Before you create a Microsoft SQL Server resource, you must configure the metadata source. If you do not correctly configure the metadata source, the metadata load can fail or the metadata can be incorrectly loaded in the Metadata Manager warehouse.
To configure Microsoft SQL Server, complete the following tasks:
Configure permissions.
Configure permissions for the Microsoft SQL Server database user account that you use to connect to Microsoft SQL Server.
Configure environment variables on UNIX.
The PowerCenter Integration Service uses ODBC to connect to the Microsoft SQL Server database. When you create a Microsoft SQL Server resource, you enter the connect string in the format
<server_name>@<database_name>
. The PowerCenter Integration Service retrieves the server name and the database name from the connect string and creates a data source using the installed ODBC driver. You do not have to create the data source manually.
On Windows, the PowerCenter Integration Service can access the ODBC driver. On UNIX, you must set the ODBCINST environment variable to the location of the odbcinst.ini file so that the PowerCenter Integration Service can access the driver.