Before the data can be extracted from your source system, you have to specify the data sources and configuration files and set the appropriate access parameters for your data source.
Use the Data source management component of the Client module to configure the data sources of different data source types, such as system event, Graph, SAP, or JDBC. For these data sources you define the individual components for extracting data from your source system and importing data into PPM.
A data source comprises a fixed number of configuration files that depends on the data source type in question. Most of the configuration files are automatically created as empty files when a new data source is created. You configure them in the corresponding components, such as XML import and Data extraction. A data source combined in this way is saved as a separate file. It forms the basis for automated data extraction.