Common connection configuration terminology

There are some terms that you need to understand before you begin working with common connection configurations.
The following terms are used to describe the common connection configuration functionality in this product:
Configuration repository
A set of database tables that contain connection groups and connection configurations.
Connection configuration
A set of required property values that are used to create database connections. These properties include: the database version; database vendor; port number; and host name.
Connection group
A virtual folder in a configuration repository that contains related connection configurations. Connection groups are not required but they are useful for organizing related connection configurations. For example:
  • A QA team might organize connections by platform in their test environment.
  • A sales team might organize connection groups by geography.
  • A retail team might use connection groups to identify which database servers contain sales information by quarter or by year.

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