Grouping connection configurations

You can combine similar connection configurations in a configuration repository into groups. For example, you can group test servers together, or you can group connections together by server type. Grouping connection configurations is optional, but using groups is useful to simplify the list of connection configurations when they are displayed in the Data Source Explorer or in the New Connection wizard.

Before you begin

Before you can group connection configurations, you must:

Procedure

To group connection configurations:

  1. In the Data Source Explorer, right-click a configuration repository in the Configuration Repositories folder, and select New Group.
  2. In the window that opens, specify information about the new group, and click OK.

Results

The new group is displayed as a folder under the configuration repository in the Data Source Explorer. You can add connection configurations to the group.

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