Allows you to configure the running timeout for all SQL queries you specified in the connection settings (for example, those specified in the Specify How to Select and Modify Data option). Use the SQL query execution timeout box to type the timeout value you want to use.
The Specify attributes to identify object provides the following options that allow you to specify the attributes with which you want to uniquely identify each object in the connected data system:
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Available attributes: Lists the attributes that are available in the external data system. Use this list to select the attributes whose values you want to use to generate a unique identifier for each object in the external data system. You can filter attributes by typing in the text box at the top of this list. To select multiple attributes, hold down CTRL and click to select attributes in the list.
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UniqueID attributes: Lists the attributes whose values are currently used to generate a unique identifier for each object in the external data system.
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Add->: Moves the selected attributes from the Available attributes list to the UniqueID attributes list.
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<-Remove: Moves the selected attributes from the UniqueID attributes list to the Available attributes list.
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Constructed UniqueID: Displays a combination of the attributes whose values will make up a unique identifier for each object in the external data system.
This section describes how to create or modify a connection to Microsoft SharePoint so that could work with data in that data system.
To create a connection to Microsoft SharePoint, use the Sharepoint Connector of Active Roles .
The SharePoint Connector supports the following features:
Table 56: SharePoint Connector – Supported features
Bidirectional synchronization
Specifies whether you can both read and write data in the connected data system. |
Yes |
Delta processing mode
Specifies whether the connection can process only the data that has changed in the connected data system since the last synchronization operation. This reduces the overall synchronization duration. |
No |
Password synchronization
Specifies whether you can synchronize user passwords from an Active Directory (AD) domain to the connected data system. |
No |
You can create a new SharePoint connection in the .
To create a new SharePoint connection
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Ensure that you have installed the SharePoint Connector on the SharePoint server you want to work with.
- In the , open the Connections tab.
- Click Add connection, then use the following options:
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Click Next.
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To check that the connector can access SharePoint, on the Specify connection settings page, click the Test Connection.
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If the test succeeds, click Finish to create a connection.