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Profiling Warehouse Database

After you configure the Content Management Service, you can you can configure the data profiling warehouse database.

Select the database type for the data profiling warehouse.

The following table lists the databases for the data profiling warehouse.

Prompt	Description
Database type	Type of database for the data profiling warehouse. Select from the following options: Oracle Microsoft SQL Server IBM DB2

Enter the properties for the database user account.

The following table lists the properties for the database user account:

Property	Description
Database user ID	Name for the reference data warehouse user account.
Database user password	Password for the reference data warehouse user account.

To enter the JDBC connection information using the JDBC URL information, press

. To enter the JDBC connection information using a custom JDBC connection string, press

Enter the JDBC connection information.

To enter the connection information using the JDBC URL information, specify the JDBC URL properties.

The following table describes the database connection information:

Prompt	Description
Database host name	Host name for the database.
Database port number	Port number for the database.
Database service name	Service or database name : Oracle: Enter the service name. Microsoft SQL Server: Enter the database name. IBM DB2: Enter the service name.
Configure JDBC Parameters	Select whether to add additional JDBC parameters to the connection string: 1 - Yes 2 - No If you select Yes, enter the parameters or press Enter to accept the default. If you select No, the installer creates the JDBC connection string without parameters.

To enter the connection information using a custom JDBC connection string, type the connection string.

Use the following syntax in the JDBC connection string:

IBM DB2: jdbc:Informatica:db2://<host name>:<port number>;DatabaseName=
Oracle: jdbc:Informatica:oracle://<host name>:<port number>;ServiceName=; Use the following connection string to connect to the Oracle database through the Oracle Connection Manager:

jdbc:Informatica:oracle:TNSNamesFile=<fully qualified path to the tnsnames.ora file>;TNSServerName=<TNS name>;
Microsoft SQL Server: jdbc:Informatica:sqlserver://<host name>:<port number>;SelectMethod=cursor;DatabaseName=

Verify that the connection string contains all the connection parameters required by your database system.