized, it returns a Boolean indicating that permissions have been granted.

After the administrator has approved the OAuth Application, you can continue to authenticate.

Credentials Using a Custom App

Follow the steps below to create a custom OAuth app and obtain the connection properties for the OAuth authentication using Sharepoint App.

Register Add-In

  1. Navigate to the Register Add-In page by entering the url as : https://{sitename}.SharePoint.com/_layouts/15/appregnew.aspx .
  2. In the "App Information" section, click Generate, which is located next to the Client Id and Client Secret textboxes to generate the respective values.
  3. Set Title, App Domain and Redirect URI by filling respective text boxes.
  4. Click Create, which registers the add-in and returns the success message with created information.
Grant Permissions to Add-In
  1. Navigate to the SharePoint site.
  2. Enter the URL: https://{sitename}.sharepoint.com/_layouts/15/appinv.aspx in the browser. This redirects to the Grant permission page.
  3. Enter the Client ID (which you generated earlier), in AppId and click Lookup button. That will populate the value to other textboxes in Title, App Domain and Redirect Url.
  4. Now enter the below permission request in XML format.
        <AppPermissionRequests AllowAppOnlyPolicy="true">
         <AppPermissionRequest Scope="http://sharepoint/content/tenant" Right="FullControl"/>
        </AppPermissionRequests>
  5. When you click on Create you'll be presented with a permission consent dialog. Press Trust It to grant the permissions.

ADFS

Set the AuthScheme to ADFS. You need to set the following connection properties:

  • User: Set this to the ADFS user.
  • Password: Set this to ADFS password for the user.
  • SSODomain (optional): The domain configured with the ADFS identity provider.
Below is an example connection string:
AuthScheme=ADFS;User=ADFSUserName;Password=ADFSPassword;URL='http://sharepointserver/mysite';

Okta

Set the AuthScheme to Okta. The following connection properties are used to connect to Okta:

  • User: Set this to the Okta user.
  • Password: Set this to Okta password for the user.
  • SSODomain (optional): The domain configured with the OKTA identity provider.

The following is an example connection string:

AuthScheme=Okta;User=oktaUserName;Password=oktaPassword;URL='http://sharepointserver/mysite';

OneLogin

Set the AuthScheme to OneLogin. The following connection properties are used to connect to OneLogin:

  • User: Set this to the OneLogin user.
  • Password: Set this to OneLogin password for the user.
  • SSODomain (optional): The domain configured with the OneLogin identity provider.

The following is an example connection string:

AuthScheme=OneLogin;User=OneLoginUserName;Password=OneLoginPassword;URL='http://sharepointserver/mysite';

PingFederate

Set the AuthScheme to PingFederate. The following connection properties are used to connect to PingFederate:

  • User: Set this to the PingFederate user.
  • Password: Set this to PingFederate password for the user.
  • SSODomain (optional): The domain configured with the PingFederate identity provider.

The following is an example connection string:

AuthScheme=PingFederate;User=PingFederateUserName;Password=PingFederatePassword;URL='http://sharepointserver/mysite';

SharePointOAuth

Set the AuthScheme to SharePointOAuth. The following connection properties are used to connect to SharePointOAuth:

  • InitiateOAuth: Set this to GETANDREFRESH.
  • User: Set this to the SharePointOAuth user.
  • Password: Set this to SharePointOAuth password for the user.

The following is an example connection string:

Schema=REST;InitiateOAuth=GETANDREFRESH;AuthScheme=SharepointOAuth;URL=https://rssbuscrm.sharepoint.com;User=SharePointUserName;Password=SharePointPassword;SharePointEdition='SharepointOnline';

OAuthJWT Certificate

Set the AuthScheme to OAUTHJWT. The following connection properties are used to connect to Microsoft SharePoint:

  • OAuthGrantType: Set this to CLIENT.
  • AzureTenant: Set this to the tenant you wish to connect to.
  • OAuthJWTCert: Set this to the JWT Certificate store.
  • OAuthJWTIssuer: Set this to the OAuth client Id.

MSI

If you are running Microsoft SharePoint on an Azure VM, you can leverage Managed Service Identity (MSI) credentials to connect:

  • AuthScheme: Set this to AzureMSI.

The MSI credentials are automatically obtained for authentication.

MSI

If you are running Microsoft SharePoint on an Azure VM, you can leverage Managed Service Identity (MSI) credentials to connect:

  • AuthScheme: Set this to AzureMSI.

The MSI credentials are automatically obtained for authentication.

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Connecting to REST API

Microsoft SharePoint REST API is supported both on Sharepoint OnPremise and on Sharepoint Online. To connect using the REST API set Schema to REST.

The property SharePointEdition may be used to define the edition of Sharepoint.

Sharepoint Online

SharePoint Online uses OAuth standard to authenticate. Follow the steps under "Authenticating to SharePoint Online" in Establishing a Connection for more information.

Sharepoint OnPremise

Follow the steps under "Authenticating to SharePoint On Premises" in Establishing a Connection for more information.

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Using Kerberos

This section shows how to use the Sync App to authenticate using Kerberos.

Kerberos

To authenticate to Microsoft SharePoint using Kerberos, set the following properties:

  • AuthScheme: Set this to NEGOTIATE.
  • KerberosKDC: Set this to the host name or IP Address of your Kerberos KDC machine.
  • KerberosSPN: Set this to the service and host of the Microsoft SharePoint Kerberos Principal. This is the value prior to the '@' symbol (for instance, MyService/MyHost) of the principal value (for instance, MyService/[email protected]).

Retrieve the Kerberos Ticket

You can use one of the following options to retrieve the required Kerberos ticket.

MIT Kerberos Credential Cache File

This option enables you to use the MIT Kerberos Ticket Manager or kinit command to get tickets. Note that you do not need to set the User or Password connection properties with this option.

  1. Ensure that you have an environment variable created called KRB5CCNAME.
  2. Set the KRB5CCNAME environment variable to a path pointing to your credential cache file (for instance, C:\krb_cache\krb5cc_0 or /tmp/krb5cc_0). This file is created when generating your ticket with MIT Kerberos Ticket Manager.
  3. To obtain a ticket, open the MIT Kerberos Ticket Manager application, click Get Ticket, enter your principal name and password, then click OK. If successful, ticket information appears in Kerberos Ticket Manager and is stored in the credential cache file.
  4. Now that you have created the credential cache file, the Sync App uses the cache file to obtain the Kerberos ticket to connect to Microsoft SharePoint.

As an alternative to setting the KRB5CCNAME environment variable, you can directly set the file path using the KerberosTicketCache property. When set, the Sync App uses the specified cache file to obtain the Kerberos ticket to connect to Microsoft SharePoint.

Keytab File

If the KRB5CCNAME environment variable has not been set, you can retrieve a Kerberos ticket using a Keytab File. To do so, set the User property to the desired username and set the KerberosKeytabFile property to a file path pointing to the keytab file associated with the user.

User and Password

If both the KRB5CCNAME environment variable and the KerberosKeytabFile property have not been set, you can retrieve a ticket using a user and password combination. To do this, set the User and Password properties to the user/password combination that you use to authenticate with Microsoft SharePoint.

Cross-Realm

More complex Kerberos environments may require cross-realm authentication where multiple realms and KDC servers are used (e.g., where one realm/KDC is used for user authentication and another realm/KDC is used for obtaining the service ticket).

In such an environment, set the KerberosRealm and KerberosKDC properties to the values required for user authentication. Also set the KerberosServiceRealm and KerberosServiceKDC properties to the values required to obtain the service ticket.

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Fine-Tuning Data Access

Fine Tuning the Microsoft SharePoint Connection

To make it easier to access data in advanced integrations, use the following connection properties to control column name identifiers and other aspects of data access:

  • UseDisplayNames: Set this to true to return column names that match field names in the underlying API
    . By default, the Sync App uses column names that match the field names defined in SharePoint.
  • UseSimpleNames: Set this to true to perform substitutions on special characters in column names that SharePoint allows but that many databases typically do not.
  • ShowPredefinedColumns: Set this to false to exclude fields derived from fields in the list; for example, Author and CreatedAt
    . This setting excludes the predefined fields from being returned in SELECT * statements and schema discovery.
  • ShowHiddenColumns: When true, columns marked as hidden in SharePoint will be displayed by the Sync App.

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Advanced Features

This section details a selection of advanced features of the Microsoft SharePoint Sync App.

User Defined Views

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

SSL Configuration

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

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 Microsoft SharePoint and then processes the rest of the query in memory (client-side).

See Query Processing for more information.

Logging

See Logging for an overview of configuration settings that can be used to refine CData logging. For basic logging, you only need to set two connection properties, but there are numerous features that support more refined logging, where you can select subsets of information to be logged using the LogModules connection property.

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SSL Configuration

Customizing the SSL Configuration

By default, the Sync App attempts to negotiate SSL/TLS by checking the server's certificate against the system's trusted certificate store.

To specify another certificate, see the SSLServerCert property for the available formats to do so.

Client SSL Certificates

The Microsoft SharePoint Sync App also supports setting client certificates. Set the following to connect using a client certificate.

  • SSLClientCert: The name of the certificate store for the client certificate.
  • 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.

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Firewall and Proxy

Connecting Through a Firewall or Proxy

HTTP Proxies

To connect through the Windows system proxy, you do not need to set any additional connection properties. To connect to other proxies, set ProxyAutoDetect to false.

In addition, to authenticate to an HTTP proxy, set ProxyAuthScheme, ProxyUser, and ProxyPassword, in addition to ProxyServer and ProxyPort.

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.

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SOAP Data Model

The CData Sync App models Microsoft SharePoint entities in relational Tables, Views, and Stored Procedures. The table definitions are dynamically obtained based on your Microsoft SharePoint site. Any changes you make, such as adding a custom field or changing a field's data type, are automatically reflected when you connect.

Customizing the Data Model

The Sync App sets defaults to facilitate the maximum number of integrations; however, the following connection properties allow a greater granularity of customization useful in advanced integrations:

  • CalculatedDataType: The data type to be used for calculated fields.
  • CreateIDColumns: Indicates whether or not to create supplemental ID columns for SharePoint columns that use values from information stored in other Lists.
  • FolderOption: An option to determine how to display folders in results. Enter either FilesOnly, FilesAndFolders, Recursive, or RecursiveAll.
  • PseudoColumns: Indicates whether or not to report pseudo columns as columns in the table metadata.

