Please note : This help page is not for the latest version of Enterprise Architect. The latest help can be found here.

Configure Database Manager

The Configure Database Manager screen is shown whenever the 'Configure' button is pressed on the Main screen. It allows the user to modify the various options for a given Database.

Options

Field/Option

Description

Database Manager

Read-only display showing the description of the database as shown in the Database Manager List. The description contains a number of values formatted to help quickly describe the database. The description has the format:

{odbc provider}:{user}@{datasource}

Database Alias

Read-only display showing the Database Alias, this is the value all Enterprise Architect clients will need to use in the 'Model Name' field of the 'Cloud Connection' screen.

Database Type

Read-only display showing the DBMS of the database, i.e. Firebird, MySQL, Postgres, SQLSvr or Oracle.

Connection String

Read-only display showing the connection string used to connect to the database.

Accept Queries

Select this checkbox to allow the Cloud service to respond to requests for the connection.

Max Simultaneous Queries

Type in the maximum number of connections to open. You can use the up/down arrows to adjust this figure to balance resource usage with concurrent user performance.

Read-only connection

Select this checkbox to prevent users from modifying the database referenced by this connection.

Require a secure and authenticated connection

Select this checkbox to ensure this database is only used by https connections using http authentication.

Run Scheduled Tasks

Select this checkbox to enable the service to update Time Series charts on a schedule, or any other scheduled tasks that might be supported in the future.