{"id":2138902,"date":"2023-11-15T08:31:51","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T16:31:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=2138902"},"modified":"2024-02-02T07:07:14","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T15:07:14","slug":"database-connection-updates-pro-32","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/data-management\/database-connection-updates-pro-32","title":{"rendered":"Database Connection dialog updates for ArcGIS Pro 3.2"},"author":7501,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[23851],"tags":[771842,772372,772392,772382],"industry":[],"product":[36561],"class_list":["post-2138902","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-data-management","tag-arcgis-pro-3-2","tag-database-connection","tag-geodatabase-connection-properties","tag-geodatabase-enhacements","product-arcgis-pro"],"acf":{"authors":[{"ID":7501,"user_firstname":"Melissa","user_lastname":"Jarman","nickname":"Melissa Jarman","user_nicename":"melissabjarman","display_name":"Melissa Jarman","user_email":"mjarman@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2018-03-21 18:21:21","user_description":"Product Engineer on the Geodatabase team - specializing in enterprise databases, versioning, and all things geodatabase. \r\nA true southerner \/\/ Chick-fil-A lover \/\/ Beach bum","user_avatar":"<img data-del=\"avatar\" src='https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/01\/profile-150x150.jpg' class='avatar pp-user-avatar avatar-96 photo ' height='96' width='96'\/>"}],"short_description":"Check out the enhancements made to the Database Connection dialog available with the ArcGIS Pro 3.2 release. ","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW161215340 BCX0\">The database connection dialog is the gateway used to make connections in ArcGIS Pro to a variety of database platforms. These include platforms that support database access (you may sometimes hear these referred to as non-<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW161215340 BCX0\">gdb<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW161215340 BCX0\">) as well as platforms that support both database access + additional advanced capabilities if enabled as an enterprise geodatabase.<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2161422,"id":2161422,"title":"databaseaccess_geodatabase","filename":"databaseaccess_geodatabase-1.png","filesize":31539,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/databaseaccess_geodatabase-1.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/data-management\/database-connection-updates-pro-32\/databaseaccess_geodatabase-2","alt":"Platform support","author":"7501","description":"","caption":"","name":"databaseaccess_geodatabase-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2138902,"date":"2023-11-15 16:23:06","modified":"2023-11-15 16:25:03","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":302,"height":357,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/databaseaccess_geodatabase-1-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/databaseaccess_geodatabase-1.png","medium-width":221,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/databaseaccess_geodatabase-1.png","medium_large-width":302,"medium_large-height":357,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/databaseaccess_geodatabase-1.png","large-width":302,"large-height":357,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/databaseaccess_geodatabase-1.png","1536x1536-width":302,"1536x1536-height":357,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/databaseaccess_geodatabase-1.png","2048x2048-width":302,"2048x2048-height":357,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/databaseaccess_geodatabase-1.png","card_image-width":302,"card_image-height":357,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/databaseaccess_geodatabase-1.png","wide_image-width":302,"wide_image-height":357}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW29627071 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW29627071 BCX0\">In the ArcGIS Pro 3.2 release, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW29627071 BCX0\">we&#8217;ve<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW29627071 BCX0\"> made some updates to the database connection dialog. While some enhancements you may notice right away, others are quite subtle. If you blink you may miss them, or begin to think you are going crazy wondering\u2026 &#8220;Has it always been this way?&#8221; <\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW29627071 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">? To prevent this from happening, let&#8217;s run through these changes together.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li data-leveltext=\"%1.\" data-font=\"Calibri,Times New Roman\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[65533,0],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;%1.&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"#geodatabase-connection-properties\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Geodatabase Connection Properties tab<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"%1.\" data-font=\"Calibri,Times New Roman\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[65533,0],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;%1.&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"#connection-file-name\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Connection File Name parameter<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"%1.\" data-font=\"Calibri,Times New Roman\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[65533,0],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;%1.&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"#additional-properties\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Additional Properties section<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"%1.\" data-font=\"Calibri,Times New Roman\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[65533,0],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;%1.&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"#validate-button\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Validate button<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2138972,"id":2138972,"title":"properties","filename":"properties.png","filesize":40421,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/properties.