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Connect to OData Consumer

Let's configure the OData Consumer connection properties to connect to OData Consumer.

Before you begin

Before you configure the connection properties, keep the user name, password, and the URL for the OData Consumer service handy.

Connection details

The following table describes the basic connection properties:
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
OData Consumer
Use Secret Vault
Stores sensitive credentials for this connection in the secrets manager that is configured for your organization.
This property appears only if secrets manager is set up for your organization.
This property is not supported by Mass Ingestion.
When you enable the secret vault in the connection, you can select which credentials that the Secure Agent retrieves from the secrets manager. If you don't enable this option, the credentials are stored in the repository or on a local Secure Agent, depending on how your organization is configured.
For information about how to configure and use a secrets manager, see Secrets manager configuration.
Runtime Environment
Name of the runtime environment where you want to run tasks.
Select Secure Agent, Hosted Agent, or serverless runtime environment.
User Name
User name to connect to the OData Consumer service.
Password
Password associated with the user name.
URL
URL for the OData Consumer service data source offered through the OData V4 protocol. The URL must not contain $metadata or the object name.
For example, http://services.odata.org/V4/Northwind/Northwind.svc/

Advanced settings

The following table describes the advanced connection properties:
Property
Description
Data Serialization Format
The format of data you want to transfer. Select JSON.
ATOM/XML is not applicable.
Security Type
Security protocol that you can use to establish a secure connection with the OData Consumer server.
You can choose from the following options:
  • - SSL. Two-way SSL is not applicable.
  • - None
Default is None.
TLS is not applicable.
For more information on how to use one-way SSL, see Setting up one-way SSL.
TrustStore File Name
Required if you select the SSL security type.
Name of the truststore file that contains the public certificate for the OData Consumer server.
The truststore file must be in the JKS format.
TrustStore Password
Password for the truststore file that contains the public certificate for the OData Consumer server.
KeyStore File Name
Required if you select a security type.
Name of the keystore file that contains the private key for the OData Consumer server.
The keystore file must be in the JKS format.
KeyStore Password
The password for the keystore file required for secure communication.

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