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 |
| ConnectionType | The type of connection you are making. |
| ConnectionScheme | Specifies whether you are connecting to a SAP system with a message server (GroupServer) or without one (ApplicationServer). |
| Host | Host name of the target system. |
| SystemNumber | The number by which the target system is defined. Used when setting the Host connection property. |
| User | The user that is authenticating to the SAP system. |
| Password | The password used to authenticate to the SAP system. |
| Client | The client authenticating to the SAP system. |
| X509Certificate | The X509 certificate used for login as an alternative to User , and Password . |
| MessageServer | The message server must be specified when connecting to an SAP system that uses load balancing. |
| Group | The Logon Group being used. This typically only needs to be specified when connecting to an SAP system that uses load balancing. |
| SystemId | The System Id or R3Name of the SAP System is a string with a maximum of three characters. It is often used in load balancing connections. |
| RFCURL | The URL of the SOAP interface to connect with SAP. |
| MessageServerService | The message server service you wish to connect to. |
| Property | Description |
| SNCMode | A boolean determining if you are using SNC. Set this to true to use SNC. |
| SNCName | An optional input with the name of your SNC connection. |
| SNCQop | The quality of protection for your SNC connection. |
| SNCPartnerName | The application server's SNC name. This is a required input when using SNC. |
| SNCLibPath | An optional input detailing the path and file name of the external library. |
| SNCSSO | Whether to use the SNC identity for authenticating the caller when connnection via SNC mode. |
| Property | Description |
| SSLServerCert | The certificate to be accepted from the server when connecting using TLS/SSL. |
| Property | Description |
| FirewallType | The protocol used by a proxy-based firewall. |
| FirewallServer | The name or IP address of a proxy-based firewall. |
| FirewallPort | The TCP port for a proxy-based firewall. |
| FirewallUser | The user name to use to authenticate with a proxy-based firewall. |
| FirewallPassword | A password used to authenticate to a proxy-based firewall. |
| Property | Description |
| ProxyAutoDetect | This indicates whether to use the system proxy settings or not. |
| ProxyServer | The hostname or IP address of a proxy to route HTTP traffic through. |
| ProxyPort | The TCP port the ProxyServer proxy is running on. |
| ProxyAuthScheme | The authentication type to use to authenticate to the ProxyServer proxy. |
| ProxyUser | A user name to be used to authenticate to the ProxyServer proxy. |
| ProxyPassword | A password to be used to authenticate to the ProxyServer proxy. |
| ProxySSLType | The SSL type to use when connecting to the ProxyServer proxy. |
| ProxyExceptions | A semicolon separated list of destination hostnames or IPs that are exempt from connecting through the ProxyServer . |
| Property | Description |
| Logfile | A filepath which designates the name and location of the log file. |
| Verbosity | The verbosity level that determines the amount of detail included in the log file. |
| LogModules | Core modules to be included in the log file. |
| MaxLogFileSize | A string specifying the maximum size in bytes for a log file (for example, 10 MB). |
| MaxLogFileCount | A string specifying the maximum file count of log files. |
| Property | Description |
| BrowsableSchemas | This property restricts the schemas reported to a subset of the available schemas. For example, BrowsableSchemas=SchemaA,SchemaB,SchemaC. |
| Tables | This property restricts the tables reported to a subset of the available tables. For example, Tables=TableA,TableB,TableC. |
| Views | Restricts the views reported to a subset of the available tables. For example, Views=ViewA,ViewB,ViewC. |
| Property | Description |
| Charset | The system code page used for Unicode to multibyte translations. |
| CheckDecimalNotation | A boolean indicating if you need to use the Decimal Notation of the SAP user profile to format the decimal data. |
| Destination | Reference to an existing destination that is specified in a local saprfc.ini or sapnwrfc.ini file. |
| EndianType | The endian type for the SAP server. Enter either Big or Little. |
| GatewayHost | The gateway host you wish to connect to. |
| GatewayService | The gateway service you wish to connect to. |
| GenerateSchemaFiles | Determines how schema files should be generated. |
| InitialValueMode | How to treat initial values in SAP. |
| Language | The language value to be used when connecting to the SAP system. |
| Location | A path to the directory that contains the schema files defining tables, views, and stored procedures to work with your chosen data source. This must be set in order to add new tables to provider. |
| MaxRows | Limits the number of rows returned when no aggregation or GROUP BY is used in the query. This takes precedence over LIMIT clauses. |
| Other | These hidden properties are used only in specific use cases. |
| Pagesize | The number of results to return per page from SAP. Only used for SAP tables. |
| PseudoColumns | This property indicates whether or not to include pseudo columns as columns to the table. |
| QueryMode | Determines which SAP queries will be displayed as views, if any. |
| ReadTableFunction | The function to use for reading table data. |
| RTK | The runtime key used for licensing. |
| StoredProcedureFilter | A filter indicating which function modules to report as stored procedures. |
| TableMode | Determines which SAP tables will be displayed as views if any. |
| Timeout | The value in seconds until the timeout error is thrown, canceling the operation. |
| TrimStrings | A boolean indicating if varchar columns should be trimmed or not. |
| UseInternalNames | Specifies the whether to use the internalName of columns. |
| UseLabels | Set this property to determine if labels should be used for table and column names. |
| UserDefinedViews | A filepath pointing to the JSON configuration file containing your custom views. |
| UseSimpleNames | Boolean determining if simple names should be used for tables and columns. |
| UseUnicodeRFC | A boolean indicating if you want to use RFC_GET_UNICODE_STRUCTURE to get structure information. |