Guide to information about properties

The properties used to configure WebSphere® Adapter for SAP Software are described in detail in tables included in each of the configuration properties topics, such as Resource adapter properties, Managed connection factory properties, and so on. To help you use these tables, information about each row you might see is explained here.

The following table explains the meaning of each row that might be displayed in the table for a configuration property.

Row	Explanation
Required	A required field (property) must have a value in order for the adapter to work. Sometimes the external service wizard provides a default value for required properties. Removing a default value from a required field on the external service wizard will not change that default value. When a required field contains no value at all, the external service wizard processes the field using its assigned default value, and that default value is displayed on the administrative console. Possible values are Yes and No. Sometimes a property is required only when another property has a specific value. When this is the case, the table notes this dependency. For example, Yes, when the EventQueryType property is set to Dynamic Yes, for Oracle databases
Possible values	Lists and describes the possible values that you can select for the property.
Default	The predefined value that is set by the external service wizard. When the property is required, you must either accept the default value or specify one yourself. If a property has no default value, the table states No default value. The word `None` is an acceptable default value, and does not mean that there is no default value.
Unit of measure	Specifies how the property is measured, for example in kilobytes or seconds.
Property type	Describes the property type. Valid property types include: Boolean String Integer
Usage	Describes usage conditions or restrictions that might apply to the property. For instance, here is how a restriction would be documented: For Rational® Application Developer for WebSphere Software version 6.40 or earlier, the password: Must be uppercase Must be 8 characters in length For versions of Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software later than 6.40, the password: Is not case-sensitive Can be up to 40 characters in length. This section lists other properties that affect this property or the properties that are affected by this property and describes the nature of the conditional relationship.
Example	Provides sample property values, for example: "If Language is set to JA (Japanese), code page number is set to `8000`".
Globalized	If a property is globalized, it has national language support, meaning that you can set the value in your national language. Valid values are Yes and No.
Bidi supported	Indicates whether the property is supported in bidirectional (bidi) processing. Bidirectional processing refers to the task of processing data that contains both right-to-left (Hebrew or Arabic, for example) and left-to-right (a URL or file path, for example) semantic content within the same file. Valid values are Yes and No.