Data source collection
Use this page to view configured data sources, which are the resources that provide connections to your relational database. You can access this console page in one of two ways:
- Resources > JDBC > Data sources
- Resources > JDBC > JDBC providers > JDBC_provider > Data sources
Vrequirement: If you are using the Enterprise JavaBean (EJB) 1.0 specification and the Java Servlet 2.2 specification, use the Data sources (WAS V4) console page.
- Name
Specify the display name of this data source.
Click a data source name to edit the data source configuration settings.
Data type String
- JNDI name
Specify the JNDI name for this data source.
Data type String
- Scope
Scope of the JDBC provider that encapsulates the driver implementation classes to support this data source. Only applications that are installed within this scope can use this data source.
- Provider
Specify the JDBC provider that encapsulates the appropriate classes.
- Description
Specify a text description of the data source.
Data type String
- Category
Specify a string used to to classify or group a data source.
Data type String
Sub-topics
Data source settings
WAS data source properties
Related concepts
JDBC providers
Data sources
Related tasks
Configure a data source using the console
Creating and configuring a JDBC provider and data source using the Java Management Extensions API
Configure a JDBC provider and data source
Related Reference
Administrative console preference settings
Reference topic