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Basic Connection Properties

The following table describes the basic properties that you can configure on the Properties tab of the connection creation page:
Property
Description
Name
Required. Unique name for the OData connection that identifies it in the Process Designer. The name must start with an alphabet and can contain only alphabets, numbers, or hyphens (-).
Location
Optional. The location of the project or folder where you want to save the connection. Click Browse to select a location.
If the Explore page is currently active and a project or folder is selected, the default location for the connection is the selected project or folder. Otherwise, the default location is the location of the most recently saved asset.
Description
Optional. Description of the connection.
Type
Required. The type of connection that you want to create.
Select OData.
Run On
Required. The name of Secure Agent or Secure Agent machine where the connection must run.
Connection Test
Not supported for OData Connector.
OData-Enabled
Optional. Select Yes to enable OData feeds and specify the allowed users and groups. If you select Yes, you must specify either the allowed users or the allowed groups.
If you had enabled OData feeds in the OData connection, after you publish the connection, you can click Actions > Properties Detail to view the generated OData Service URL. The OData Service URL is available on an Informatica Cloud endpoint and uses the following format:
https://<Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services URL>/active-bpel/odata/v4/<OData_connection_name>
If you want to invoke the OData Service from a Secure Agent, use the following format to construct the OData Service URL:
https://<host>:<port>/process-engine/odata/v4/<OData_connection_name>/<schema_name>
Default is No.
Allowed Users for OData
Optional. The users that have access to the connection at design time.
You can specify more than one user. After you specify the first value, press the Enter key or the Comma key, and then specify the next value.
Allowed Groups for OData
Optional. The user groups that have access to the connection at design time.
You can specify more than one user group. After you specify the first value, press the Enter key or the Comma key, and then specify the next value.
After you configure the basic properties, you must also define the following properties: