Data source configuration element properties

Open the Properties view in Document Studio and select a Data source configuration element. The Properties view displays these available properties for data source configurations.


General properties

In the All properties tab, these properties are located at the top-level, in the Metadata, and in the Formatting > Common sections.

Type Value Description
Tag String Tag name for the element. This property cannot be edited.
Name String The name of the element.
Description String A summary or note about this element.
Assignment String The variables that are assigned to the element.
Condition String A script that can apply variables or attributes as conditions on the element.


Data properties

In the All properties tab, expand Formatting to set these properties.

Type Value Description
Target data source String Data source to be configured.
Inherited data configuration String Name of the data source, which is used for configuring the Target data source property.


Dynamic configuration properties

In the All properties tab, expand Formatting to set these properties.
Note: The Dynamic configuration properties display after you enter a value for the Target data source property in the Data tab.
Type Value Description
URI File path Required. The path to the data source resource.
Username String Optional. User name to login into the data source application. If there are authentication errors and the Ignore data source configuration errors property is set to true, the document generation continues. If there are authentication errors and the Ignore data source configuration errors property is set to false, the document generation cancels. See Run time metadata properties reference for more information about the Ignore data source configuration errors property.

For more information about how user names and passwords are stored, see Security considerations for IBM® Rational Publishing Engine.

Password String Optional. Password to login into the data source application. If there are authentication errors and the Ignore data source configuration errors property is set to true, the document generation continues. If there are authentication errors and the Ignore data source configuration errors property is set to false, the document generation cancels. See Run time metadata properties reference for more information about the Ignore data source configuration errors property.

For more information about how user names and passwords are stored, see Security considerations for IBM Rational Publishing Engine.

Authentication auto, basic, form, oauth, oauth-oslc Optional. Default value: auto

The authentication type for connecting to the data source. If no authentication type is specified, each type is tested until the correct type is found. If there are authentication errors and the Ignore data source configuration errors property is set to true, the document generation continues. If there are authentication errors and the Ignore data source configuration errors property is set to false, the document generation cancels. See Run time metadata properties reference for more information about the Ignore data source configuration errors property.

Command String Optional. A script to execute when the output is generated.
Ignored true, false Optional. Default value: false

Set to true to exclude a template from generating when you are running multiple templates from one document specification.

Accept header image/jpeg, text/html, application/xml, */* Optional. A specific type of resource that is retrieved from the data source.

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