Configure connections on the

Connections

page. The

Connections

page lists all of the connections that have been configured in the organization. You can create a connection on this page. You can also search for an existing connection by name or description, by name only, or by description only.

The following image shows the

Connections

page:

When you configure a connection, you specify the runtime environment for the connection. The runtime environment must contain an agent that is running. You can override the runtime environment in the connection from the mapping or mapping task.

The runtime environment manages the connection between

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and the connection endpoint. It helps you perform the following tasks:

Test the connection to the endpoint.
Display objects available for the connection and retrieve metadata when you use the connection in an asset. You can preview data in the source, target, or lookup object selected in the asset.
Run assets that use the connection to read from a source, transform data, or write data to a target.

You can configure a connection to a database, cloud data warehouse, or other endpoint type. When you create a source or target connection to a database or cloud data warehouse, you connect to a table, alias, or view. For example, when you create a Snowflake Data Cloud connection, you connect to a Snowflake table or view. For more information about creating connections to different types of endpoints, see the help for the appropriate connector.

When you configure connections for sources and targets in a mapping or task, where the connections require you to specify the code page, ensure that the code pages are the same. If the source system and target system in a task use different code pages, the

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might load unexpected data to the target.

You can delete any connection that you create as long as the connection is not used by a saved query or task.