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Chapter 4. Data source management

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Business Central provides data source management features that enable you to define data sources for accessing a database. These data sources are then used by other Business Central components such as the data sets. A database driver enables communication between a data source and the targeted database.

From the Data Source Authoring page you can add data sources and database drivers to Business Central.

Note

Business Central provides a default data source that can be used but cannot be edited or deleted.

4.1. Adding a database driver

You can add a new database driver to Business Central.

Procedure

  1. In Business Central, select the Admin icon in the top-right corner of the screen and select Data Sources.
  2. In the DataSource Explorer pane, click Add Driver. The New driver window opens.
  3. In the New driver window, enter the Name, Driver Class Name, Group Id, Artifact Id, and Version of the database driver.
  4. Click Finish to add the driver to Business Central.

4.2. Editing a database driver

You can update the properties of a database driver from the Driver Definition pane.

Procedure

  1. In Business Central, select the Admin icon in the top-right corner of the screen and select Data Sources.
  2. In the DataSource Explorer pane, select the driver you want to edit.
  3. In the Driver Definition pane, make the necessary changes to the Name, Driver Class Name, Group Id, Artifact Id, and the Version fields.
  4. Click Update.
  5. Click Yes to save the changes to the driver.

4.3. Deleting a database driver

You can remove database drivers from the Data Source Definition pane of Business Central.

Procedure

  1. In Business Central, select the Admin icon in the top-right corner of the screen and select Data Sources.
  2. In the DataSource Explorer pane, select the driver you want to delete.
  3. Click Remove.
  4. Click Delete to delete the driver.

4.4. Adding a data source

You can add a new data source to Business Central from the Data Sources Authoring page.

Procedure

  1. In Business Central, select the Admin icon in the top-right corner of the screen and select Data Sources.
  2. In the DataSource Explorer pane, click Add DataSource. The New data source window opens.
  3. In the New data source window, enter the data source Name, database Connection URL, User and Password, and Driver.
  4. Click Test Connection to verify the connection to the database.
  5. Click Finish to add the data source to Business Central.

4.5. Editing a data source

You can edit the properties of a data source and also test its connection to the database in Business Central.

Procedure

  1. In Business Central, select the Admin icon in the top-right corner of the screen and select Data Sources.
  2. In the DataSource Explorer pane, click the data source you want to edit.
  3. In the Data Source Definition pane, make the necessary changes to the Name, Connection URL, User, Password, and the Driver fields.
  4. Click Test Connection to verify the connection to the database.
  5. Click Update.
  6. Click Save to confirm the changes to the data source.

4.6. Deleting a data source

You can delete an existing data source from the DataSource Explorer pane in Business Central.

Procedure

  1. In Business Central, select the Admin icon in the top-right corner of the screen and select Data Sources.
  2. In the DataSource Explorer pane, click the data source you want to delete.
  3. Click Remove.
  4. Click Delete to confirm the deletion of the data source.
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