Connector Xpress Guide › Creating Connectors › Projects › Create a Project

Create a Project

To create a connector, you can create projects that specify how connectors are configured and deployed to the Provisioning Server.

Follow these steps:

1. Click Project, New.

   The Select Data Source for new Project dialog appears.

2. If the data source you want to use is displayed in the list, then go to step 4.
3. If the data source you want to use is not displayed in the list, do the following:
   1. Click Add.

      The Source Types dialog appears.

   2. Select an available data source type from the list, then click OK.

      The Edit Source dialog appears, specific to the type of data source you are adding.

   3. Complete the fields on the dialog to configure the data source type you selected, then click OK.

      The Select Data Source for new Project dialog appears and the data source you added appears in the list.

4. Select the data source you want to use from the list, then click OK.

   The Enter Password for Data Source Dialog appears.

5. Enter the password for the selected data source, then click OK.

   Connector Xpress does the following:

   • Displays a Mapping Tree containing a top-level Endpoint Type node.
   • Creates a class named User Account by default in the Mapping Tree.
   • Displays the Endpoint Type Details dialog.
6. Create a mapping to create the appropriate endpoint data.
7. Click Project, Save, or Save As.

   The Save Project As dialog appears.

8. Specify the folder to save the connector project in, the file name and the file type for the saved connector, and click Save.

   Connector Xpress saves the project.

   Note: We recommend that you use the default file extension (.con) and that you keep a copy of the project. You cannot view the stored procedure bindings after you deploy a connector, unless you open the Connector Xpress project file where your bindings are stored.