Tables

Tables describes the available tables.

The Sync App can expose custom lists from Microsoft SharePoint that are not mentioned in the Tables. The data model illustrates a sample of what your SharePoint site might look like. The actual data model will be obtained dynamically based on your user credentials and SharePoint site.

Views

Typically, entities that cannot be modified are represented as Views, or read-only tables. You can also access custom views of a list as relational views.

To get data from a custom view of a list, you can set the ViewID pseudo column in the WHERE clause.

SELECT * FROM ListName WHERE ViewID='ID of the view'
You can get the ID of the view from the Views list. You must specify the List pseudo column to get a list of views for that list. For instance:
SELECT * FROM Views WHERE List ='ListName'

Stored Procedures

Stored Procedures are function-like interfaces to the data source. They surface additional capabilities of the Microsoft SharePoint API such as searching, updating, and modifying information.

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Tables

The Sync App models the data in Microsoft SharePoint into a list of tables that can be queried using standard SQL statements.

Generally, querying Microsoft SharePoint tables is the same as querying a table in a relational database. Sometimes there are special cases, for example, including a certain column in the WHERE clause might be required to get data for certain columns in the table. This is typically needed for situations where a separate request must be made for each row to get certain columns. These types of situations are clearly documented at the top of the table page linked below.

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Name Description
Attachments Read or delete Attachments for the specified item on the specified list.
Groups Create, update, delete, and query Groups from SharePoint.
Roles Create, update, delete, and query Roles from SharePoint.
Users Update, delete, and query Users from SharePoint.
Views Create, update, delete, and query the available lists in SharePoint.

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Attachments

Read or delete Attachments for the specified item on the specified list.

Table Specific Information

Select

List and ItemId are required to return Attachments.

Insert

Call the AddAttachments stored procedure to add new attachments to a list item.

Columns

Name Type ReadOnly Description
Url [KEY] String True

Description of the term set.

List String True

The internal name of the list to retrieve attachments from.

ListDisplayName String True

The display name of the list to retrieve attachments from.

ItemID String True

The ID of the item on the list to retrieve attachments from.

Name String True

The name of the attachment on the item.

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Groups

Create, update, delete, and query Groups from SharePoint.

Table Specific Information

Insert

The Name, DefaultLogin, and OwnerLogin columns are required to insert to this table.

To use the UserName pseudo column, you must set the value to the LoginName of the user. You can obtain the LoginName by querying the Users table.

Columns

Name Type ReadOnly Description
Name# [KEY] String False

The name of the group.

Description# String False

A description of the group.

OwnerLogin# String False

The user name of the owner of the group. This value should be in the format DOMAIN\\username.

OwnerType# String False

The type of owner. User or group.

DefaultLogin# String False

The user name of the default user for the group. This value should be in the format DOMAIN\\username.

Pseudo-Columns

Pseudo column fields are used in the WHERE clause of SELECT statements and offer a more granular control over the tuples that are returned from the data source.

Name Type Description
UserName String

The logical name of the user to return groups for. Specify this value on the SELECT statement to return only groups the specified User is in.

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Roles

Create, update, delete, and query Roles from SharePoint.

Table Specific Information

Select

To use the UserName pseudo column, you must set the value to the LoginName of the user. You can obtain the LoginName by querying the Users table.

Insert

To insert a Role, at least the Name is required:

INSERT INTO Roles (Name) VALUES ('My Role')

Columns

Name Type ReadOnly Description
Name# [KEY] String False

The name of the role.

Description# String False

A description of the role.

Permissions# Long False

A long representing the permissions for the role.

RoleType String True

The type of role.

IsHidden Boolean True

A boolean indicating if the role is hidden.

Pseudo-Columns

Pseudo column fields are used in the WHERE clause of SELECT statements and offer a more granular control over the tuples that are returned from the data source.

Name Type Description
UserName String

The login name of the user to return roles for. Specify this value on a SELECT statement to return only roles assigned to the specified user.

GroupName String

The name of the group to return roles for. Specify this value on a SELECT statement to return only roles assigned to the specified group.

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Users

Update, delete, and query Users from SharePoint.

Table Specific Information

Select

Retrieve all users created for the SharePoint Account:

SELECT * FROM Users

You can retrieve Users that belong to a specific Group. In this case specify the Group Name

SELECT * FROM Users WHERE [Group] = "GroupName"

Or you can retrieve Users that have a specific Role. In this case specify the Role Name

SELECT * FROM Users WHERE [Role] = "RoleName"

Columns

Name Type ReadOnly Description
ID String True

The ID of the user.

LoginName# [KEY] String False

The login name of the user.

Name# String False

The name of the user.

Email# String False

The email address of the user.

IsInDomainGroup Boolean True

A boolean indicating if the user is in the domain group.

IsSiteAdmin Boolean True

A boolean indicating if the user is a site admin.

Notes# String False

Optional notes concerning the user.

SecurityId String True

The security Id (SID) for the user.

Pseudo-Columns

Pseudo column fields are used in the WHERE clause of SELECT statements and offer a more granular control over the tuples that are returned from the data source.

Name Type Description
Group String

The group you are adding a user to and selecting or deleting the user from. This is an input-only value and either Group or Role must be specified for inserts and selects, but may be optionally specified for deletions.

Role String

The role you are adding a user to and selecting or deleting the user from. This is an input-only value and either Group or Role must be specified for inserts and selects, but may be optionally specified for deletions.

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Views

Create, update, delete, and query the available lists in SharePoint.

Table Specific Information

Views is a special table. It may be used to get, update, insert, and delete views from a specified List.

Select

In order to return results from Views, either the Id or List must be specified in the SELECT statement. For example:


SELECT * FROM Views WHERE List='MyListName'

Insert

The List, Name, Type, and Fields columns are required to insert to this table.

Columns

Name Type ReadOnly Description
ID [KEY] String True

The Id of the view.

List String True

The list the view is associated with. A list must be specified when performing SELECT statements if the Id is not specified.

ViewID String True

The Id of the view. May only be unique for the specific list.

Name String False

The name of the view.

Type String False

The type of view. This must have a value on inserts and updates.

The allowed values are CALENDAR, GRID, HTML.

The default value is HTML.

Fields String False

A comma separated list of the fields associated with the view. This is space-sensitive.

IsDefault Boolean False

A boolean indicating if the view is the default view for the list.

Query String False

A query for the view.

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Views

Views are composed of columns and pseudo columns. Views are similar to tables in the way that data is represented; however, views do not support updates. Entities that are represented as views are typically read-only entities. Often, a stored procedure is available to update the data if such functionality is applicable to the data source.

Queries can be executed against a view as if it were a normal table, and the data that comes back is similar in that regard.

Dynamic views, such as queries exposed as views, and views for looking up specific combinations of project_team work items are supported.

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Name Description
FileVersions Lists the versions of files available on SharePoint.
GetValidTerms Gets a list of valid terms for the specified column on the specified table.
Lists Lists the available lists in SharePoint.
Permissions The permissions for a site or list. Note: If ItemID is empty, the ObjectType should be set to List or web (an ObjectName must be specified when the ObjectType is list). If not, the ObjectName must be specified along with the ItemID.
Subsites This lists the available subsites.

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FileVersions

Lists the versions of files available on SharePoint.

View-Specific Information

Library and File must be specified to return results from this view.

Columns

Name Type Description
ID [KEY] String The ID of the version.
Comments String Comments about the particular version.
CreateBy String The username of the SharePoint user who modified this version of the file.
Date Datetime When the file was modified.
Size String The size of this version of the file.
Url String The URL to this version of the file.
Library String The library name on SharePoint you are listing versions from. A library must be specified to retrieve the versions for a file.

The default value is Shared Documents.

File String The name of the file on SharePoint to list versions for. A file must be specified to retrieve the versions for a file.

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GetValidTerms

Gets a list of valid terms for the specified column on the specified table.

Table Specific Information

GetValidTerms is a special view. It may be used to get valid terms for a Taxonomy or Managed Metadata column of a given list. To use the view, supply both the name of the table and the column for which you are looking to get valid terms. For example:


SELECT * FROM GetValidTerms WHERE List='MyListName' AND ColumnName='MyManagedMetadataColumn'

Columns

Name Type Description
ID [KEY] String The identifier of the term.
TermLabelValue String The label of the term.
Description String Description of the term set.
NameInRequestedLang String The name of the term set in the language requested by the client.
IsOpen Boolean Boolean indicating if the term set is open.
Deprecated Boolean Boolean indicating if the term is deprecated.
InternalId String Internal identifier for the term.
TermSetContact String Term set contact.
ContainerDesc String Container node for the description.
SingleTermLabelDesc String This fully describes a single term label.
IsDefaultLabel Boolean True if the term label is the default term label.
BelongsTo String This item describes a term set to which a term belongs.
IsTaggingAvailable Boolean If the term set is available for tagging, this value is true.
TermPath String Term path of the term with term labels.
TermpathoftermwithIds String Term path of term with identifiers.
ChildTerms String A string value that indicates a custom sort order for the child terms of the term identified by PertainingToTerm.
HasChildTerms Boolean True if the term has child terms.
PertainingToTerm String Identifier of the term that this term set information is pertaining to.

Pseudo-Columns

Pseudo column fields are used in the WHERE clause of SELECT statements and offer a more granular control over the tuples that are returned from the data source.

Name Type Description
List String The name of the list to get valid terms for.
ColumnName String The name of the column to get valid terms for.
LocaleId String The locale Id for the term. Defaults to 1033.

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Lists

Lists the available lists in SharePoint.

Table Specific Information

Lists can be used to list the tables in SharePoint. This will only return actual lists in SharePoint and not any special tables associated with the Sync App.

The following columns can be used in the WHERE clause: Title and BaseTemplate.

