Resource groups

A resource group is a container for a set of resources that share a common base uniform resource identifier (URI). A resource group is an XML data source that provides the context for mapping XML data to relational data. The XML to relational mapping is used by the IBM® Rational® Insight ODBC driver to return database result sets from a product source for ETL and reporting purposes.

A resource group can only contain resources. The resource group has a uniform resource identifier (URI) that is used to locate the resources contained within the resource group. A resource group can be linked to another resource group and assigned a different URI. You can use the linking mechanism to define resources once and reuse the resources across multiple resource groups.

A resource group must be assigned a URL so that the child resources can be located. A resource group URL can point to the Rational Insight Data Service, a generic REST service, or local XML file. If the URL is password protected, an authentication scheme can be specified.


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