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Overview

Database Connections provide all database server information required for Universal Controller to execute an SQL task or a Stored Procedure Task.

Database Connections can receive Email Notifications when:

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Creating a Database Connection
Creating a Database Connection
Creating a Database Connection

Step 1

From the Agents & Connections navigation pane, select System > Database Connections. The Database Connections list displays.
 
Below the list, Database Connection Details for a new Database Connection displays.
 

Step 2

Enter / select Details for a new Database Connection, using the field descriptions below as a guide.

  • Required fields display an asterisk ( * ) after the field name.
  • Default values for fields, if available, display automatically.

To display more of the Details fields on the screen, you can either:

  • Use the scroll bar.
  • Temporarily hide the list above the Details.
  • Click the  button above the list to display a pop-up version of the Details.

Step 3

Click a button. The Database Connection is added to the database, and all buttons and tabs in the Database Connection Details are enabled.


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To open an existing record on the list, either:

  • Click a record in the list to display its record Details below the list. (To clear record Details below the list, click the New button that displays above and below the Details.)
  • Clicking the Details icon next to a record name in the list, or right-click a record in the list and then click Open in the Action menu that displays, to display a pop-up version of the record Details.
  • Right-click a record in the a list, or open a record and right-click in the record Details, and then click Open In Tab in the Action menu that displays, to display the record Details under a new tab on the record list page (see Record Details as Tabs).

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Database Connection Details
Database Connection Details
Database Connection Details

The following Database Connection Details is for an existing Database Connection. See the field descriptions, below, for a description of all fields that display in the Database Connection Details.

For information on how to access additional details - such as Metadata and complete database Details - for Database Connections (or any type of record), see Records.

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Database Connection Details Field Descriptions
Database Connection Details Field Descriptions
Database Connection Details Field Descriptions

The following table describes the fields, buttons, and tabs that display in the Database Connection Details.

Field Name

Description

Details

This section contains detailed information about the Database Connection.

Name

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IL:Connection Name
IL:Connection Name

Version

System-supplied; version number of the current record, which is incremented by the Controller every time a user updates a record. Click the Versions tab to view previous versions. For details, see Record Versioning.

Description

Include Page
IL:Summary
IL:Summary

Member of Business Services

Include Page
IL:Member of Business Services
IL:Member of Business Services

Database Type

Include Page
IL:Database Type
IL:Database Type

Credentials

Credentials for this Database Connection. Click the Details icon to create a new Credentials record, or select an existing Credentials record from the drop-down list.

Connection URL

Include Page
IL:Connection URL
IL:Connection URL

Driver

Include Page
IL:Driver
IL:Driver

Maximum Rows

If necessary, specifies a limit to the number of rows you want returned by the SQL statement.

Metadata

This section contains Metadata information about this record.

UUID

Universally Unique Identifier of this record.

Updated By

Name of the user that last updated this record.

Updated

Date and time that this record was last updated.

Created By

Name of the user that created this record.

Created

Date and time that this record was created.

Buttons

This section identifies the buttons displayed above and below the Database Connection Details that let you perform various actions.

Save

Saves a new Database Connection record in the Controller database.

Save & New

Saves a new record in the Controller database and redisplays empty Details so that you can create another new record.

Save & View

Saves a new record in the Controller database and continues to display that record.

New

Displays empty (except for default values) Details for creating a new record.

Update

Include Page
IL:Update button
IL:Update button

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Test Connection
Test Connection
Test Connection

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IL:Test Connection button
IL:Test Connection button

Copy

Creates a copy of this Database Connection, which you are prompted to rename.

Delete

Include Page
IL:Delete button
IL:Delete button

Refresh

Refreshes any dynamic data displayed in the Details.

Close

For pop-up view only; closes the pop-up view of this Database Connection.

Tabs

This section identifies the tabs across the top of the Database Connection Details that provide access to additional information about the Database Connection.

SQL Tasks

Lists all SQL tasks that are using this Database Connection.

Stored Procedure Tasks

Lists all Stored Procedure tasks that are using this Database Connection.

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Versions
Versions
Versions

Include Page
IL:Versions tab
IL:Versions tab