After at least one ODBC data source is configured for a particular database server, you can easily add data source definitions for other databases on that server. You must be connected to the host computer and the target databases must use the same driver as the pre-existing data source.
For example, you can autoconfigure Microsoft Access data sources based on an existing Microsoft Access data source on the same host computer. But you cannot autoconfigure a Microsoft Access data source based on an Informix data source on the same host computer.
After you select the driver for your data source, the configuration options and steps are driver specific. If your configuration requires you to specify an authentication method for the data source, be sure that you specify the same method used by the database server.
To autoconfigure data sources, connect to the data source on the machine that hosts the additional databases you want to configure and click Tools --> Auto Configure Data Sources.
QMF Visionary configures a data source for each compatible database it discovers. Each data source definition inherits the same user name and driver used in the initial data source that you defined manually.
QMF Visionary assigns each automatically configured data source a name based on the database name, as long as there are no naming conflicts. If there is a naming conflict, QMF Visionary appends a number to the data source name.