Columns

Name Type Description
ID [KEY] String The Id of the list.
Title String The title of the list. This column may be used in the WHERE clause and may be used with a wild card (*) character.
Description String A description for the list.
BaseTemplate String Indicates the type of template used to create the list. This column may be used in the WHERE clause.
Version Double The version of the list.
Url String The default URL of the list.
EmailAlias String The email alias of the list.
ImageUrl String The image URL of the list.
ItemCount Integer The number of items in the list.
Item_Deleted Datetime The last time an item was deleted from this list.
Item_Modified Datetime The last time an item was modified from this list.
SendToUrl String The send-to URL of the list.
Created Datetime The time when the list was created.
AllowDeletion String Whether items can be deleted.
AllowMultiResponses Boolean Boolean indicating if multiple responses are enabled for the survey.
Direction String A string that contains LTR if the reading order is left-to-right, RTL if it is right-to-left, or None.
EnableAssignedToEmail Boolean Boolean indicating if assigned-to emails are enabled. Only applies to issues lists.
EnableAttachments Boolean Boolean indicating if attachments may be added to items in the list. Does not apply to document libraries.
EnableModeration Boolean Boolean indicating if content approval is enabled for the list.
EnableVersioning Boolean Boolean indicating if versioning is enabled for the list.
Hidden Boolean Boolean indicating if the list is hidden so that it does not appear on the Documents and Lists page, Quick Launch bar, Modify Site Content page, or Add Column page as an option for lookup fields.
MultipleDataList Boolean Boolean indicating if a meeting-workspace site contains data for multiple meeting instances within the site.
Ordered Boolean Boolean indicating if items in the list can be sorted on the Edit View page.
Showuser Boolean Boolean indicating if the names of users are shown in the results of the survey.

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Permissions

The permissions for a site or list. Note: If ItemID is empty, the ObjectType should be set to List or web (an ObjectName must be specified when the ObjectType is list). If not, the ObjectName must be specified along with the ItemID.

Columns

Name Type Description
MemberID [KEY] String The ID of the permission.
Mask Long A 32-bit integer in 0x00000000 format that represents a Microsoft.SharePoint.SPRights value and defines the permission. Use the pipe symbol ('|') in C# or Or in Microsoft Visual Basic to delimit values when creating a custom permission mask that combines permissions.
MemberIsUser Bool Indicate whether it is the permission for user.
MemberGlobal Bool Indicate whether it is the permission for group.
RoleName String A string that contains the name of the site group, the name of the cross-site group, or the user name (DOMAIN\User_Alias) of the user to whom the permission applies.

Pseudo-Columns

Pseudo column fields are used in the WHERE clause of SELECT statements and offer a more granular control over the tuples that are returned from the data source.

Name Type Description
ObjectName String A string that contains the name of the list or site.
ObjectType String A string that specifies either List or Web.
ItemID String ID of the item.

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Subsites

This lists the available subsites.

Columns

Name Type Description
Title String The name of the subsite.
Url String The url of the subsite.

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REST Data Model

The CData Sync App models Microsoft SharePoint entities in relational Tables, Views, and Stored Procedures. The table definitions are dynamically obtained based on your Microsoft SharePoint site. Any changes you make, such as adding a custom field or changing a field's data type, are automatically reflected when you connect.

Tables

Tables describes the available tables.

Lists in your sharepoint site are exposed as relational tables dynamically. Which means any change you make in your lists, i.e adding new list or adding new fields, will be reflected on the driver.

Views

Views are tables that cannot be modified. Typically, read-only data are shown as views.

Stored Procedures

Stored Procedures are function-like interfaces to the data source. They surface additional capabilities of the Microsoft SharePoint API such as searching, updating, and modifying information.

Using OData standard

Since the REST API is OData based, server side filters, are done using OData standard. So the driver takes the most of the server filtering, by reading the metadata file and determing which filters can be done on the server.

NOTE: When executing "SELECT *" queries, the Microsoft SharePoint REST API response, does not return all the available fields. So to avoid too many null values, the provider will select all the columns explicitly using the $select filter. However, the provider will do this only if the $select filter's length is not bigger than 1500, to avoid an error from Microsoft SharePoint REST API regarding the URL length. This is a limitation of the Microsoft SharePoint REST API, so in these cases, the only way to see the actual value of some columns, is to explicitly select them in your query.

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Views

Views are composed of columns and pseudo columns. Views are similar to tables in the way that data is represented; however, views do not support updates. Entities that are represented as views are typically read-only entities. Often, a stored procedure is available to update the data if such functionality is applicable to the data source.

Queries can be executed against a view as if it were a normal table, and the data that comes back is similar in that regard.

Dynamic views, such as queries exposed as views, and views for looking up specific combinations of project_team work items are supported.

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Name Description
Attachments Read Attachments for the specified item on the specified list.
Files Query the available files on your sharepoint site.
Groups Query the available groups on your sharepoint site.
Lists Query the available lists on your sharepoint site.
RoleAssignmentMember Get Web RoleAssignments member.
RoleAssignments Get Web RoleAssignments.
RoleDefinitionBindings Get Web Role definition binding.
Roles Query the roles your users can have.
Subsites This lists the available subsites.
Users Query the available users on your sharepoint site.

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Attachments

Read Attachments for the specified item on the specified list.

Table Specific Information

Select

Note: List and ItemId are required to return Attachments.

List can be fetched from the Lists view(Title column).

SELECT * FROM Attachments WHERE List = 'TestApp' AND ItemID = 1

Columns

Name Type References Description
Id [KEY] String The Id of the attachment on the item.
Updated Datetime The updated date of the attachment on the item.
FileName String The FileName of the attachment on the item.
ServerRelativePath_DecodedUrl String The ServerRelativePath DecodedUrl of the attachment on the item.
FileNameAsPath_DecodedUrl String The FileNameAsPath DecodedUrl of the attachment on the item.
ServerRelativeUrl String The ServerRelativeUrl of the attachment on the item.
List String The internal name of the list to retrieve attachments from.
ItemID String The ID of the item on the list to retrieve attachments from.

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Files

Query the available files on your sharepoint site.

Columns

Name Type References Description
Id [KEY] String
CreatedBy_Id String
CreatedBy_Name String
CreatedBy_Puid String
ETag String
LastModifiedBy_Id String
LastModifiedBy_Name String
LastModifiedBy_Puid String
Name String
Size Int
TimeCreated Datetime
TimeLastModified Datetime
Url String

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Groups

Query the available groups on your sharepoint site.

Table Specific Information

Select


SELECT * FROM Groups

Columns

Name Type References Description
Id [KEY] Int The Group Id.
AllowMembersEditMembership Bool
AllowRequestToJoinLeave Bool
AutoAcceptRequestToJoinLeave Bool
CanCurrentUserEditMembership Bool
CanCurrentUserManageGroup Bool
CanCurrentUserViewMembership Bool
Description String
OnlyAllowMembersViewMembership Bool
OwnerTitle String
RequestToJoinLeaveEmailSetting String
LinkedOwner String
LinkedUsers String

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Lists

Query the available lists on your sharepoint site.

Columns

Name Type References Description
HasUniqueRoleAssignments [KEY] Bool
LinkedFirstUniqueAncestorSecurableObject String
LinkedRoleAssignments String
ServerRelativeUrl String This column will be available when the URL is a subsite.
Id [KEY] String
AllowContentTypes Bool
AllowDeletion Bool
BaseTemplate Int
BaseType Int
BrowserFileHandling Int
ContentTypesEnabled Bool
CrawlNonDefaultViews Bool
Created Datetime
CurrentChangeToken_StringValue String
CustomActionElements_Items String
DataSource_Properties String
DefaultContentApprovalWorkflowId String
DefaultDisplayFormUrl String
DefaultEditFormUrl String
DefaultItemOpenUseListSetting Bool
DefaultNewFormUrl String
DefaultViewPath_DecodedUrl String
DefaultViewUrl String
Description String
Direction String
DisableGridEditing Bool
DocumentTemplateUrl String
DraftVersionVisibility Int
EffectiveBasePermissions_High Long
EffectiveBasePermissions_Low Long
EffectiveBasePermissionsForUI_High Long
EffectiveBasePermissionsForUI_Low Long
EnableAssignToEmail Bool
EnableAttachments Bool
EnableFolderCreation Bool
EnableMinorVersions Bool
EnableModeration Bool
EnableRequestSignOff Bool
EnableVersioning Bool
EntityTypeName String
ExcludeFromOfflineClient Bool
ExemptFromBlockDownloadOfNonViewableFiles Bool
FileSavePostProcessingEnabled Bool
ForceCheckout Bool
HasExternalDataSource Bool
Hidden Bool
ImagePath_DecodedUrl String
ImageUrl String
IrmEnabled Bool
IrmExpire Bool
IrmReject Bool
IsApplicationList Bool
IsCatalog Bool
IsEnterpriseGalleryLibrary Bool
IsPrivate Bool
IsSiteAssetsLibrary Bool
IsSystemList Bool
ItemCount Int
LastItemDeletedDate Datetime
LastItemModifiedDate Datetime
LastItemUserModifiedDate Datetime
ListExperienceOptions Int
ListItemEntityTypeFullName String
MajorVersionLimit Int
MajorWithMinorVersionsLimit Int
MultipleDataList Bool
NoCrawl Bool
OnQuickLaunch Bool
PageRenderType Int
ParentWebPath_DecodedUrl String
ParentWebUrl String
ParserDisabled Bool
ReadSecurity Int
SchemaXml String
ServerTemplateCanCreateFolders Bool
TemplateFeatureId String
Title String
ValidationFormula String
ValidationMessage String
WriteSecurity Int
LinkedContentTypes String
LinkedCreatablesInfo String
LinkedDefaultView String
LinkedDescriptionResource String
LinkedEventReceivers String
LinkedFields String
LinkedForms String
LinkedInformationRightsManagementSettings String
LinkedItems String
LinkedParentWeb String
LinkedRootFolder String
LinkedSubscriptions String
LinkedTitleResource String
LinkedUserCustomActions String
LinkedViews String
LinkedWorkflowAssociations String

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RoleAssignmentMember

Get Web RoleAssignments member.

Table Specific Information

Select

Note: PrincipalId is required to return RoleAssignmentMember.

