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Data connections properties

The following property groups are available for data connections:

Identification

The Identification property group contains the identification information for the for the selected data connections.

Property Description
Name The name of the data connection.
Owner The user name of the owner of the data connection.
Connection string The connection string for the data connection. Typically, includes the name of the data source, drivers, and path.
Type The type of data connection. Standard data connections include ODBC, OLEDB, and Folder.
User ID The user ID that is used in the connection string.
Password

The password associated with the user ID used in the connection string.

Information noteThe password is saved encrypted.

Tags

The property group Tags contains the QMC tags that are connected to the data connection.

Property Description
Tags The available QMC tags are listed to the right. Connected QMC tags are listed to the left.

Custom properties

The Custom properties property group contains the custom properties in the Qlik Sense system. When a custom property has been activated for a resource, you can use the drop-down to select a custom property value.

Property Description
Custom properties
If no custom properties are available, this property group is not displayed at all (or displayed but empty) and you must make a custom property available for this resource type before it will be displayed here.

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