Creating database instances for JDBC connection pools
Specify a Java Naming and Directory Interface (JNDI) name to create a database data instance so that Pega Platform can access a database via a JDBC connection pool.
- If the database platform of the additional database differs from the database platform of Pega Platform, or does not use postgresSQL, define Pega Platform the database driver. For more information, see Defining the database driver.
- In the header of Dev Studio, click .
- In the Create database tab, enter a short description, and
in the Database field, enter a name for the external
database. The database name is case-sensitive.
- Click Create and open.
- Optional: To indicate the system of record, in the Integration
system field, press the Down arrow key, and then select the name of
the integration system that you want to associate with this database.The value that you select is for informational purposes only, and does not affect the behavior of the database instance. You can use this value to organize rules for integration connectors, data types, and sources for data pages.
- In the How to connect list, click Use JDBC Connection Pool.
- Enter the JNDI names that have update permission, administrative permission,
and read-only permission the data source.JNDI names correspond to the credentials that you enter in the next step.
- In the JNDI name field, enter the name of a JNDI data source that has read and update permission.
- Optional: In the Admin JNDI name field, enter the name of a JNDI data source that has permission to alter and create tables.
- Optional: In the Read-only JNDI name field, enter the name of a JNDI data source that has read-only permission.
- In the Authentication
section, add the required and optional credentials for the external database
connection:
- To add standard users, in the Username field,
enter the name of a database user who has permissions to read and update the
database, and then, in the Password field, enter the
password for that user.
Specify a user who can accept unqualified table names and convert them to fully qualified table names. If this database is to be accessed through Connect SQL rules, confirm that this database user has search, update, delete, and other permissions that support the SQL statements in those rules, and that this database is the default database of the user.
- To add users with administrator permissions, in the Admin
username field, enter the name of a database user who has
permissions to alter and create tables, and then, in the Admin
password field, enter the password for that user.
The administrator user can configure tables that extend the Pega data schema, including schema changes that are generated by Pega Platform, property optimization, Query Inspector, Query Runner, Schema Tools, and circumstance definitions.
- To add users with read-only permissions, in the Read-only username field, enter the name of a database user who has read-only permissions, and then, in the Read-only password field, enter the password for that user.
- To add standard users, in the Username field,
enter the name of a database user who has permissions to read and update the
database, and then, in the Password field, enter the
password for that user.
- Click Save.
- Optional: Click the Advanced tab.
- Leave the Failover options fields blank. The fields are reserved for future use.
- To specify a proxy class for determining access
privileges to the Schema Tools, Query Inspector, and Query Runner landing pages,
in the Proxyclass name field, enter the proxy
class.
The proxyclass is used with the read-only user that you define on the Database tab.
- If this database is used for tables that you have configured for use by Pega Platform and the BLOB user-defined function is installed on the database, select the Use UDF for property lookup check box for best performance of Pega:Lookup tag references.
- Optional: To specify the names of other database instances that views in this database
can reach, on the Advanced tab, define the database
parameters:
- In the Database Name list, click the Add item icon.
- In the Database Name field, press the Down arrow key, and then select the name of a database instance that views in the external database need to access.
- Click Save.
- Optional: To test the database connection, on the Database tab,
click Test connection.This test does not test the administrative user that you specify.
- Diagnostic information appears in a new window if the test fails.
- Modify the database instance until the test succeeds.
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