SELECT * FROM RoleAssignmentMember WHERE PrincipalId = 3
SELECT * FROM RoleAssignmentMember WHERE List = 'TestApp' AND PrincipalId = 3
SELECT * FROM RoleAssignmentMember WHERE PrincipalId = 5 AND list = 'KatsunariMatsumoto' AND ItemId = '3'

Columns

Name Type References Description
ID [KEY] String The ID of the role assigned member.
Updated Datetime The updated date for role assigned member.
IsHiddenInUI Boolean A boolean indicating if the assigned role member is hidden in UI.
LoginName String The login name of the role assigned member.
Title String The title of the role assigned member.
AllowMembersEditMembership Boolean A boolean indicating whether to allow members edit membership.
AllowRequestToJoinLeave Boolean A boolean indicating whether to allow request to join leave.
AutoAcceptRequestToJoinLeave Boolean A boolean indicating whether to auto accept request to join leave.
Description String The description of the role assigned member.
OnlyAllowMembersViewMembership Boolean A boolean indicating whether to only allow members view membership.
OwnerTitle String The owner title of the role assigned member.
RequestToJoinLeaveEmailSetting String The request to join leave email setting of the role assigned member.
PrincipalId String

RoleAssignments.PrincipalId

The Principal Id.
List String

Lists.Title

The internal name of the list to retrieve role assigned member from.
ItemId String List item id for role assignment.

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RoleAssignments

Get Web RoleAssignments.

Table Specific Information

Select


SELECT * FROM RoleAssignments WHERE List = 'TestApp'
SELECT * FROM RoleAssignments WHERE PrincipalId = 5 AND list = 'KatsunariMatsumoto' AND ItemId = '3'

Columns

Name Type References Description
ID [KEY] String The ID of the role assigned.
PrincipalId Long The Principal ID for role assigned.
Updated Datetime The updated date for role assigned.
List String

Lists.Title

The internal name of the list to retrieve role assigned from.
ItemId String List item id for role assignment.

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RoleDefinitionBindings

Get Web Role definition binding.

Table Specific Information

Select

Note: PrincipalId is required to return RoleDefinitionBindings.

SELECT * FROM RoleDefinitionBindings WHERE PrincipalId = 3
SELECT * FROM RoleDefinitionBindings WHERE List = 'TestApp' AND PrincipalId = 3
SELECT * FROM RoleDefinitionBindings WHERE PrincipalId = 5 AND list = 'KatsunariMatsumoto' AND ItemId = '3'

Columns

Name Type References Description
ID [KEY] String The ID of the role assigned member.
BasePermissions_High Int64 The base permissions high.
BasePermissions_Low Int64 The base permissions low.
Description String The description.
Hidden Boolean A boolean indicating if it is hidden.
Name String The name.
Order Int The order.
RoleTypeKind Int The role type kind.
PrincipalId String

RoleAssignments.PrincipalId

The Principal Id.
List String

Lists.Title

The internal name of the list to retrieve role assigned member from.
ItemId String List item id for role defintion.

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Roles

Query the roles your users can have.

Columns

Name Type References Description
Id [KEY] Int
BasePermissions_High Long
BasePermissions_Low Long
Description String
Hidden Bool
Name String
Order Int
RoleTypeKind Int

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Subsites

This lists the available subsites.

Table Specific Information

Select


SELECT * FROM Subsites

Columns

Name Type References Description
Id [KEY] String The Id of the subsite.
AllowRssFeeds Boolean The AllowRssFeeds of the subsite.
AlternateCssUrl String The AlternateCssUrl of the subsite.
AppInstanceId String The AppInstanceId of the subsite.
ClassicWelcomePage String The ClassicWelcomePage of the subsite.
Configuration Int The Configuration of the subsite.
Created Datetime The Created of the subsite.
CurrentChangeToken_StringValue String The CurrentChangeToken_StringValue of the subsite.
CustomMasterUrl String The CustomMasterUrl of the subsite.
Description String The Description of the subsite.
DesignPackageId String The DesignPackageId of the subsite.
DocumentLibraryCalloutOfficeWebAppPreviewersDisabled Boolean The DocumentLibraryCalloutOfficeWebAppPreviewersDisabled of the subsite.
EnableMinimalDownload Boolean The EnableMinimalDownload of the subsite.
FooterEmphasis Int The FooterEmphasis of the subsite.
FooterEnabled Boolean The FooterEnabled of the subsite.
FooterLayout Int The FooterLayout of the subsite.
HeaderEmphasis Int The HeaderEmphasis of the subsite.
HeaderLayout Int The HeaderLayout of the subsite.
HideTitleInHeader Boolean The HideTitleInHeader of the subsite.
HorizontalQuickLaunch Boolean The HorizontalQuickLaunch of the subsite.
IsHomepageModernized Boolean The IsHomepageModernized of the subsite.
IsMultilingual Boolean The IsMultilingual of the subsite.
IsRevertHomepageLinkHidden Boolean The IsRevertHomepageLinkHidden of the subsite.
KeepFieldUserResources Boolean The KeepFieldUserResources of the subsite.
Language Int The Language of the subsite.
LastItemModifiedDate Datetime The LastItemModifiedDate of the subsite.
LastItemUserModifiedDate Datetime The LastItemUserModifiedDate of the subsite.
LogoAlignment Int The LogoAlignment of the subsite.
MasterUrl String The MasterUrl of the subsite.
MegaMenuEnabled Boolean The MegaMenuEnabled of the subsite.
NavAudienceTargetingEnabled Boolean The NavAudienceTargetingEnabled of the subsite.
NoCrawl Boolean The NoCrawl of the subsite.
ObjectCacheEnabled Boolean The ObjectCacheEnabled of the subsite.
OverwriteTranslationsOnChange Boolean The OverwriteTranslationsOnChange of the subsite.
ResourcePath_DecodedUrl String The ResourcePath_DecodedUrl of the subsite.
QuickLaunchEnabled Boolean The QuickLaunchEnabled of the subsite.
RecycleBinEnabled Boolean The RecycleBinEnabled of the subsite.
SearchScope Int The SearchScope of the subsite.
ServerRelativeUrl String The ServerRelativeUrl of the subsite.
SiteLogoUrl String The SiteLogoUrl of the subsite.
SyndicationEnabled Boolean The SyndicationEnabled of the subsite.
TenantAdminMembersCanShare Int The TenantAdminMembersCanShare of the subsite.
Title String The Title of the subsite.
TreeViewEnabled Boolean The TreeViewEnabled of the subsite.
UIVersion Int The UIVersion of the subsite.
UIVersionConfigurationEnabled Boolean The UIVersionConfigurationEnabled of the subsite.
Url String The Url of the subsite.
WebTemplate String The WebTemplate of the subsite.
WelcomePage String The WelcomePage of the subsite.

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Users

Query the available users on your sharepoint site.

Table Specific Information

Select


SELECT * FROM Users // Fetch all the Users
SELECT * FROM Users WHERE GroupId = 5 // Fetch a user for a particular Group

Columns

Name Type References Description
AadObjectId_NameId String
AadObjectId_NameIdIssuer String
Email String
Expiration String
IsEmailAuthenticationGuestUser Bool
IsShareByEmailGuestUser Bool
IsSiteAdmin Bool
UserId_NameId String
UserId_NameIdIssuer String
UserPrincipalName String
LinkedAlerts String
LinkedGroups String
LoginName String The login name of the user.
Title String The Title of the user.
IsHiddenInUI Boolean A boolean indicating if the user is hidden in UI.
GroupId Int The group id the user is added to.

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Data Type Mapping

Data Type Mappings

The Sync App maps types from the data source to the corresponding data type available in the schema. The table below documents these mappings.

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Choice (menu) string
Currency float
Date and Time datetime
Hyperlink or Picture string
Lookup string
Multiple lines of text string
Number float
Person or Group string
Single line of text string
Task Outcome string
Yes/No bool

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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.

Authentication


PropertyDescription
AuthSchemeThe scheme used for authenticating to SharePoint.
URLThe base URL for the site.
SharePointEditionThe edition of SharePoint being used. Set either SharePoint Online or SharePoint On-Premise.
UserThe SharePoint user account used to authenticate.
PasswordThe password used to authenticate the user.

Azure Authentication


PropertyDescription
AzureTenantThe Microsoft Online tenant being used to access data. If not specified, your default tentant will be used.
AzureEnvironmentThe Azure Environment to use when establishing a connection.

SSO


PropertyDescription
SSOLoginURLThe identity provider's login URL.
SSODomainThe domain of the user when using single sign-on (SSO).
SSOPropertiesAdditional properties required to connect to the identity provider in a semicolon-separated list.

OAuth


PropertyDescription
OAuthClientIdThe client Id assigned when you register your application with an OAuth authorization server.
OAuthClientSecretThe client secret assigned when you register your application with an OAuth authorization server.
ScopeThe scope used for the OAuth flow to access data from the Application.
OAuthGrantTypeThe grant type for the OAuth flow.

JWT OAuth


PropertyDescription
OAuthJWTCertThe JWT Certificate store.
OAuthJWTCertTypeThe type of key store containing the JWT Certificate.
OAuthJWTIssuerThe issuer of the Java Web Token.

Kerberos


PropertyDescription
KerberosKDCThe Kerberos Key Distribution Center (KDC) service used to authenticate the user.
KerberosRealmThe Kerberos Realm used to authenticate the user.
KerberosSPNThe service principal name (SPN) for the Kerberos Domain Controller.
KerberosKeytabFileThe Keytab file containing your pairs of Kerberos principals and encrypted keys.
KerberosServiceRealmThe Kerberos realm of the service.
KerberosServiceKDCThe Kerberos KDC of the service.
KerberosTicketCacheThe full file path to an MIT Kerberos credential cache file.

SSL


PropertyDescription
SSLClientCertThe TLS/SSL client certificate store for SSL Client Authentication (2-way SSL).
SSLClientCertTypeThe type of key store containing the TLS/SSL client certificate.
SSLClientCertPasswordThe password for the TLS/SSL client certificate.
SSLClientCertSubjectThe subject of the TLS/SSL client certificate.
SSLServerCertThe certificate to be accepted from the server when connecting using TLS/SSL.

Firewall


PropertyDescription
FirewallTypeThe protocol used by a proxy-based firewall.
FirewallServerThe name or IP address of a proxy-based firewall.
FirewallPortThe TCP port for a proxy-based firewall.
FirewallUserThe user name to use to authenticate with a proxy-based firewall.
FirewallPasswordA password used to authenticate to a proxy-based firewall.

