When creating a new data source connection, you will need to first specify either the type of source you wish to connect to, or provide/select a third party connector to use.
This page will be dedicated to exploring parameters available when connecting to a database.
See Third Party Connectors for or CSV Data Imports for more information on other types of connection.
When creating your new database connection, you will be presented with a basic list of details to complete.
This will include;
Once you have selected your database type, you will be prompted to complete options specific to your connection.
When the basic connection details are complete you will need to choose how you wish to proceed.
The following options may be available;
In order to edit the advanced options of a new or existing connection you will need to access its connection details through either the Administration Console or the Understanding Source Connection Parameters options. From here you will have a range of options, split into the groups explored below.
This section allows you to define the basic metadata for your connection; Name, Description, and Tags. These items should be descriptive as users will need them in order to identify the connection when building content.
These are the connection parameters that need to be defined in order for Yellowfin to know how to access your database.
You will be presented with a list of parameters that relates to the type of database you have chosen to connect to, as each database may require different options.
The connection pool options allow you to specify the number of connections that can be open simultaneously, the refresh and timeout rates, and if a secondary connection pool can be used.
This section allows you to define who has access to this data source connection, and what they can do with it.
There are two main options available:
If you set the data source to private you will then need to define specific users, or groups of users, to have access to the connection. Each user can be assigned one of the following levels of access;
This list allows you to add new, and manage existing, access filters.
See Restricting Data with Access Filters for more information.
This section allows you to define some general settings related to the use of this data source.
This allows you to view a list of content that has been created based on this data source connection.