Advanced Settings

Fine Tuning the SharePoint Connection

To make it easier to access data in advanced integrations, use the following connection properties to control column name identifiers and other aspects of data access:

• UseDisplayNames: Set this to true to return column names that match field names in the underlying API. By default, the adapter uses column names that match the field names defined in SharePoint.
• UseSimpleNames: Set this to true to perform substitutions on special characters in column names that SharePoint allows but that many databases typically do not.
• ShowPredefinedColumns: Set this to false to exclude fields derived from fields in the list; for example, Author and CreatedAt. This setting excludes the predefined fields from being returned in SELECT * statements and schema discovery.
• ShowHiddenColumns: When true, columns marked as hidden in SharePoint will be displayed by the adapter.

Customizing the SSL Configuration

By default, the adapter attempts to negotiate SSL/TLS by checking the server's certificate against the system's trusted certificate store. To specify another certificate, see the SSLServerCert property for the available formats to do so.

Connecting Through a Firewall or Proxy

HTTP Proxies

To connect through the Windows system proxy, you do not need to set any additional connection properties. To connect to other proxies, set ProxyAutoDetect to false.

In addition, to authenticate to an HTTP proxy, set ProxyAuthScheme, ProxyUser, and ProxyPassword, in addition to ProxyServer and ProxyPort.

Other Proxies

Set the following properties:

• To use a proxy-based firewall, set FirewallType, FirewallServer, and FirewallPort.
• To tunnel the connection, set FirewallType to TUNNEL.
• To authenticate, specify FirewallUser and FirewallPassword.
• To authenticate to a SOCKS proxy, additionally set FirewallType to SOCKS5.