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  1. Preface
  2. Understanding Domains
  3. Managing Your Account
  4. Using Informatica Administrator
  5. Using the Domain View
  6. Domain Management
  7. Nodes
  8. High Availability
  9. Connections
  10. Connection Properties
  11. Schedules
  12. Domain Object Export and Import
  13. License Management
  14. Monitoring
  15. Log Management
  16. Domain Reports
  17. Node Diagnostics
  18. Understanding Globalization
  19. Appendix A: Code Pages
  20. Appendix B: Custom Roles
  21. Appendix C: Informatica Platform Connectivity
  22. Appendix D: Configure the Web Browser

Administrator Guide

Administrator Guide

Editing and Testing a Connection

Editing and Testing a Connection

In the Administrator tool, you can edit connections that you created in the Administrator tool, the Analyst tool, the Developer tool, or by running the infacmd isp CreateConnection command. You can test relational database connections.
  1. In the Administrator tool, click the
    Manage
    tab.
  2. Click the
    Connections
    view.
    The Navigator shows all connections in the domain.
  3. In the Navigator, select a connection.
    The contents panel shows properties for the connection.
  4. In the contents panel, select the
    Properties
    view or the
    Pooling
    view.
  5. To edit properties in a section, click
    Edit
    .
    Edit the properties and click
    OK
    .
    If you change a connection name, you must redeploy all applications that use the connection. You must also update all parameter files that use the connection parameter.
  6. To test a database connection, select the connection in the Navigator.
    Click
    Actions
    Test Connection
    on the
    Manage
    tab.
    The
    Test Connection
    button tests the connection string of the metadata access properties and not the data access properties.
    A message box displays the result of the test.

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