PPM Administrator Help System

Data Source

A data source is a named connection to a database.

Before you can build a connection to a database, you must first have a database to which you connect. A data source contains information about the database location and the database type.

CONFIG.DAT File

The CONFIG.DAT file is an initialization file that contains settings applicable to all PPM products or to a specific product. The Deltek PPM Datasource Management Tool locates this file in C:\ProgramData\Deltek\PPMDatasources folder.

It contains the location of the DATASOURCES.DAT file. In the following example, the DATASOURCES.DAT file is located in C:\ProgramData\Deltek\PPMDatasources. 


[SYSTEM]
DATASOURCES=C:\ProgramData\Deltek\PPMDatasources\DATASOURCES.DAT

The PPM Datasource Management Tool requires the user to have a read access to this file.

DATASOURCES.DAT File

The DATASOURCES.DAT file is an initialization file that contains data sources and global options information.

This file contains a list of names of the data sources. Each data source section contains the following information:
  • Connection String
  • Provider
  • Schema Name
  • Unicode
  • Extended Properties

The DATASOURCES.DAT file is created in C:\ProgramData\Deltek\PPM folder during installation.

If the CONFIG.DAT file is modified to point to another location of DATASOURCES.DAT file, the Deltek PPM Datasource Management Tool will create the file if the file does not exist.

The Deltek PPM Datasource Management Tool requires the user to have read and write access to this file