data-connections-management.md

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Data Connections Management

The data connections view is a centralized place from which you can manage the connection strings of the reports' data sources. In this way by using a named connection string you can easily change the location of the database without actually modifying the report definitions.

The data connections view provides the following functions:

• Search by Name, Data Provider or Connection String. For more information, see [Search]({%slug search%})

• Add a data connection

A new data connection is defined by a name, a description, a data provider and a connection string.

Make sure the connection string is referencing SQL server with a non local address, so the users can edit reports in the report designer.

Data connections with duplicate names are not allowed.

• Edit a data connection
  The properties of an existing data connection can be modified at any time.
• Delete a data connection
  You can delete an existing data connection when it is not used any more.
• Copy a data connection
  To create a similar to an existing connection you can simply copy the source connection and modify its properties.