Provide database connection and user information

The database connection and user information required to create the connection can vary based on the database type.

IBM DB2

The following fields are available when you select IBM® DB2® as your database type.


Field name	Description of value
ODBC Datasource	Name of the Datasource that has been previously created in ODBC.
Table schema	Name of table schema, or blank if not required.
User name	User name for the connection, or blank if not required.
User password	User password for the connection, or blank if not required.

The following fields are available when you select IBM Informix® as your database type.


Field name	Description of value
Informix server	Name of the Informix database server instance (the Informix environment that contains the database to which you wish to connect). This is the same as the value of the `INFORMIXSERVER` variable.
Database name	Name of database, or blank if not required.
Table owner	Name of table owner, or blank if not required.
User name	User name for the connection, or blank if not required.
User password	User password for the connection, or blank if not required.

Note: For Informix SE, the system variable DBPATH must be set.

The following fields are available when you select IBM Netezza as your database type.


Field name	Description of value
ODBC Datasource	Name of the Datasource that has been previously created in ODBC.
Table schema	Name of table schema, or blank if not required.
User name	User name for the connection, or blank if not required.
User password	User password for the connection, or blank if not required.

The following fields are available when you select Microsoft® SQL Server as your database type.


Field name	Description of value
ODBC Datasource	Name of the Datasource that has been previously created in ODBC.
Table schema	Name of the database schema containing the database objects. This is required. In SQL Server, tables are created in the "dbo" schema unless otherwise specified; therefore, specify "dbo" when using database objects from the default table schema.
User name	User name for the connection, or blank if not required.
User password	User password for the connection, or blank if not required.

The following fields are available when you select Oracle® as your database type.


Field name	Description of value
TNS name	Oracle TNS service name.
Table owner	Name of Oracle schema.
User name	User name for the connection, or blank if not required.
User password	User password for the connection, or blank if not required.

The following fields are available when you select Oracle MySQL / MariaDB as your database type.


Field name	Description of value
Host name or IP address	Where the database is located.
Port	Port number used to access the database host.
Database name	MySQL database name.
User name	User name for the connection, or blank if not required.
User password	User password for the connection, or blank if not required.

The following fields are available when you select PostgreSQL as your database type.


Field name	Description of value
Host name or IP address	Where the database is located.
Port	Port number where the database is listening.
Database name	PostgreSQL database name.
User name	User name for the connection, or blank if not required.
User password	User password for the connection, or blank if not required.

The following fields are available when you select SAP HANA® as your database type.


Field name	Description of value
ODBC Datasource	Name of the Datasource that has been previously created in ODBC.
Table owner	Name of table owner, or blank if not required.
User name	User name for the connection, or blank if not required.
User password	User password for the connection, or blank if not required.

The following fields are available when you select SQLite as your database type.


Field name	Description of value
Database file	Name of the file that contains the database.
User name	User name for the connection, or blank if not required.
User password	User password for the connection, or blank if not required.