PPM Administrator Help System

Data Source

A data source is a named connection to a database.

Before you can build a connection to a database, you must first have a database to which you connect. A data source contains information about the database location and the database type.

CONFIG.DAT File

The CONFIG.DAT file is an initialization file that contains settings applicable to all PPM products or to a specific product. It contains the location of the DATASOURCES.DAT file. In the following example, the DATASOURCES.DAT file is located in C:\ProgramData\Deltek\PPMDatasources. 


[SYSTEM]
DATASOURCES=C:\ProgramData\Deltek\PPMDatasources\DATASOURCES.DAT

DATASOURCES.DAT File

The DATASOURCES.DAT file is an initialization file that contains data sources and global options information.

This file contains a list of names of the data sources. Each data source section contains the following information:
  • Connection String
  • Provider
  • Schema Name
  • Unicode
  • Extended Properties

The DATASOURCES.DAT file is created in the root folder for all installation types. This file is not created in the Server folder in an n-tier installation.