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Data Link Properties: Connection
You use the Connection tab to define the name, location, and type of the data to which you want to connect.
Metadata Type
Defines the type of metadata. The list shows the types of metadata for which you have a metadata source component (MDSC). The default options are:
Option
Description
None
Choose this option if you want to connect to case data only
MR Metadata Document
Selects metadata that is in the standard UNICOM Intelligence Data Model format, which is a questionnaire definition (.mdd) file
ADO Database
Selects metadata that is in an ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) data source
UNICOM Intelligence Log File
Selects metadata in a standard UNICOM Intelligence log file
UNICOM Intelligence Participation Database
Selects metadata that is in a UNICOM Intelligence Interviewer project's Sample and HistoryTable tables
UNICOM Intelligence Scripting File
Selects metadata that is in a mrScriptMetadata file
Quancept Definitions File (QDI)
Selects metadata in a Quancept .qdi file using the QDI/DRS DSC
Quantum Specification
Writes the metadata in an MDM document to a Quantum specification
Quanvert Database
Selects metadata that is in a Quanvert database
Routing Script File
Writes the routing section of an MDM document to a script that defines the routing required for interviewing
SPSS Statistics File (SAV)
Selects metadata that is in an IBM SPSS Statistics .sav file
Surveycraft File
Selects metadata that is in a Surveycraft Validated Questionnaire (.vq) file
Metadata Location
The name and location of the metadata. The way you specify this depends on the type of metadata that you selected in the previous list:
Metadata type
Value
UNICOM Intelligence Metadata Document
The name and location of the .mdd file.
ADO Database
The name and location of a .adoinfo file, which is an XML file that specifies the connection string for the target data source and the name of the target table in that data source. For more information, see ADO DSC.
UNICOM Intelligence Log File
The name and location of the log file. Typically log files have a .tmp filename extension. However, some log files may have another filename extension. If necessary, you can rename the file so that it has a .tmp filename extension.
UNICOM Intelligence Participation Database
The name and location of a Participants Report Document (.prd) file, which is an XML file that specifies the connection string and the names of the table and columns to be used.
UNICOM Intelligence Scripting File
The name and location of the mrScriptMetadata file. Typically these files have an .mdd or .dms filename extension.
Quancept Definitions File (QDI)
The name and location of the .qdi file.
Quantum Specification
The location of the Quantum specification files.
Quanvert Database
The name and location of the qvinfo or .pkd file.
Routing Script File
The name and location of the routing script file.
IBM SPSS Statistics File (SAV)
The name and location of the .sav file.
Surveycraft File
The name and location of the .vq file.
Click Browse to select the file in the Open dialog box.
Open Metadata Read/Write
By default, the metadata is opened in read-only mode. Select this option if you want to be able to write to it. When you open some types of data (for example, a Quanvert database) the metadata is always opened in read-only mode.
Properties
Click this button to open the Metadata MDM Properties dialog box, in which you can specify the versions, language, context, and label type to use. See Data Link Properties: MDM Properties for more information.
See also
Data Link Properties dialog box