Connection Configuration
When you configure a connection, the connection becomes available to the entire organization to use.
For most connection types, when you configure a connection, you specify the runtime environment for the connection. The runtime environment must contain an agent that is running when you configure the connection. For other connection types, you specify the runtime environment when you configure the task.
Consider the following rules and guidelines for all types of connections:
- •When you name a new connection, note that the connection name:
- - Must be unique across the organization.
- - Can include alphanumeric characters.
- - Can include spaces and the following special characters: + . _ -
- - Is not case sensitive.
- •If the source system and target system use different code pages, the application might load unexpected data to the target.
- •When you create a source connection to a database, you create the connection to a database table, alias, or view.
- •When you create a target connection to a database, you create a connection to a database table.
- •You cannot delete a connection that is used by a saved query or task.