Proxy


PropertyDescription
ProxyAutoDetectThis indicates whether to use the system proxy settings or not. This takes precedence over other proxy settings, so you'll need to set ProxyAutoDetect to FALSE in order use custom proxy settings.
ProxyServerThe hostname or IP address of a proxy to route HTTP traffic through.
ProxyPortThe TCP port the ProxyServer proxy is running on.
ProxyAuthSchemeThe authentication type to use to authenticate to the ProxyServer proxy.
ProxyUserA user name to be used to authenticate to the ProxyServer proxy.
ProxyPasswordA password to be used to authenticate to the ProxyServer proxy.
ProxySSLTypeThe SSL type to use when connecting to the ProxyServer proxy.
ProxyExceptionsA semicolon separated list of destination hostnames or IPs that are exempt from connecting through the ProxyServer .

Logging


PropertyDescription
LogModulesCore modules to be included in the log file.

Schema


PropertyDescription
LocationA path to the directory that contains the schema files defining tables, views, and stored procedures.
BrowsableSchemasThis property restricts the schemas reported to a subset of the available schemas. For example, BrowsableSchemas=SchemaA,SchemaB,SchemaC.
TablesThis property restricts the tables reported to a subset of the available tables. For example, Tables=TableA,TableB,TableC.
ViewsRestricts the views reported to a subset of the available tables. For example, Views=ViewA,ViewB,ViewC.
SchemaThe type of schema to use.

Miscellaneous


PropertyDescription
CalculatedDataTypeThe data type to be used for calculated fields.
ContinueOnErrorIndicates whether or not to continue updating items in a batch after an error.
CreateIDColumnsIndicates whether or not to create supplemental ID columns for SharePoint columns that use values from information stored in other Lists.
FolderOptionAn option to determine how to display folders in results. Enter either FilesOnly, FilesAndFolders, Recursive, or RecursiveAll.
IncludeLookupColumnsThis option controls whether the driver returns the lookup columns defined on a table.
MaxRowsLimits the number of rows returned rows when no aggregation or group by is used in the query. This helps avoid performance issues at design time.
OtherThese hidden properties are used only in specific use cases.
PagesizeThe maximum number of results to return per page from Microsoft SharePoint.
PseudoColumnsThis property indicates whether or not to include pseudo columns as columns to the table.
ShowHiddenColumnsBoolean determining if hidden columns should be shown or not. If false, all hidden columns will be removed from the column listing.
ShowPredefinedColumnsBoolean determining if predefined columns should be shown or not. If false, all columns derived from a base type will be removed from the column listing.
ShowVersionViewsIndicate whether to display the view of list versions. Such as ListA_Versions.
STSURLThe URL of the security token service (STS) when using single sign-on (SSO).
TimeoutThe value in seconds until the timeout error is thrown, canceling the operation.
UseDisplayNamesBoolean determining if the display names for the columns should be used instead of the API names.
UseEntityTypeNameBoolean determining if the table name should be EntityTypeName instead of the title in the REST schema.
UseNTLMV1Determines whether the driver will attempt to connect with NTLMv1 or NTLMv2 (default).
UserDefinedViewsA filepath pointing to the JSON configuration file containing your custom views.
UseSimpleNamesBoolean determining if simple names should be used for tables and columns.
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Authentication

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


PropertyDescription
AuthSchemeThe scheme used for authenticating to SharePoint.
URLThe base URL for the site.
SharePointEditionThe edition of SharePoint being used. Set either SharePoint Online or SharePoint On-Premise.
UserThe SharePoint user account used to authenticate.
PasswordThe password used to authenticate the user.
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AuthScheme

The scheme used for authenticating to SharePoint.

Remarks

If authenticating to Sharepoint On-Premise instance, together with Password and User, this field is used to authenticate against the server. NTLM is the default option. Use the following options to select your authentication scheme:

  • NTLM: Set this to use your Windows credentials for authentication.
  • Negotiate: If AuthScheme is set to Negotiate, the Sync App will Negotiate an authentication mechanism with the server. Set AuthScheme to Negotiate if you want to use Kerberos authentication.
  • None: Set this to use anonymous authentication; for example, to access a public site.
  • Basic: Set this to use HTTP Basic authentication.
  • ADFS: Set this to use Single Sign-On authentication with ADFS.

If authenticating to Sharepoint Online, OAuth is the default option. Use the following options to select your authentication scheme:

  • AzureAD: Set this to perform Azure Active Directory OAuth Authentication.
  • AzurePassword: Set this to authenticate using OAuth with Password GrantType.
  • OAuthJWT: If AuthScheme is set to OAuthJWT, the Sync App will try to connect with a self signed certificate with Azure AD.
  • PingFederate: Set this to use Single Sign-On authentication with PingFederate.
  • ADFS: Set this to use Single Sign-On authentication with ADFS.
  • OneLogin: Set this to use Single Sign-On authentication with OneLogin.
  • OKTA: Set this to use Single Sign-On authentication with OKTA.
  • OAuth: Set this to use OAuth 2 authentication with GrantType CODE or PASSWORD.
  • AzureMSI: Set this to automatically obtain Managed Service Identity credentials when running on an Azure VM.
  • SharePointOAuth: Set this to use OAuth authentication with Sharepoint APP for Client Credentials.

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URL

The base URL for the site.

Remarks

The following are examples of valid URLs:

  • http://server/SharePoint/
  • http://server/Sites/mysite/
  • http://server:90/
The provider will use URL to derive URLs for other calls to the server.

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SharePointEdition

The edition of SharePoint being used. Set either SharePoint Online or SharePoint On-Premise.

Remarks

The edition of SharePoint being used. Set either SharePoint Online or SharePoint On-Premise.

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User

The SharePoint user account used to authenticate.

Remarks

Together with Password, this field is used to authenticate against the SharePoint server.

For SharePoint On-Premise, User should include the domain and will look similar to the following: DOMAIN\Username.

For SharePoint Online, User will look similar to the following: [email protected].

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Password

The password used to authenticate the user.

Remarks

The User and Password are together used to authenticate with the server.

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Azure Authentication

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


PropertyDescription
AzureTenantThe Microsoft Online tenant being used to access data. If not specified, your default tentant will be used.
AzureEnvironmentThe Azure Environment to use when establishing a connection.
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AzureTenant

The Microsoft Online tenant being used to access data. If not specified, your default tentant will be used.

Remarks

The Microsoft Online tenant being used to access data. For instance, contoso.onmicrosoft.com. Alternatively, specify the tenant Id. This value is the directory Id in the Azure Portal > Azure Active Directory > Properties.

Typically it is not necessary to specify the Tenant. This can be automatically determined by Microsoft when using the OAuthGrantType set to CODE (default). However, it may fail in the case that the user belongs to multiple tenants. For instance, if an Admin of domain A invites a user of domain B to be a guest user. The user will now belong to both tenants. It is a good practice to specify the Tenant, although in general things should normally work without having to specify it.

The AzureTenant is required when setting OAuthGrantType to CLIENT. When using client credentials, there is no user context. The credentials are taken from the context of the app itself. While Microsoft still allows client credentials to be obtained without specifying which Tenant, it has a much lower probability of picking the specific tenant you want to work with. For this reason, we require AzureTenant to be explicitly stated for all client credentials connections to ensure you get credentials that are applicable for the domain you intend to connect to.

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AzureEnvironment

The Azure Environment to use when establishing a connection.

Remarks

In most cases, leaving the environment set to global will work. However, if your Azure Account has been added to a different environment, the AzureEnvironment may be used to specify which environment. The available values are GLOBAL, CHINA, USGOVT, USGOVTDOD.

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SSO

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


PropertyDescription
SSOLoginURLThe identity provider's login URL.
SSODomainThe domain of the user when using single sign-on (SSO).
SSOPropertiesAdditional properties required to connect to the identity provider in a semicolon-separated list.
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SSOLoginURL

The identity provider's login URL.

Remarks

The identity provider's login URL.

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SSODomain

The domain of the user when using single sign-on (SSO).

Remarks

This property is only applicable when using single sign-on (AuthScheme is configured to use an SSO authentication scheme) and if the domain of the User (e.g. [email protected]) is different than the domain configured within the SSO service (e.g. [email protected]).

This property may be required when using the ADFS, OneLogin, or OKTA SSO services.

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SSOProperties

Additional properties required to connect to the identity provider in a semicolon-separated list.

Remarks

Additional properties required to connect to the identity provider in a semicolon-separated list. is used in conjunction with the SSOLoginURL.

SSO configuration is discussed further in .

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OAuth

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


PropertyDescription
OAuthClientIdThe client Id assigned when you register your application with an OAuth authorization server.
OAuthClientSecretThe client secret assigned when you register your application with an OAuth authorization server.
ScopeThe scope used for the OAuth flow to access data from the Application.
OAuthGrantTypeThe grant type for the OAuth flow.
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OAuthClientId

The client Id assigned when you register your application with an OAuth authorization server.

Remarks

As part of registering an OAuth application, you will receive the OAuthClientId value, sometimes also called a consumer key, and a client secret, the OAuthClientSecret.

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OAuthClientSecret

The client secret assigned when you register your application with an OAuth authorization server.

Remarks

As part of registering an OAuth application, you will receive the OAuthClientId, also called a consumer key. You will also receive a client secret, also called a consumer secret. Set the client secret in the OAuthClientSecret property.

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Scope

The scope used for the OAuth flow to access data from the Application.

Remarks

The scope used for the OAuth flow to access data from the Application.

Note: If not specified or left to 'NONE', the Sync App sets the default scope dependant upon OAuthGrantType. Defaults to 'AllSites.Manage' unless using JWT OAuth, Azure Service Principal, or CLIENT grant type. The available values are:

  • AllSites.Read: Enables reading custom lists
  • AllSites.Write: Enables reading & writing custom lists
  • AllSites.Manage: Enables reading, writing and creating custom lists
  • .default: Requests application permissions without a user context. All the application permissions that have been granted for that web API are included in the retrieved OAuthAccessToken.

