Designer 10.7 | Cloudstreams Development Help | CloudStreams Provider Project | Editing the Connection Properties | Editing Properties
 
Editing Properties
You can edit the user-defined properties for all the screens which are available under the Connection tab.
*To edit a property
1. In the Connection screen, click Edit... and edit the values in the following fields of the Edit Property dialog box.
Field
Description
Name
Type a valid property 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.
Note:
In case, if the values are present in the Allowed Values field, then ensure the values for this field is within the list of allowed values.
Allowed Values
Specify the list of allowed values for the property. Click the Add button to open the Pick list window to add the values for the property.
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.
Array
Select this option if you want the property to be an array for connector users in the Integration Server Administrator connection configuration page.
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.
Hidden
Select this option if you want the value of the property to be hidden when the connector user enters the value in the Integration Server Administrator connection configuration page.
2. Click OK.
The existing property is updated and appears in the properties panel.