Creating an OData Connection

After creating a project, you add an OData Connection shared resource to create a connection between the plug-in and an OData server.

Prerequisites

The OData Connection shared resource is available at the Resources level. Ensure that you have created a project, as described in Creating a Project.

Procedure

  1. Expand the created project in the Project Explorer view.
  2. Right-click the Resources folder and click New > OData Connection to open the OData Connection wizard.
  3. The resource folder, package name, and resource name of the OData connection are provided by default. If you do not want to use the default configurations, change them accordingly. Click Finish to open the OData Connection Editor.

  4. In the Root URL field, specify the OData services root URL.
  5. In the Connection Timeout (msec) field, specify the maximum response time of OData request.
    Note: If you do not provide timeout value in this field, no response time limit is set on the OData request.
  6. Click Load Metadata to load the metadata from the OData server.
  7. In the Security panel, specify the authentication type of the OData server. See Security for more details.
  8. If SSL is used in the server you want to connect to, you are required to configure SSL. Select the Confidentiality check box for configuration. See the TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks documentation for more details.