9 Setting Up Data Sources

This chapter describes how to set up data sources for BI Publisher including JDBC and JNDI connections, LDAP server connections, OLAP data sources, and file data sources.

It covers the following topics:

• Overview of Setting Up Data Sources

• Setting Up a JDBC Connection to the Data Source

• Setting Up a Database Connection Using a JNDI Connection Pool

• Setting Up a Connection to an LDAP Server Data Source

• Setting Up a Connection to an OLAP Data Source

• Setting Up a Connection to a File Data Source

• Setting Up a Connection to a Web Service

• Setting Up a Connection to a HTTP XML Feed

• Viewing or Updating a Data Source