Instruction manual

ODBC Driver and Installation CentreVu® CMS Open Database Connectivity
Desktop Computer Client Configuration 2-31
OpenLink Setup
Input Fields 2
The following table describes the input fields on the OpenLink Setup
dialog box.
Field Description
Datasource
Name A representative name for the server/database you
are connecting to, such as CMS.
Comment A description of the data source you are connecting
to, such as CMS.
Provider
Domain The database type or user-defined logical
representation of the underlying DBMS you are
establishing an ODBC session with. The
OpenLink
ODBC driver allows the creation of custom providers,
which enables you to mask the identity of the
underlying database to which connections are made.
This provides ODBC-based client/server
infrastructure management flexibility.
Protocol The network protocol you are using to access
database data items; the default is TCP/IP.
Hostname The network alias (or IP address) of the machine on
your network hosting the database(s) to which you
want to make ODBC connections.
Database
Name The field used to map the ODBC data source names
to specific database names for a provider type. For
example, the CMS
Informix database has a path field
value of /cms/db/inf/cms, identifying the CMS
database to be associated with an ODBC data
source name.
Server An optional entry field used for database connections
after the database environment has been initialized.
These settings generally take the form of operating
environment variables which cannot be entered in
this field. An entry is not required or recommended in
this field.