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/data-management\/database-connection-updates-pro-32\/properties-6","alt":"Database Connection properties","author":"7501","description":"","caption":"","name":"properties-6","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2138902,"date":"2023-11-02 19:13:33","modified":"2023-11-02 19:54:41","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":450,"height":468,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/properties-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/properties.png","medium-width":251,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/properties.png","medium_large-width":450,"medium_large-height":468,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/properties.png","large-width":450,"large-height":468,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/properties.png","1536x1536-width":450,"1536x1536-height":468,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/properties.png","2048x2048-width":450,"2048x2048-height":468,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/properties-447x465.png","card_image-width":447,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/properties.png","wide_image-width":450,"wide_image-height":468}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h3 id=\"geodatabase-connection-properties\"><strong>1. Geodatabase Connection Properties tab<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Geodatabase Connection Properties are now part of a tab on the Database Connection dialog. You&#8217;ll find this tab at the top of the Connection Properties dialog box. This is helpful when creating new connections, as you don&#8217;t have to access this dialog as a separate step. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">You can access this tab using the following workflows:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">New connections &#8211; Fill in the required parameters in the Database Connection dialog &gt; click the <a href=\"#validate-button\">Validate button<\/a>. The Geodatabase Connection Properties tab will enable if the input database is an enterprise geodatabase.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Existing connections &#8211; Right-click the context menu for an existing database connection &gt; click Geodatabase Connection Properties.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2141582,"id":2141582,"title":"rightclick3","filename":"rightclick3-1.jpg","filesize":51070,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/rightclick3-1.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/data-management\/database-connection-updates-pro-32\/rightclick3-2","alt":"Database connection right click context menu","author":"156961","description":"","caption":"","name":"rightclick3-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2138902,"date":"2023-11-03 18:34:07","modified":"2023-11-03 18:35:40","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1280,"height":527,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/rightclick3-1-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/rightclick3-1.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":191,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/rightclick3-1.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":316,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/rightclick3-1.jpg","large-width":1280,"large-height":527,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/rightclick3-1.jpg","1536x1536-width":1280,"1536x1536-height":527,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/rightclick3-1.jpg","2048x2048-width":1280,"2048x2048-height":527,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/rightclick3-1-826x340.jpg","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":340,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/rightclick3-1.jpg","wide_image-width":1280,"wide_image-height":527}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2140832,"id":2140832,"title":"comparison31_32","filename":"comparison31_32.png","filesize":150573,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/comparison31_32.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/data-management\/database-connection-updates-pro-32\/comparison31_32","alt":"ArcGIS Pro 3.1 vs. ArcGIS Pro 3.2","author":"7501","description":"","caption":"","name":"comparison31_32","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2138902,"date":"2023-11-03 15:08:06","modified":"2023-11-03 15:08:39","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1124,"height":645,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/comparison31_32-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/comparison31_32.png","medium-width":455,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/comparison31_32.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":441,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/comparison31_32.png","large-width":1124,"large-height":645,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/comparison31_32.png","1536x1536-width":1124,"1536x1536-height":645,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/comparison31_32.png","2048x2048-width":1124,"2048x2048-height":645,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/comparison31_32-810x465.png","card_image-width":810,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/comparison31_32.png","wide_image-width":1124,"wide_image-height":645}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW185858797 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW185858797 BCX0\">Platforms that support geodatabases will have this tab enabled once the Validate button is used to check if the database is an <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW185858797 BCX0\">enterprise geodatabase<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW185858797 BCX0\">.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW185858797 BCX0\"> For platforms that <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW185858797 BCX0\">only <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW185858797 BCX0\">provide<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW185858797 BCX0\"> database access support and <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW185858797 BCX0\">do not support enterprise geodatabases, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentStart SCXW185858797 BCX0\">this tab will not be visible<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW185858797 BCX0\">.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW185858797 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2139062,"id":2139062,"title":"nongdb","filename":"nongdb.png","filesize":7782,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/nongdb.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/data-management\/database-connection-updates-pro-32\/nongdb","alt":"Database","author":"7501","description":"","caption":"","name":"nongdb","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2138902,"date":"2023-11-02 19:17:00","modified":"2023-11-02 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id=\"connection-file-name\"><strong>2. Connection File Name parameter<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We&#8217;ve added a new parameter in the dialog that allows you to name the connection file while typing into the properties. This eliminates having to rename the connection file after it is created.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Default hint &#8211; while typing in your connection properties, we automatically create a default hint for the file name that will be used if you don&#8217;t make changes to use your own naming convention.