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- Access the Vision Main Menu.
- Click the Tools / Settings drop-down.
- Select the Manage Data Models / Connections option.
- Click Manage Connections.
- Click New Connection.
- Specify a Name of the connection. For example: ERP
- Select a Type option. For example: Microsoft SQL Server
- Specify a Connection String.
- Connection String sample formats are available here:
- SQL Server: http://www.connectionstrings.com/sql-server/
- Access: http://www.connectionstrings.com/access/
- Progress: http://www.connectionstrings.com/progress/
- Others: http://www.connectionstrings.com/ (Not all options are supported; please contact Customer Support for assistance)
- For configuring Connection String Timeouts:
- Connection String Timeouts determine how long a query can run before it is cancelled. This is to prevent long queries from taking up valuable processing time on the database.
- These are configured in seconds, so a Connection Timeout=300 will cancel any query after 5 minutes. (300/60).
- When running reports that may take longer than the default timeout, the execution will fail. Adding a Connection Timeout = 0 to the string will prevent this.
- Connection String sample formats are available here:
- Click Save & Close.