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Connection Options

Specify the following options in the Connection Options section:

Communications Protocol

Specifies the Communications interface to be used for the connection. The options are:

• IDMS—To establish Wire Protocol connection directly to CA IDMS
• CCI—To establish a connection to CA IDMS via CCITCP and CCIENF

Host Name

Specifies the name or TCP/IP address of either:

• The CA IDMS CV (where the IDMSJSRV listener is running)
• The CAICCI host server, overriding the default CAICCI Server name for this connection only.

The value specified must depend upon the Communications Protocol you select.

Port

Specifies the TCP/IP port of either:

• The IDMSJSRV listener running on your CA IDMS CV
• The CAICCI host server, overriding the default CAICCI Server port for this connection only. Enter 0 to use the default value set by CAICCI, typically 1202.

The value specified must depend upon the Communications Protocol you select.

Wait Timeout

Specifies the number of seconds to wait for a reply from the server. This setting overrides the Reply Wait Timeout specified for this Server only. When this limit is exceeded, a communications error is returned and the connection can no longer be used. If multithreading is enabled, the application can continue processing other connections. Options are:

• Enter 0 to indicate the use of the default value set by CAICCI
• Enter –1 to indicate an indefinite wait (the largest positive integer)
• Enter a specific time, in seconds

Note: This data source exists only for the duration of the connection.