Adding database definitions to the IBM App Connect Enterprise Toolkit

A database definition file holds the physical data model that details all the database resources, such as the schema, the tables, and other resources, that you need access to.

If you can connect to your database server by using the IBM® App Connect Enterprise Toolkit, you can create a database definition when you create your database mapping. For more information, see Mapping database content.

If you cannot connect to your database server by using the IBM App Connect Enterprise Toolkit, you must create a database definition file from scratch before you can create your database mapping. For more information, see Creating a database definition from scratch.

You can also use database definitions in other nodes, such as the Compute node, to validate references to database sources and tables. You must include a data design project in an application, or reference it from an Integration project, before you can use the database definitions that the data design project contains.

Database definition files in the IBM App Connect Enterprise Toolkit are not automatically updated. If you modify your database, you must re-create the database definition files.