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OAuthGrantType

The grant type for the OAuth flow.

Remarks

The following options are available: CODE,PASSWORD,SAML_1,CLIENT

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JWT OAuth

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


PropertyDescription
OAuthJWTCertThe JWT Certificate store.
OAuthJWTCertTypeThe type of key store containing the JWT Certificate.
OAuthJWTIssuerThe issuer of the Java Web Token.
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OAuthJWTCert

The JWT Certificate store.

Remarks

The name of the certificate store for the client certificate.

The OAuthJWTCertType field specifies the type of the certificate store specified by OAuthJWTCert. If the store is password protected, specify the password in OAuthJWTCertPassword.

OAuthJWTCert is used in conjunction with the OAuthJWTCertSubject field in order to specify client certificates. If OAuthJWTCert has a value, and OAuthJWTCertSubject is set, a search for a certificate is initiated. Please refer to the OAuthJWTCertSubject field for details.

Designations of certificate stores are platform-dependent.

The following are designations of the most common User and Machine certificate stores in Windows:

MYA certificate store holding personal certificates with their associated private keys.
CACertifying authority certificates.
ROOTRoot certificates.
SPCSoftware publisher certificates.

In Java, the certificate store normally is a file containing certificates and optional private keys.

When the certificate store type is PFXFile, this property must be set to the name of the file. When the type is PFXBlob, the property must be set to the binary contents of a PFX file (i.e. PKCS12 certificate store).

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OAuthJWTCertType

The type of key store containing the JWT Certificate.

Remarks

This property can take one of the following values:

USERFor Windows, this specifies that the certificate store is a certificate store owned by the current user. Note: This store type is not available in Java.
MACHINEFor Windows, this specifies that the certificate store is a machine store. Note: this store type is not available in Java.
PFXFILEThe certificate store is the name of a PFX (PKCS12) file containing certificates.
PFXBLOBThe certificate store is a string (base-64-encoded) representing a certificate store in PFX (PKCS12) format.
JKSFILEThe certificate store is the name of a Java key store (JKS) file containing certificates. Note: this store type is only available in Java.
JKSBLOBThe certificate store is a string (base-64-encoded) representing a certificate store in Java key store (JKS) format. Note: this store type is only available in Java.
PEMKEY_FILEThe certificate store is the name of a PEM-encoded file that contains a private key and an optional certificate.
PEMKEY_BLOBThe certificate store is a string (base64-encoded) that contains a private key and an optional certificate.
PUBLIC_KEY_FILEThe certificate store is the name of a file that contains a PEM- or DER-encoded public key certificate.
PUBLIC_KEY_BLOBThe certificate store is a string (base-64-encoded) that contains a PEM- or DER-encoded public key certificate.
SSHPUBLIC_KEY_FILEThe certificate store is the name of a file that contains an SSH-style public key.
SSHPUBLIC_KEY_BLOBThe certificate store is a string (base-64-encoded) that contains an SSH-style public key.
P7BFILEThe certificate store is the name of a PKCS7 file containing certificates.
PPKFILEThe certificate store is the name of a file that contains a PPK (PuTTY Private Key).
XMLFILEThe certificate store is the name of a file that contains a certificate in XML format.
XMLBLOBThe certificate store is a string that contains a certificate in XML format.

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OAuthJWTIssuer

The issuer of the Java Web Token.

Remarks

The issuer of the Java Web Token. This is typically either the Client Id or Email Address of the OAuth Application.

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Kerberos

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


PropertyDescription
KerberosKDCThe Kerberos Key Distribution Center (KDC) service used to authenticate the user.
KerberosRealmThe Kerberos Realm used to authenticate the user.
KerberosSPNThe service principal name (SPN) for the Kerberos Domain Controller.
KerberosKeytabFileThe Keytab file containing your pairs of Kerberos principals and encrypted keys.
KerberosServiceRealmThe Kerberos realm of the service.
KerberosServiceKDCThe Kerberos KDC of the service.
KerberosTicketCacheThe full file path to an MIT Kerberos credential cache file.
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KerberosKDC

The Kerberos Key Distribution Center (KDC) service used to authenticate the user.

Remarks

The Kerberos properties are used when using SPNEGO or Windows Authentication. The Sync App will request session tickets and temporary session keys from the Kerberos KDC service. The Kerberos KDC service is conventionally colocated with the domain controller.

If Kerberos KDC is not specified, the Sync App will attempt to detect these properties automatically from the following locations:

  • KRB5 Config File (krb5.ini/krb5.conf): If the KRB5_CONFIG environment variable is set and the file exists, the Sync App will obtain the KDC from the specified file. Otherwise, it will attempt to read from the default MIT location based on the OS: C:\ProgramData\MIT\Kerberos5\krb5.ini (Windows) or /etc/krb5.conf (Linux).
  • Domain Name and Host: If the Kerberos Realm and Kerberos KDC could not be inferred from another location, the Sync App will infer them from the configured domain name and host.

The Kerberos properties are used when using SPNEGO or Windows Authentication. The Sync App will request session tickets and temporary session keys from the Kerberos KDC service. The Kerberos KDC service is conventionally colocated with the domain controller.

If Kerberos KDC is not specified, the Sync App will attempt to detect these properties automatically from the following locations:

  • KRB5 Config File (krb5.ini/krb5.conf): If the KRB5_CONFIG environment variable is set and the file exists, the Sync App will obtain the KDC from the specified file. Otherwise, it will attempt to read from the default MIT location based on the OS: C:\ProgramData\MIT\Kerberos5\krb5.ini (Windows) or /etc/krb5.conf (Linux).
  • Domain Name and Host: If the Kerberos Realm and Kerberos KDC could not be inferred from another location, the Sync App will infer them from the configured domain name and host.

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KerberosRealm

The Kerberos Realm used to authenticate the user.

Remarks

The Kerberos properties are used when using SPNEGO or Windows Authentication. The Kerberos Realm is used to authenticate the user with the Kerberos Key Distribution Service (KDC). The Kerberos Realm can be configured by an administrator to be any string, but conventionally it is based on the domain name.

If Kerberos Realm is not specified, the Sync App will attempt to detect these properties automatically from the following locations:

  • KRB5 Config File (krb5.ini/krb5.conf): If the KRB5_CONFIG environment variable is set and the file exists, the Sync App will obtain the default realm from the specified file. Otherwise, it will attempt to read from the default MIT location based on the OS: C:\ProgramData\MIT\Kerberos5\krb5.ini (Windows) or /etc/krb5.conf (Linux)
  • Domain Name and Host: If the Kerberos Realm and Kerberos KDC could not be inferred from another location, the Sync App will infer them from the user-configured domain name and host. This might work in some Windows environments.

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KerberosSPN

The service principal name (SPN) for the Kerberos Domain Controller.

Remarks

If the SPN on the Kerberos Domain Controller is not the same as the URL that you are authenticating to, use this property to set the SPN.

If the SPN on the Kerberos Domain Controller is not the same as the URL that you are authenticating to, use this property to set the SPN.

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KerberosKeytabFile

The Keytab file containing your pairs of Kerberos principals and encrypted keys.

Remarks

The Keytab file containing your pairs of Kerberos principals and encrypted keys.

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KerberosServiceRealm

The Kerberos realm of the service.

Remarks

The KerberosServiceRealm is the specify the service Kerberos realm when using cross-realm Kerberos authentication.

In most cases, a single realm and KDC machine are used to perform the Kerberos authentication and this property is not required.

This property is available for complex setups where a different realm and KDC machine are used to obtain an authentication ticket (AS request) and a service ticket (TGS request).

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KerberosServiceKDC

The Kerberos KDC of the service.

Remarks

The KerberosServiceKDC is used to specify the service Kerberos KDC when using cross-realm Kerberos authentication.

In most cases, a single realm and KDC machine are used to perform the Kerberos authentication and this property is not required.

This property is available for complex setups where a different realm and KDC machine are used to obtain an authentication ticket (AS request) and a service ticket (TGS request).

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KerberosTicketCache

The full file path to an MIT Kerberos credential cache file.

Remarks

This property can be set if you wish to use a credential cache file that was created using the MIT Kerberos Ticket Manager or kinit command.

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SSL

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


PropertyDescription
SSLClientCertThe TLS/SSL client certificate store for SSL Client Authentication (2-way SSL).
SSLClientCertTypeThe type of key store containing the TLS/SSL client certificate.
SSLClientCertPasswordThe password for the TLS/SSL client certificate.
SSLClientCertSubjectThe subject of the TLS/SSL client certificate.
SSLServerCertThe certificate to be accepted from the server when connecting using TLS/SSL.
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SSLClientCert

The TLS/SSL client certificate store for SSL Client Authentication (2-way SSL).

Remarks

The name of the certificate store for the client certificate.

The SSLClientCertType field specifies the type of the certificate store specified by SSLClientCert. If the store is password protected, specify the password in SSLClientCertPassword.

SSLClientCert is used in conjunction with the SSLClientCertSubject field in order to specify client certificates. If SSLClientCert has a value, and SSLClientCertSubject is set, a search for a certificate is initiated. See SSLClientCertSubject for more information.

Designations of certificate stores are platform-dependent.

The following are designations of the most common User and Machine certificate stores in Windows:

MYA certificate store holding personal certificates with their associated private keys.
CACertifying authority certificates.
ROOTRoot certificates.
SPCSoftware publisher certificates.

In Java, the certificate store normally is a file containing certificates and optional private keys.

When the certificate store type is PFXFile, this property must be set to the name of the file. When the type is PFXBlob, the property must be set to the binary contents of a PFX file (for example, PKCS12 certificate store).

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SSLClientCertType

The type of key store containing the TLS/SSL client certificate.

