Adding Connection and Authentication Group Properties
You can add connection configuration and authentication group properties for a connection. The new properties will appear on the Connection Configuration page in Integration Server Administrator.
To add a property
1. On the Connection page for a connector, click Add... and complete the following fields in the Add Property dialog box.
Field | Description |
Name | Type a valid parameter name using any combination of letters, numbers, and/or the underscore characters. |
Display Name | This is the name that will appear on the Connection Configuration page in Integration Server Administrator. |
Default Value | Type a default value for the property. Default values specified here will appear while creating a new connection. Do not specify a default value unless it is necessary. |
Description | Type a description of the property. |
Data Type | Data type is an attribute of data and defines the operations that can be done on the data and the way values of that type can be stored.  Text - String or alphanumeric characters  Integer - Represents range of mathematical integers  anyURI - Represents a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) reference  Boolean - Has one of two possible values, usually denoted true or false |
Model Type |  Basic - Select Basic if you want the property to be available on the Basic Connection Configuration page in Integration Server Administrator.  Advance - Select Advance if you want the property to be available on the Advanced Connection Configuration page in Integration Server Administrator.  Meta - Select Meta if you want this property to appear in the token generation flow dialog boxes. For example, if you add a property of model type Meta, you can use this property while generating tokens. |
Required | Select this option if you want the property to be made mandatory for connector users in the Integration Server Administrator connection configuration page. |
Encrypted | Select this option if you want the value of the property to be masked when the connector user enters the value in the Integration Server Administrator connection configuration page. |
2. Click OK.
The new parameter is added and appears in the properties panel.