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  1. About the Data Vault Administrator Guide
  2. Introduction to the Data Vault
  3. Data Vault Service Startup and Shutdown
  4. Data Vault Configuration
  5. Data Vault SSL Setup
  6. Data Vault ODBC Setup
  7. Data Vault Administration
  8. Data Repartitioning
  9. Partial Data Vault Copy
  10. Archived Data Migration
  11. Data Validation
  12. Bulk File Uploader
  13. Data Vault Administration Tool
  14. Data Vault Logs
  15. User Account Privileges
  16. ssasql Command Line Program
  17. Data Vault Audit Log
  18. Appendix A: Sample Configuration Files

Data Vault Administrator Guide

Data Vault Administrator Guide

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Data Vault ODBC Data Source Parameters

Data Vault ODBC Data Source Parameters

When you create an ODBC data source that uses the Data Vault ODBC driver, you must configure the parameters required for the Data Vault ODBC driver.
The following table describes the parameters that you set for the Data Vault ODBC driver in the odbc.ini file:
ODBC Parameter
Description
Data Source Name
Name of the ODBC data source. Use as heading for the data source definition in the following format:
[Data Source Name]
DESCRIPTION
Additional information to describe the data source.
DRIVER
Path and file name of the Data Vault ODBC Driver file.
DATABASE
Name of the folder in the Data Vault to connect to.
UID
User account to log in to the optimized file archive. The user account must be defined in Data Archive.
CONNECTION
Name of a Data Archive connection to the optimized file archive.
The connection name must match a target connection defined in the Data Archive Workbench.
HOST
Host name of the machine that hosts the Data Vault.
PORT
Port number to connect to the Data Vault.
UTF8Data
The code page to use for code page translations between the client and the optimized file archive.
Set the parameter to one of the following options:
  • True. Sets the code page to 65001 (UTF-8).
  • False. Sets the code page to 1252 (ANSI - Latin I).
UseRegionalSettings
Format to use for date, time, and numeric values.
Set the parameter to one of the following options:
  • True. Sets the date, time, and numeric settings to regional setting.
  • False. Sets the date, time, and numeric settings to ISO.
AUTOREFRESH
Configures the Data Vault ODBC driver to commit or roll back all transactions before each SELECT statement so that the ODBC client accesses the most recent version of the Data Vault archive folder.
Set the parameter to one of the following options:
  • COMMIT. The ODBC driver commits all transactions before the next query. You can also set the
  • ROLLBACK. The ODBC driver rolls back all transactions before the next query.
  • 0. The Autorefresh parameter is not enabled and the ODBC driver does not commit or roll back transactions before a SELECT statement.
Default is 0. The Autorefresh parameter is not enabled and the ODBC driver does not commit or roll back transactions before a SELECT statement.
AUTOCOMMIT
Configures the Data Vault ODBC Driver to commit transactions after each SQL command that modifies data such as an UPDATE or INSERT.
Set the Autocommit parameter to one of the following options:
  • True. The ODBC driver commits all transactions after an SQL command that modifies data.
  • False. The ODBC driver does not commit transactions after an SQL command that modifies data.
Default is 0. The Autocommit parameter is not enabled and ODBC Driver does not commit transactions after each SQL command that modifies data.
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