Remarks

This property can take one of the following values:

USER - defaultFor Windows, this specifies that the certificate store is a certificate store owned by the current user. Note that this store type is not available in Java.
MACHINEFor Windows, this specifies that the certificate store is a machine store. Note that this store type is not available in Java.
PFXFILEThe certificate store is the name of a PFX (PKCS12) file containing certificates.
PFXBLOBThe certificate store is a string (base-64-encoded) representing a certificate store in PFX (PKCS12) format.
JKSFILEThe certificate store is the name of a Java key store (JKS) file containing certificates. Note that this store type is only available in Java.
JKSBLOBThe certificate store is a string (base-64-encoded) representing a certificate store in JKS format. Note that this store type is only available in Java.
PEMKEY_FILEThe certificate store is the name of a PEM-encoded file that contains a private key and an optional certificate.
PEMKEY_BLOBThe certificate store is a string (base64-encoded) that contains a private key and an optional certificate.
PUBLIC_KEY_FILEThe certificate store is the name of a file that contains a PEM- or DER-encoded public key certificate.
PUBLIC_KEY_BLOBThe certificate store is a string (base-64-encoded) that contains a PEM- or DER-encoded public key certificate.
SSHPUBLIC_KEY_FILEThe certificate store is the name of a file that contains an SSH-style public key.
SSHPUBLIC_KEY_BLOBThe certificate store is a string (base-64-encoded) that contains an SSH-style public key.
P7BFILEThe certificate store is the name of a PKCS7 file containing certificates.
PPKFILEThe certificate store is the name of a file that contains a PuTTY Private Key (PPK).
XMLFILEThe certificate store is the name of a file that contains a certificate in XML format.
XMLBLOBThe certificate store is a string that contains a certificate in XML format.

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SSLClientCertPassword

The password for the TLS/SSL client certificate.

Remarks

If the certificate store is of a type that requires a password, this property is used to specify that password to open the certificate store.

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SSLClientCertSubject

The subject of the TLS/SSL client certificate.

Remarks

When loading a certificate the subject is used to locate the certificate in the store.

If an exact match is not found, the store is searched for subjects containing the value of the property. If a match is still not found, the property is set to an empty string, and no certificate is selected.

The special value "*" picks the first certificate in the certificate store.

The certificate subject is a comma separated list of distinguished name fields and values. For example, "CN=www.server.com, OU=test, C=US, [email protected]". The common fields and their meanings are shown below.

FieldMeaning
CNCommon Name. This is commonly a host name like www.server.com.
OOrganization
OUOrganizational Unit
LLocality
SState
CCountry
EEmail Address

If a field value contains a comma, it must be quoted.

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SSLServerCert

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

Remarks

If using a TLS/SSL connection, this property can be used to specify the TLS/SSL certificate to be accepted from the server. Any other certificate that is not trusted by the machine is 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

If not specified, any certificate trusted by the machine is accepted.

Use '*' to signify to accept all certificates. Note that this is not recommended due to security concerns.

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Firewall

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


PropertyDescription
FirewallTypeThe protocol used by a proxy-based firewall.
FirewallServerThe name or IP address of a proxy-based firewall.
FirewallPortThe TCP port for a proxy-based firewall.
FirewallUserThe user name to use to authenticate with a proxy-based firewall.
FirewallPasswordA password used to authenticate to a proxy-based firewall.
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FirewallType

The protocol used by a proxy-based firewall.

Remarks

This property specifies the protocol that the Sync App will use to tunnel traffic through the FirewallServer proxy. Note that 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.

Type Default Port Description
TUNNEL 80 When this is set, the Sync App opens a connection to Microsoft SharePoint and traffic flows back and forth through the proxy.
SOCKS4 1080 When this is set, the Sync App sends data through the SOCKS 4 proxy specified by FirewallServer and FirewallPort and passes the FirewallUser value to the proxy, which determines if the connection request should be granted.
SOCKS5 1080 When this is set, the Sync App sends data through the SOCKS 5 proxy specified by FirewallServer and FirewallPort. If your 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.

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FirewallServer

The name or IP address of a proxy-based firewall.

Remarks

This property specifies the IP address, DNS name, or host name of a proxy allowing traversal of a firewall. The protocol is specified by FirewallType: Use FirewallServer with this property to connect through SOCKS or do tunneling. Use ProxyServer to connect to an HTTP proxy.

Note that the Sync App uses the system proxy by default. To use a different proxy, set ProxyAutoDetect to false.

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FirewallPort

The TCP port for a proxy-based firewall.

Remarks

This specifies the TCP port for a proxy allowing traversal of a firewall. Use FirewallServer to specify the name or IP address. Specify the protocol with FirewallType.

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FirewallUser

The user name to use to authenticate with a proxy-based firewall.

Remarks

The FirewallUser and FirewallPassword properties are used to authenticate against the proxy specified in FirewallServer and FirewallPort, following the authentication method specified in FirewallType.

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FirewallPassword

A password used to authenticate to a proxy-based firewall.

Remarks

This property is passed to the proxy specified by FirewallServer and FirewallPort, following the authentication method specified by FirewallType.

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Proxy

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


PropertyDescription
ProxyAutoDetectThis indicates whether to use the system proxy settings or not. This takes precedence over other proxy settings, so you'll need to set ProxyAutoDetect to FALSE in order use custom proxy settings.
ProxyServerThe hostname or IP address of a proxy to route HTTP traffic through.
ProxyPortThe TCP port the ProxyServer proxy is running on.
ProxyAuthSchemeThe authentication type to use to authenticate to the ProxyServer proxy.
ProxyUserA user name to be used to authenticate to the ProxyServer proxy.
ProxyPasswordA password to be used to authenticate to the ProxyServer proxy.
ProxySSLTypeThe SSL type to use when connecting to the ProxyServer proxy.
ProxyExceptionsA semicolon separated list of destination hostnames or IPs that are exempt from connecting through the ProxyServer .
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ProxyAutoDetect

This indicates whether to use the system proxy settings or not. This takes precedence over other proxy settings, so you'll need to set ProxyAutoDetect to FALSE in order use custom proxy settings.

Remarks

This takes precedence over other proxy settings, so you'll need to set ProxyAutoDetect to FALSE in order use custom proxy settings.

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

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ProxyServer

The hostname or IP address of a proxy to route HTTP traffic through.

Remarks

The hostname or IP address of a proxy to route HTTP traffic through. The Sync App can use the HTTP, Windows (NTLM), or Kerberos authentication types to authenticate to an HTTP proxy.

If you need to connect through a SOCKS proxy or tunnel the connection, see FirewallType.

By default, the Sync App uses the system proxy. If you need to use another proxy, set ProxyAutoDetect to false.

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ProxyPort

The TCP port the ProxyServer proxy is running on.

Remarks

The port the HTTP proxy is running on that you want to redirect HTTP traffic through. Specify the HTTP proxy in ProxyServer. For other proxy types, see FirewallType.

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ProxyAuthScheme

The authentication type to use to authenticate to the ProxyServer proxy.

Remarks

This value specifies the authentication type to use to authenticate to the HTTP proxy specified by ProxyServer and ProxyPort.

Note that the Sync App will use the system proxy settings by default, without further configuration needed; if you want to connect to another proxy, you will need to set ProxyAutoDetect to false, in addition to ProxyServer and ProxyPort. To authenticate, set ProxyAuthScheme and set ProxyUser and ProxyPassword, if needed.

The authentication type can be one of the following:

  • BASIC: The Sync App performs HTTP BASIC authentication.
  • DIGEST: The Sync App performs HTTP DIGEST authentication.
  • NEGOTIATE: The Sync App retrieves an NTLM or Kerberos token based on the applicable protocol for authentication.
  • PROPRIETARY: The Sync App does not generate an NTLM or Kerberos token. You must supply this token in the Authorization header of the HTTP request.

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

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ProxyUser

A user name to be used to authenticate to the ProxyServer proxy.

Remarks

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

You can select one of the available authentication types in ProxyAuthScheme. If you are using HTTP authentication, set this to the user name of a user recognized by the HTTP proxy. If you are using Windows or Kerberos authentication, set this property to a user name in one of the following formats:

user@domain
domain\user

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ProxyPassword

A password to be used to authenticate to the ProxyServer proxy.

Remarks

This property is used to authenticate to an HTTP proxy server that supports NTLM (Windows), Kerberos, or HTTP authentication. To specify the HTTP proxy, you can set ProxyServer and ProxyPort. To specify the authentication type, set ProxyAuthScheme.

If you are using HTTP authentication, additionally set ProxyUser and ProxyPassword to HTTP proxy.

If you are using NTLM authentication, set ProxyUser and ProxyPassword to your Windows password. You may also need these to complete Kerberos authentication.

For SOCKS 5 authentication or tunneling, see FirewallType.

By default, the Sync App uses the system proxy. If you want to connect to another proxy, set ProxyAutoDetect to false.

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ProxySSLType

The SSL type to use when connecting to the ProxyServer proxy.

Remarks

This property determines when to use SSL for the connection to an HTTP proxy specified by ProxyServer. This value can be AUTO, ALWAYS, NEVER, or TUNNEL. The applicable values are the following:

AUTODefault setting. If the URL is an HTTPS URL, the Sync App will use the TUNNEL option. If the URL is an HTTP URL, the component will use the NEVER option.
ALWAYSThe connection is always SSL enabled.
NEVERThe connection is not SSL enabled.
TUNNELThe connection is through a tunneling proxy. The proxy server opens a connection to the remote host and traffic flows back and forth through the proxy.

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ProxyExceptions

A semicolon separated list of destination hostnames or IPs that are exempt from connecting through the ProxyServer .

Remarks

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

Note that 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, you need to set ProxyAutoDetect = false, and configure ProxyServer and ProxyPort. To authenticate, set ProxyAuthScheme and set ProxyUser and ProxyPassword, if needed.

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Logging

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


PropertyDescription
LogModulesCore modules to be included in the log file.
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LogModules

Core modules to be included in the log file.

Remarks

Only the modules specified (separated by ';') will be included in the log file. By default all modules are included.

See the Logging page for an overview.

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Schema

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


PropertyDescription
LocationA path to the directory that contains the schema files defining tables, views, and stored procedures.
BrowsableSchemasThis property restricts the schemas reported to a subset of the available schemas. For example, BrowsableSchemas=SchemaA,SchemaB,SchemaC.
TablesThis property restricts the tables reported to a subset of the available tables. For example, Tables=TableA,TableB,TableC.
ViewsRestricts the views reported to a subset of the available tables. For example, Views=ViewA,ViewB,ViewC.
SchemaThe type of schema to use.
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Location

A path to the directory that contains the schema files defining tables, views, and stored procedures.

