3.1 Creating a Data Connection

Only users with the role InsightConnectionCreator/InsightAdmin can create connections.

To create a data connection:

1. Click the Administration tab or the navigational shortcut on the Home page.
   The Data Connections page opens.
2. Click Create Connection.
   The Create Connection dialog opens.
3. Enter the following details:
   1. Name: an appropriate name for the connection
   2. Description: enter a suitable description for the connection
   3. Type: select the type of connection, SOA or Service Bus
   4. Host Name: the host name for the connection

      Note:

      You can create a connection to a SOA Suite Server or Service Bus running within the same domain or on a different domain . The SOA Suite /Service bus Insight Agents should be running on the SOA Suite/Service bus servers for the insight data connections to connect to them .Also note that this version of Insight does not support multiple instances of Insight that are mapped to a single agent.
   5. Port Number: an appropriate port number for the connection
   6. Select SSL Enabled if you want the connection to be enabled with SSL.
   7. Login: the user name to be used for the connection
   8. Password: the password to be used for the connection
4. Click Test Connection to test if a successful connection is established to the Server with the provided parameters.
   If the connection is established successfully, you see a Configured message.

   For more information, see Testing a Data Connection.

5. Click Create.

   Figure 3-1 Create Connection Dialog

   

After a connection is created, there are 3 states a connection can be in.

• Draft state if the connection has not been testes yet

• Configured state if the connection has been tested either while creating or editing it, and the test has passed

• Disconnected state if the connection has been tested either while creating or editing it, and the test has failed.