dataSourceCredential

Stores the credentials required to sign on to the data source specified by the dataSourceName and dataSourceConnectionName properties.

We recommend that you represent instances of this type as a set of properties of its containing object. Users may access this object by opening a property sheet or launching an editor.

This class

Container Information

Contained by instances of the following classes

What's new

New in Version 10.1.0 — Personal Data Source Credentials

This class was added.

Properties

This class has the following properties.

credentials

Specifies the credentials for the data source.

Each credential element includes information required by the data source. Typically, this information is in the form of a username and password, but additional information may be required.

For a data source, IBM® Cognos® Analytics does not require a namespace element. The data source connection string identifies the data source as the authentication provider.

When a dataSourceCredential is stored, the information is encrypted as shown in the following example.

 
<credential> 
	<encryptedValue> 
		<!--  base64  encoded  data  --> 
		AbcdEf1jKdkhuW8... 
	</encryptedValue> 
</credential> 
 

This property

  • is of type anyType

    is encoded as type tns:anyTypeProp

  • is write-only

Related information:
IBM Cognos Analytics Administration and Security Guide
IBM Cognos Analytics Installation and Configuration Guide
dataSourceConnectionName

Specifies the name of the bibus » dataSourceConnection that can be accessed with the specified credentials.

This property

  • is of type string

    is encoded as type tns:stringProp

  • is searchable

dataSourceName

Specifies the name of the dataSource that can be accessed with the specified credentials.

This property

  • is of type string

    is encoded as type tns:stringProp

  • is searchable