When you create a connection, you define general properties and database-specific properties. You define the connection properties once.
Configure general properties that are relevant for all database connection types, such as the business application and application version that you want to archive data to.
Configure database properties that are relevant to the target database, such as how the archive job connects to the target. The connection properties depend on the connection type that you choose for the database.
When you create an archive project, you select the target connection. The archive job uses the attributes that you defined for the connection. Define target connections before you create an archive project.