Connections Page

This applies to: Visual Data Discovery

The Connections page allows you to review and maintain the connection definitions used by Symphony connectors.

You must be logged in as a user with the group privilege Manage Connections to see the Connections page.

To access the Connections page:

  1. Log in as an administrator or as a user with the Manage Connections privilege.

  2. Select the Connections option from the Tools menu in the main menu. The Connections page appears.

The Connections page shows a table listing all the connection definitions available. All columns except the Actions column are sortable.

Column Name Description
Type The logo showing the data store type to which the connection definition pertains.
Name The name of the connection definition.
Author The name of the user who defined the connection definition.
Modified Date The date the connection definition was last modified.
Sources The number of defined data source configurations that use the connection definition.
Actions Allows you to delete the connection definition.

Select Add Connection to add a new connection definition.

If there are many connections listed, you may need to search for the connection you need. Use the search bar to search for a connection definition in the list. See Search for a Definition in a List.