WAS v8.5 > Reference > Sets

Data source page

Use this page to view configured data sources, which are the resources that provide connections to your relational database.

We can access this dmgr console page in one of two ways:

• Resources > JDBC > Data sources.
• Resources > JDBC > JDBC providers > JDBC_provider > Data sources.

Version requirement: If we are using the EJB 1.0 specification and the Java Servlet 2.2 specification, use the Data sources (WebSphere Application Server Version 4) console page.

Name

Display name of this data source.

Click a data source name to edit the data source configuration settings.

Information	Value
Data type	String

JNDI name

JNDI name for this data source.

Information	Value
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

JDBC provider that encapsulates the appropriate classes.

Specifies a text description of the data source.

Information	Value
Data type	String

Category

String used to classify or group a data source.

Information	Value
Data type	String

Subtopics

• Data source settings
  Use this page to edit the properties of a data source.
• WAS data source properties
  Use this page to set advanced data source properties in the application server. These properties activate and configure services the application server applies to data sources to customize connections within an application server. These properties do not affect connections within the database.

Related concepts:

JDBC providers
Data sources

Related

Configure a data source
Configure a JDBC provider and data source using the JMX API
Configure a JDBC provider and data source

Reference:

Administrative console preference settings
Data source settings
WAS data source properties

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