Creating a Connection Profile

A connection profile contains the connection property information needed to connect to a servers in your enterprise.

In Sybase WorkSpace, you can create connection profiles for application servers, business activity monitor servers, database servers, grid domain controllers, message transports, RepConnector servers, replication servers, Service Containers, Sybase Search Servers, UDDI registries, and WS-security keystores.

  1. In Enterprise Explorer, right-click the server type or enterprise resource for which you want to create a connection profile and select New.
  2. On the Wizard Selection page, select the appropriate connection profile type and click Next.
  3. Enter a name and description for the connection profile, and click Next.
    Table 1. Create Connection Profile page
    Field Description
    Name Enter a unique and descriptive name for the connection profile.
    Description (Optional) Enter a profile description that helps you distinguish it from others.
    Auto-Connect at Startup (Optional) Connect automatically to the server and display its contents in Enterprise Explorer when Sybase WorkSpace starts.
  4. Follow the directions provided in the connection profile wizard. Properties and connection details vary based on the type of server you are creating the connection profile for. See the server-type-specific online help topic for the appropriate type of connection profile.
  5. Click Test Connection to ping the server and to verify that the connection profile is working.
  6. Click Finish to create the connection profile.

    The connection profile displays under the appropriate category in the Enterprise Explorer.

Next 

Connect to the server via the connection profile and begin development work.

Parent topic: Set Up
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Connection Profiles

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