Connection Properties
The connection properties are the various options that can be used to establish a connection. This section provides a complete list of the options you can configure in the connection settings for this provider. Click the links for further details.
For more information on establishing a connection, see Establishing a Connection.
| Property | Description |
| AuthScheme | The scheme used for authenticating to SharePoint. |
| URL | The base URL for the site. |
| SharePointEdition | The edition of SharePoint being used. Set either SharePoint Online or SharePoint On-Premise. |
| User | The SharePoint user account used to authenticate. |
| Password | The password used to authenticate the user. |
| Property | Description |
| AzureTenant | Identifies the Microsoft SharePoint tenant being used to access data, either by name (for example, contoso.omnicrosoft.com) or ID. (Conditional). |
| AzureEnvironment | The Azure Environment to use when establishing a connection. |
| Property | Description |
| SSOLoginURL | The identity provider's login URL. |
| SSODomain | The domain of the user when using single sign-on (SSO). |
| SSOProperties | Additional properties required to connect to the identity provider, formatted as a semicolon-separated list. |
| Property | Description |
| OAuthClientId | Specifies the client Id that was assigned the custom OAuth application was created. (Also known as the consumer key.) This ID registers the custom application with the OAuth authorization server. |
| OAuthClientSecret | Specifies the client secret that was assigned when the custom OAuth application was created. (Also known as the consumer secret ). This secret registers the custom application with the OAuth authorization server. |
| CallbackURL | The URL users return to after authenticating to Microsoft SharePoint via OAuth. |
| Scope | The scope used for the OAuth flow to access data from the Application. |
| State | Optional value for representing extra OAuth state information. |
| OAuthGrantType | Specifies the grant type for the chosen OAuth flow. This value should be the same as the grant_type that was set during OAuth custom application creation. |
| Property | Description |
| OAuthJWTCert | The JWT Certificate store. |
| OAuthJWTCertType | The type of key store containing the JWT Certificate. |
| OAuthJWTCertPassword | The password for the OAuth JWT certificate used to access a certificate store that requires a password. If the certificate store does not require a password, leave this property blank. |
| OAuthJWTIssuer | The issuer of the Java Web Token. |
| Property | Description |
| KerberosKDC | The Kerberos Key Distribution Center (KDC) service used to authenticate the user. |
| KerberosRealm | The Kerberos Realm used to authenticate the user. |
| KerberosSPN | The service principal name (SPN) for the Kerberos Domain Controller. |
| KerberosUser | The principal name for the Kerberos Domain Controller. Used in the format host/user@realm. |
| KerberosKeytabFile | The Keytab file containing your pairs of Kerberos principals and encrypted keys. |
| KerberosServiceRealm | The Kerberos realm of the service. |
| KerberosServiceKDC | The Kerberos KDC of the service. |
| KerberosTicketCache | The full file path to an MIT Kerberos credential cache file. |
| Property | Description |
| SSLClientCert | Specifies the TLS/SSL client certificate store for SSL Client Authentication (2-way SSL). This property works in conjunction with other SSL-related properties to establish a secure connection. |
| SSLClientCertType | Specifies the type of key store containing the TLS/SSL client certificate for SSL Client Authentication. Choose from a variety of key store formats depending on your platform and certificate source. |
| SSLClientCertPassword | Specifes the password required to access the TLS/SSL client certificate store. Use this property if the selected certificate store type requires a password for access. |
| SSLClientCertSubject | Specifes the subject of the TLS/SSL client certificate to locate it in the certificate store. Use a comma-separated list of distinguished name fields, such as CN=www.server.com, C=US. The wildcard * selects the first certificate in the store. |
| SSLServerCert | Specifies the certificate to be accepted from the server when connecting using TLS/SSL. |
| Property | Description |
| FirewallType | Specifies the protocol the provider uses to tunnel traffic through a proxy-based firewall. |
| FirewallServer | Identifies the IP address, DNS name, or host name of a proxy used to traverse a firewall and relay user queries to network resources. |
| FirewallPort | Specifies the TCP port to be used for a proxy-based firewall. |
| FirewallUser | Identifies the user ID of the account authenticating to a proxy-based firewall. |
| FirewallPassword | Specifies the password of the user account authenticating to a proxy-based firewall. |
| Property | Description |
| ProxyAutoDetect | Specifies whether the provider checks your system proxy settings for existing proxy server configurations, rather than using a manually specified proxy server. |
| ProxyServer | The hostname or IP address of the proxy server that you want to route HTTP traffic through. |
| ProxyPort | The TCP port on your specified proxy server (set in the ProxyServer connection property) that has been reserved for routing HTTP traffic to and from the client. |
| ProxyAuthScheme | Specifies the authentication method the provider uses when authenticating to the proxy server specified in the ProxyServer connection property. |
| ProxyUser | The username of a user account registered with the proxy server specified in the ProxyServer connection property. |
| ProxyPassword | The password associated with the user specified in the ProxyUser connection property. |
| ProxySSLType | The SSL type to use when connecting to the proxy server specified in the ProxyServer connection property. |