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\"><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\nThe default hint used is:\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:540,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\"><br \/>\n<\/span><strong>&lt;DB Platform&gt;-&lt;server\/instance&gt;-&lt;database&gt;(&lt;user&gt;)\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2161202,"id":2161202,"title":"connectionfilename_hinthighlight","filename":"connectionfilename_hinthighlight.gif","filesize":1353103,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/connectionfilename_hinthighlight.gif","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/data-management\/database-connection-updates-pro-32\/connectionfilename_hinthighlight-2","alt":"Connection File Name parameter","author":"7501","description":"","caption":"","name":"connectionfilename_hinthighlight-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2138902,"date":"2023-11-15 13:09:56","modified":"2023-11-15 13:10:22","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/gif","type":"image","subtype":"gif","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":450,"height":468,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/connectionfilename_hinthighlight-213x200.gif","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/connectionfilename_hinthighlight.gif","medium-width":251,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/connectionfilename_hinthighlight.gif","medium_large-width":450,"medium_large-height":468,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/connectionfilename_hinthighlight.gif","large-width":450,"large-height":468,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/connectionfilename_hinthighlight.gif","1536x1536-width":450,"1536x1536-height":468,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/connectionfilename_hinthighlight.gif","2048x2048-width":450,"2048x2048-height":468,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/connectionfilename_hinthighlight-447x465.gif","card_image-width":447,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/connectionfilename_hinthighlight.gif","wide_image-width":450,"wide_image-height":468}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>?Tip &#8211; You can select and delete the entire text string in the Connection File Name parameter to restore the default hint. This is useful when copying existing connection files to modify properties such as user name.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW154803720 BCX0\">Rename &#8211; You can still rename the connection file the same way <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW154803720 BCX0\">you&#8217;ve<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW154803720 BCX0\"> always done, by using <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW154803720 BCX0\">the Rename context menu <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW154803720 BCX0\">(F2 keyboard shortcut) <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW154803720 BCX0\">or <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW154803720 BCX0\">simply<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW154803720 BCX0\">left-click<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW154803720 BCX0\">ing<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW154803720 BCX0\"> on connection file and typing<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW154803720 BCX0\">. 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Additional Properties<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A new section has been added for additional properties that are needed as part of the connection. This could be specifying the port used, or other specific ODBC connection parameters. Once populated, this section will be expanded when accessing the Connection Properties.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Previously these properties were appended to the server\/instance parameter string value separated by commas or semicolons. You&#8217;ll notice that if you continue using this syntax as part of the instance\/server parameter string, we will parse this and place it in the Additional Properties section. You can see this when accessing the Connection Properties dialog for saved connections.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">? Note that the Additional Properties are not validated like the rest of the connection properties. The only way you will receive an error is if an additional property is required to establish a database connection. For example, if a non-standard port needs to be specified. <\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2139252,"id":2139252,"title":"additional_properties","filename":"additional_properties.png","filesize":9478,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/additional_properties.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/data-management\/database-connection-updates-pro-32\/additional_properties","alt":"Additional Properties","author":"7501","description":"","caption":"","name":"additional_properties","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2138902,"date":"2023-11-02 19:34:55","modified":"2023-11-02 19:54:41","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":405,"height":109,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/additional_properties-213x109.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":109,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/additional_properties.png","medium-width":405,"medium-height":109,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/additional_properties.png","medium_large-width":405,"medium_large-height":109,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/additional_properties.png","large-width":405,"large-height":109,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/additional_properties.png","1536x1536-width":405,"1536x1536-height":109,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/additional_properties.png","2048x2048-width":405,"2048x2048-height":109,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/additional_properties.png","card_image-width":405,"card_image-height":109,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/additional_properties.png","wide_image-width":405,"wide_image-height":109}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h3 id=\"validate-button\"><strong>4. Validate button<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Anyone remember the days of the &#8216;Test&#8217; button? You may notice a new Validate button near the bottom of the Database Connection dialog. In addition to giving you a warm fuzzy feeling by validating the connection properties, the Validate button also determines if the Geodatabase Connection Properties tab will be enabled. This tab is enabled when you click Validate if your connection properties are pointing to an enterprise geodatabase. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">You&#8217;ll see a visual indicator after you click Validate to let you know the status.