Restriction: This topic applies to Windows environments only.
- Connection List
- A list of all available connections.
- Name
- The data source name you specified for the connection when you created it.
- Type
- The type of database connection,
SQL Server or
DB2.
- Status
- The last known status of the connection:
| Checking
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HCOSS is checking the status of the connection
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| OK
|
Able to connect
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| Needs Repair
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Unable to make the connection using the supplied information
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| Unknown
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Shows for newly created or imported connections when your HCOSS
Automatically Test Connections option is set to
False, and before you
Refresh the connection for the first time
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- New DB2 Connection
- Switch to the
DB2 Connection tab to create a new DB2 connection.
- New SQL Server Connection
- Switch to the
SQL Server Connection tab to create a new SQL Server connection.
- Edit
- Switch to the
SQL Server Connection or
DB2 Connection tab, depending on the selected connection, where you can make changes to your connection specifications.
- Remove
- Remove the selected connection.
- Repair
- Repair a connection that reports
Needs Repair in the Status column on the
Connection List.
- Refresh
- Update information in the
Status column for the selected connection.
- Refresh All
- Update the information in the
Status column for all connections.
- System
- Create a system connection, and show only system connections on the
Connections List grid.
- User
- Create a user connection, and show only user connections on the
Connections List grid.
- Encrypt ADO Connection Settings
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In this version of HCOSS, this check box has no effect on the connection.
- Enable Checking for New ODBC Drivers
- When editing and repairing connections, HCOSS checks the current ODBC driver version and prompts you to upgrade if a more
recent version is installed and available. Applies to System and User connection types only.