Database Property Sheet Database Connection Tab

This tab allows PowerDesigner to communicate with the database in order to generate your models and reverse engineer your data sources.

1. Open a database property sheet, and click the Database Connection tab.
2. Specify the following parameters:

   Parameter	Description
   Data source	Connection profile that is used to connect to your database. Click the Select a Data Source tool to open the Select a Data Source dialog and select one of the following radio buttons, depending on your chosen method for connecting to your data source: ODBC machine data source ODBC file data source - use the tool to the right of the data source field to browse to a new file. Connection profile - use the tools to the right of the data source field to browse to a new directory or file. Use the Modify and Configure buttons to modify or configure your data source connection. Click OK to close the dialog. For detailed information about creating, configuring, and using connection profiles, see Core Features Guide > The PowerDesigner Interface > Getting Started > Connecting to a Database.
   Login	Name of the user ID with which you log on to the database.
   Password	Password for the connection.

3. Click OK to close the dialog.