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 Basic Tab.
Property | Description |
URL | URL to your system host name. |
ServiceType | Specify the type of the service to get reports from. Used together with the Url and ServiceName connection properties to determine the service from where to retrieve data from. |
User | The SAP ByDesign user account used to authenticate. |
Password | The password used to authenticate the user. |
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 |
LogModules | Core modules to be included in the log file. |
Property | Description |
ServiceName | Specify the SAP ByDesign service name to connect with. |
Property | Description |
Location | A path to the directory that contains the schema files defining tables, views, and stored procedures. |
Property | Description |
MaxRows | Limits the number of rows returned when no aggregation or GROUP BY is used in the query. This takes precedence over LIMIT clauses. |
NavigationPropertiesAsViews | A boolean indicating navigation properties should be promoted to full views. |
Other | These hidden properties are used only in specific use cases. |
Readonly | You can use this property to enforce read-only access to SAP ByDesign from the provider. |
Timeout | The value in seconds until the timeout error is thrown, canceling the operation. |
UseDisplayNames | Boolean determining whether or not to use SAP labels. |
UserDefinedViews | A filepath pointing to the JSON configuration file containing your custom views. |