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OData V2 Protocol Reader connection properties

When you set up an OData V2 Protocol Reader connection, you must configure the connection properties.
The following table describes the OData V2 Protocol Reader connection properties:
Connection property
Description
Connection Name
Name of the connection.
Each connection name must be unique within the organization. Connection names can contain alphanumeric characters, spaces, and the following special characters: _ . + -,
Maximum length is 255 characters.
Description
Description of the connection. Maximum length is 4000 characters.
Type
The OData V2 Protocol Reader connection type.
Runtime Environment
The name of the runtime environment where you want to run the tasks.
Specify a Secure Agent, Hosted Agent, or serverless runtime environment.
Service Type
The service type of the OData V2 application endpoint to which you want to connect.
Choose one of the following service types:
  • - SAP S/4HANA Catalog. Use the SAP S/4HANA Catalog service type for endpoints such as SAP S/4HANA that exposes specialized OData V2 service to list the services present in the endpoint.
  • - Default. Use the Default service type for all other endpoints.
Service URL
The service URL for the selected OData V2 service type.
For the Default service type, enter the root URL of the service.
For example, enter the service URL in the following format:
https://sandbox.api.sap.com/s4hanacloud/sap/opu/odata/sap/API_CHARTOFACCOUNTS_SRV
You can verify if the URL is valid by appending $metadata to the URL.
For SAP S/4HANA catalog service type, enter the URL of the catalog service in SAP S/4HANA.
For example, to access the data from the SAP S/4HANA catalog service, enter the service URL in the following format:
http://<hostname of the OData server>:<port number>/sap/opu/odata/iwfnd/CATALOGSERVICE;v=2/
If the host name and port number is inpha1.informatica.com:8001 and the service endpoint is SAP S/4HANA Catalog, enter the following URL:
https://inpha1.informatica.com:8001/sap/opu/odata/iwfnd/CATALOGSERVICE;v=2/
Authentication Type
The type of user authentication to connect to the OData service.
Choose from the following authentication types:
  • - Basic. Requires the user name and password to log in to the OData V2 application.
  • - API Key. Requires a unique API key to connect to the OData V2 application.
  • - OAuth 2.0 authorization code. Requires authorized access to connect to the OData V2 endpoint.
  • - OAuth 2.0 client credentials. Requires client credentials to connect to the OData V2 endpoint.
Username
Applies to basic authentication.
The user name to connect to the OData V2 application.
Password
Applies to basic authentication.
The password associated with the OData V2 application user name.
API Key
Applies to API key authentication.
Unique API key required to connect to the OData V2 application.