Externalizing connection property values for an ODA connection type

The connection properties for an ODA connection type are specified in the plugin.xml file for the appropriate Eclipse plug-in. For example, the connection properties for the XML connection type are specified in the plugin.xml file bundled in org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.xml_xxxx.jar. This JAR file is located in $Actuate11/Jar/BIRT/platform/plugins. To extract plugin.xml, type:

jar xvf org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.xml_xxxx.jar plugin.xml

The JDK must be in your path.

The connection properties for the XML connection type, FILELIST and SCHEMAFILELIST, are specified as follows:

<properties>

  <propertyGroup

    defaultDisplayName="Connection Properties"

    name="connectionProperties">

    <property

      type="string"

      defaultDisplayName="%datasource.property.xmlFile"

      canInherit="true"

      name="FILELIST"/>

    <property

      type="string"

      defaultDisplayName="%datasource.property.schemaFile"

      canInherit="true"

      name="SCHEMAFILELIST"/>

  </propertyGroup>

</properties>

To externalize the connection property values for an XML connection, add a ConnectOptions element to the data source connection configuration file’s Runtime element, for example:

<Runtime>

…

  <ConnectOptions Type="My_XML_Connection">

    <Property PropName="FILELIST">My_XML File</Property>

    <Property PropName="SCHEMAFILELIST">My_XML Schema</Property>

  </ConnectOptions>

…

</Runtime>

The property names listed in the ConnectOptions element must match the property names listed in the properties element in plugin.xml. The match is case-sensitive.

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