| ProxyExceptions | A semicolon separated list of destination hostnames or IPs that are exempt from connecting through the proxy server set in the ProxyServer connection property. |
| Property | Description |
| Logfile | Specifes the file path to the log file where the provider records its activities, such as authentication, query execution, and connection details. |
| Verbosity | Specifies the verbosity level of the log file, which controls the amount of detail logged. Supported values range from 1 to 5. |
| LogModules | Specifies the core modules to include in the log file. Use a semicolon-separated list of module names. By default, all modules are logged. |
| MaxLogFileSize | Specifies the maximum size of a single log file in bytes. For example, '10 MB'. When the file reaches the limit, the provider creates a new log file with the date and time appended to the name. |
| MaxLogFileCount | Specifies the maximum number of log files the provider retains. When the limit is reached, the oldest log file is deleted to make space for a new one. |
| Property | Description |
| Location | Specifies the location of a directory containing schema files that define tables, views, and stored procedures. Depending on your service's requirements, this may be expressed as either an absolute path or a relative path. |
| BrowsableSchemas | Optional setting that restricts the schemas reported to a subset of all available schemas. For example, BrowsableSchemas=SchemaA,SchemaB,SchemaC . |
| Tables | Optional setting that restricts the tables reported to a subset of all available tables. For example, Tables=TableA,TableB,TableC . |
| Views | Optional setting that restricts the views reported to a subset of the available tables. For example, Views=ViewA,ViewB,ViewC . |
| Schema | The type of schema to use. |
| Property | Description |
| AutoCache | Specifies whether the content of tables targeted by SELECT queries is automatically cached to the specified cache database. |
| CacheProvider | The namespace of an ADO.NET provider. The specified provider is used as the target database for all caching operations. |
| CacheConnection | The connection string for the specified cache database. |
| CacheLocation | Specifies the path to the cache when caching to a file. |
| CacheTolerance | The tolerance, in seconds, for stale data in the specified cache database. |
| Offline | Get the data from the specified cache database instead of live Microsoft SharePoint data. |
| CacheMetadata | Determines whether the provider caches table metadata to a file-based cache database. |
| Property | Description |
| CalculatedDataType | The data type to be used for calculated fields. This property applies only to the SOAP schema. |
| ContinueOnError | Indicates whether to continue updating items in a batch after an error. |
| CreateIDColumns | Create supplemental ID columns for SharePoint columns that use values from information stored in other Lists. This property applies only to the SOAP schema. |
| DisableFilterLimit | Microsoft SharePoint natively supports listing up to 5000 records as they appear in your list filter. Use this property to pull more than 5000 records from the list filter at the cost of additional performance overhead. This property applies only to the REST schema. |
| FolderOption | An option to determine how to display folders in results. Enter either FilesOnly, FilesAndFolders, Recursive, or RecursiveAll. This property applies only to the SOAP schema. |
| GetColumnsMetadata | Specifies when the provider should retrieve column metadata. This property applies only to the REST schema. |
| IncludeLookupColumns | This option controls whether the driver returns the lookup columns defined on a table. This property applies only to the SOAP schema. |
| IncludeLookupDisplayValueColumns | Determines whether the display values for lookup columns should be included. This property applies only to the REST schema. |
| MaxRows | Specifies the maximum rows returned for queries without aggregation or GROUP BY. |
| Other | Specifies additional hidden properties for specific use cases. These are not required for typical provider functionality. Use a semicolon-separated list to define multiple properties. |
| Pagesize | Specifies the maximum number of results to return from Microsoft SharePoint, per page. This setting overrides the default page size set by the datasource, which is optimized for most use cases. |
| Readonly | Toggles read-only access to Microsoft SharePoint from the provider. |
| ShowHiddenColumns | Boolean determining if hidden columns should be shown or not. If false, all hidden columns will be removed from the column listing. |
| 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. |
| ShowVersionViews | Indicates whether to include the list version views during metadata discovery. This property applies only to the SOAP schema. |
| STSURL | The URL of the security token service (STS) when using single sign-on (SSO). |
| Timeout | Specifies the maximum time, in seconds, that the provider waits for a server response before throwing a timeout error. The default is 60 seconds. Set to 0 to disable the timeout. |
| UseDisplayNames | Boolean determining if the display names for the columns should be used instead of the API names. |
| UseEntityTypeName | Boolean determining if the list's EntityTypeName field should be used as the table name during metadata discovery instead of the Title field. This property applies only to the REST schema. |
| UseNTLMV1 | Determines whether the driver will attempt to connect with NTLMv1 or NTLMv2 (default). |
| UserDefinedViews | Specifies a filepath to a JSON configuration file defining custom views. The provider automatically detects and uses the views specified in this file. |
| UseSimpleNames | Boolean determining if simple names should be used for tables and columns. |