Remarks

The path to a directory which contains the schema files for the Sync App (.rsd files for tables and views, .rsb files for stored procedures). The folder location can be a relative path from the location of the executable. The Location property is only needed if you want to customize definitions (for example, change a column name, ignore a column, and so on) or extend the data model with new tables, views, or stored procedures.

Note: Given that this Sync App supports multiple schemas, the structure for Microsoft SharePoint custom schema files is as follows:

  • Each schema is given a folder corresponding to that schema name.
  • These schema folders are contained in a parent folder.
  • The parent folder should be set as the Location, not an individual schema's folder.

If left unspecified, the default location is "%APPDATA%\\CData\\SharePoint Data Provider\\Schema" with %APPDATA% being set to the user's configuration directory:

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BrowsableSchemas

This property restricts the schemas reported to a subset of the available schemas. For example, BrowsableSchemas=SchemaA,SchemaB,SchemaC.

Remarks

Listing the schemas from databases can be expensive. Providing a list of schemas in the connection string improves the performance.

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Tables

This property restricts the tables reported to a subset of the available tables. For example, Tables=TableA,TableB,TableC.

Remarks

Listing the tables from some databases can be expensive. Providing a list of tables in the connection string improves the performance of the Sync App.

This property can also be used as an alternative to automatically listing views if you already know which ones you want to work with and there would otherwise be too many to work with.

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 that when connecting to a data source with multiple schemas or catalogs, you will need to provide the fully qualified name of the table in this property, as in the last example here, to avoid ambiguity between tables that exist in multiple catalogs or schemas.

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Views

Restricts the views reported to a subset of the available tables. For example, Views=ViewA,ViewB,ViewC.

Remarks

Listing the views from some databases can be expensive. Providing a list of views in the connection string improves the performance of the Sync App.

This property can also be used as an alternative to automatically listing views if you already know which ones you want to work with and there would otherwise be too many to work with.

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 that when connecting to a data source with multiple schemas or catalogs, you will need to provide the fully qualified name of the table in this property, as in the last example here, to avoid ambiguity between tables that exist in multiple catalogs or schemas.

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Schema

The type of schema to use.

Remarks

The schemas available are REST (to use SharePoint REST API) and SOAP (to use Sharepoint SOAP API).

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Miscellaneous

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


PropertyDescription
CalculatedDataTypeThe data type to be used for calculated fields.
ContinueOnErrorIndicates whether or not to continue updating items in a batch after an error.
CreateIDColumnsIndicates whether or not to create supplemental ID columns for SharePoint columns that use values from information stored in other Lists.
FolderOptionAn option to determine how to display folders in results. Enter either FilesOnly, FilesAndFolders, Recursive, or RecursiveAll.
IncludeLookupColumnsThis option controls whether the driver returns the lookup columns defined on a table.
MaxRowsLimits the number of rows returned rows when no aggregation or group by is used in the query. This helps avoid performance issues at design time.
OtherThese hidden properties are used only in specific use cases.
PagesizeThe maximum number of results to return per page from Microsoft SharePoint.
PseudoColumnsThis property indicates whether or not to include pseudo columns as columns to the table.
ShowHiddenColumnsBoolean determining if hidden columns should be shown or not. If false, all hidden columns will be removed from the column listing.
ShowPredefinedColumnsBoolean determining if predefined columns should be shown or not. If false, all columns derived from a base type will be removed from the column listing.
ShowVersionViewsIndicate whether to display the view of list versions. Such as ListA_Versions.
STSURLThe URL of the security token service (STS) when using single sign-on (SSO).
TimeoutThe value in seconds until the timeout error is thrown, canceling the operation.
UseDisplayNamesBoolean determining if the display names for the columns should be used instead of the API names.
UseEntityTypeNameBoolean determining if the table name should be EntityTypeName instead of the title in the REST schema.
UseNTLMV1Determines whether the driver will attempt to connect with NTLMv1 or NTLMv2 (default).
UserDefinedViewsA filepath pointing to the JSON configuration file containing your custom views.
UseSimpleNamesBoolean determining if simple names should be used for tables and columns.
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CalculatedDataType

The data type to be used for calculated fields.

Remarks

The data type to be used for calculated fields. By default (Calculated), the data type is determined by the type of calculated field in SharePoint. However, in some cases these calculated fields may return values that are not appropriate for the specified type. In these instances, you may wish to set the Calculated Data Type to the appropriate type.

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ContinueOnError

Indicates whether or not to continue updating items in a batch after an error.

Remarks

If this property is set to True (default), the Sync App will continue adding, updating, or deleting items when an error is encountered on one of the items. When set to False, the Sync App will stop adding, updating, or deleting items after an error is encountered (entries preceeding the problematic entry will still be added, updated, or deleted).

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CreateIDColumns

Indicates whether or not to create supplemental ID columns for SharePoint columns that use values from information stored in other Lists.

Remarks

Indicates whether or not to create supplemental ID columns for SharePoint columns that use values from information stored in other Lists (like "Lookup" or "Person or Group" columns). The ID column that is created will contain the related entry's ID (in the context of its original List). If set to false, the ID columns will not be created, the ID will be ignored, and only the value of the referenced column will be returned.

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FolderOption

An option to determine how to display folders in results. Enter either FilesOnly, FilesAndFolders, Recursive, or RecursiveAll.

Remarks

An option to determine how to display folders in results. FilesOnly will display only files in specified lists or libraries. FilesAndFolders will display files and folders in the specified list. RecursiveAll will display files in the specified list and all subfolders.

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IncludeLookupColumns

This option controls whether the driver returns the lookup columns defined on a table.

Remarks

This option controls whether the driver returns the lookup columns defined on a table. The SharePoint server may reject the request if too many lookup columns are included in a single query.

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MaxRows

Limits the number of rows returned rows when no aggregation or group by is used in the query. This helps avoid performance issues at design time.

Remarks

Limits the number of rows returned rows when no aggregation or group by is used in the query. This helps avoid performance issues at design time.

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Other

These hidden properties are used only in specific use cases.

Remarks

The properties listed below are available for specific use cases. Normal driver use cases and functionality should not require these properties.

Specify multiple properties in a semicolon-separated list.

Integration and Formatting

DefaultColumnSizeSets the default length of string fields when the data source does not provide column length in the metadata. The default value is 2000.
ConvertDateTimeToGMTDetermines whether to convert date-time values to GMT, instead of the local time of the machine.
RecordToFile=filenameRecords the underlying socket data transfer to the specified file.

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Pagesize

The maximum number of results to return per page from Microsoft SharePoint.

Remarks

The Pagesize property affects the maximum number of results to return per page from Microsoft SharePoint. Setting a higher value may result in better performance at the cost of additional memory allocated per page consumed.

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PseudoColumns

This property indicates whether or not to include pseudo columns as columns to the table.

Remarks

This setting is particularly helpful in Entity Framework, which does not allow you to set a value for a pseudo column unless it is a table column. The value of this connection setting is of the format "Table1=Column1, Table1=Column2, Table2=Column3". You can use the "*" character to include all tables and all columns; for example, "*=*".

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ShowHiddenColumns

Boolean determining if hidden columns should be shown or not. If false, all hidden columns will be removed from the column listing.

Remarks

Boolean determining if hidden columns should be shown or not. If false, all hidden columns will be removed from the column listing.

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ShowPredefinedColumns

Boolean determining if predefined columns should be shown or not. If false, all columns derived from a base type will be removed from the column listing.

Remarks

Boolean determining if predefined columns should be shown or not. If false, all columns derived from a base type will be removed from the column listing. These columns are normally system columns such as CreatedBy and Author. But, predefined columns may also include common columns such as Title.

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ShowVersionViews

Indicate whether to display the view of list versions. Such as ListA_Versions.

Remarks

Indicate whether to display the view of list versions. Such as ListA_Versions.

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STSURL

The URL of the security token service (STS) when using single sign-on (SSO).

Remarks

The URL of the security token service (STS) when using single sign-on (SSO). This rarely needs to be set explicitly.

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Timeout

The value in seconds until the timeout error is thrown, canceling the operation.

Remarks

If Timeout = 0, operations do not time out. The operations run until they complete successfully or until they encounter an error condition.

If Timeout expires and the operation is not yet complete, the Sync App throws an exception.

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UseDisplayNames

Boolean determining if the display names for the columns should be used instead of the API names.

Remarks

Boolean determining if the display names for the columns should be used instead of the API names.

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UseEntityTypeName

Boolean determining if the table name should be EntityTypeName instead of the title in the REST schema.

Remarks

Boolean determining if the table name should be EntityTypeName instead of the title in the REST schema.

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UseNTLMV1

Determines whether the driver will attempt to connect with NTLMv1 or NTLMv2 (default).

Remarks

Determines whether the driver will attempt to connect with NTLMv1 or NTLMv2 (default).

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UserDefinedViews

A filepath pointing to the JSON configuration file containing your custom views.

Remarks

User Defined Views are defined in a JSON-formatted configuration file called UserDefinedViews.json. The Sync App automatically detects the views specified in this file.

You can also have multiple view definitions and control them using the UserDefinedViews connection property. When you use this property, only the specified views are seen by the Sync App.

This User Defined View configuration file is formatted as follows:

  • Each root element defines the name of a view.
  • Each root element contains a child element, called query, which contains the custom SQL query for the view.

For example:

{
	"MyView": {
		"query": "SELECT * FROM Calendar WHERE MyColumn = 'value'"
	},
	"MyView2": {
		"query": "SELECT * FROM MyTable WHERE Id IN (1,2,3)"
	}
}
Use the UserDefinedViews connection property to specify the location of your JSON configuration file. For example:
"UserDefinedViews", "C:\\Users\\yourusername\\Desktop\\tmp\\UserDefinedViews.json"

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UseSimpleNames

Boolean determining if simple names should be used for tables and columns.

Remarks

Microsoft SharePoint tables and columns can use special characters in names that are normally not allowed in standard databases. UseSimpleNames makes the Sync App easier to use with traditional database tools.

Setting UseSimpleNames to true will simplify the names of tables and columns returned. It will enforce a naming scheme such that only alphanumeric characters and the underscore are valid for the displayed table and column names. Any nonalphanumeric characters will be converted to an underscore.

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