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">If you don&#8217;t want to click Validate, you can still click OK and we will perform the validation as part of the connection file creation.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2139262,"id":2139262,"title":"validate_button","filename":"validate_button.png","filesize":3174,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/validate_button.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/data-management\/database-connection-updates-pro-32\/validate_button","alt":"Validate states","author":"7501","description":"","caption":"","name":"validate_button","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2138902,"date":"2023-11-02 19:36:01","modified":"2023-11-02 19:54:41","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":151,"height":73,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/validate_button.png","thumbnail-width":151,"thumbnail-height":73,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/validate_button.png","medium-width":151,"medium-height":73,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/validate_button.png","medium_large-width":151,"medium_large-height":73,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/validate_button.png","large-width":151,"large-height":73,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/validate_button.png","1536x1536-width":151,"1536x1536-height":73,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/validate_button.png","2048x2048-width":151,"2048x2048-height":73,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/validate_button.png","card_image-width":151,"card_image-height":73,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/validate_button.png","wide_image-width":151,"wide_image-height":73}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2139282,"id":2139282,"title":"validate_button","filename":"validate_button.gif","filesize":497649,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/validate_button.gif","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/data-management\/database-connection-updates-pro-32\/validate_button-2","alt":"","author":"7501","description":"","caption":"","name":"validate_button-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2138902,"date":"2023-11-02 19:36:37","modified":"2023-11-02 19:54:41","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/gif","type":"image","subtype":"gif","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":450,"height":400,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/validate_button-213x200.gif","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/validate_button.gif","medium-width":294,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/validate_button.gif","medium_large-width":450,"medium_large-height":400,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/validate_button.gif","large-width":450,"large-height":400,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/validate_button.gif","1536x1536-width":450,"1536x1536-height":400,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/validate_button.gif","2048x2048-width":450,"2048x2048-height":400,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/validate_button.gif","card_image-width":450,"card_image-height":400,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/validate_button.gif","wide_image-width":450,"wide_image-height":400}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h2><span data-contrast=\"auto\">? <strong>E<\/strong><\/span><strong>xtra credit<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Everyone likes a little extra credit. We&#8217;ve included a few gems to help improve the user experience when working with the Database Connection dialog.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>UI element link to help<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW2334383 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentStart CommentHighlightPipeRest CommentHighlightRest SCXW2334383 BCX0\">A question mark appears in the top right section <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentHighlightPipeRest SCXW2334383 BCX0\">of the Database Connection dialog that links to the <\/span><\/span><a class=\"Hyperlink SCXW2334383 BCX0\" href=\"https:\/\/prodev.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/latest\/help\/data\/databases\/set-up-a-database-connection.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"TextRun Underlined SCXW2334383 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW2334383 BCX0\">Set up a database connection<\/span><\/span><\/a><span class=\"TextRun SCXW2334383 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW2334383 BCX0\"> topic in the core help.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW2334383 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\"> This is nice if you need guidance with establishing a database connection for a specific platform.<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2139292,"id":2139292,"title":"linktohelp","filename":"linktohelp.png","filesize":11009,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/linktohelp.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/data-management\/database-connection-updates-pro-32\/linktohelp","alt":"Link to help","author":"7501","description":"","caption":"","name":"linktohelp","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2138902,"date":"2023-11-02 19:40:16","modified":"2023-11-02 19:54:41","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":452,"height":155,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/linktohelp-213x155.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":155,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/linktohelp.png","medium-width":452,"medium-height":155,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/linktohelp.png","medium_large-width":452,"medium_large-height":155,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/linktohelp.png","large-width":452,"large-height":155,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/linktohelp.png","1536x1536-width":452,"1536x1536-height":155,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/linktohelp.png","2048x2048-width":452,"2048x2048-height":155,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/linktohelp.png","card_image-width":452,"card_image-height":155,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/linktohelp.png","wide_image-width":452,"wide_image-height":155}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h3><strong>Intellisense for Database Platform<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW52776582 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW52776582 BCX0\">For the Database Platform parameter, you have the ability to simply start typing the name of the database. Using the characters entered and <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW52776582 BCX0\">supported databases, the value will automatically pre-populate. 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