Developer Documentation Library > Data Model > Accessing the UNICOM Intelligence Data Model > Working with the Case Data Model > Accessing case data from third party applications > ODBC applications and the UNICOM Intelligence Data Model > Data Source Names (DSN)
 
Data Source Names (DSN)
The easiest way to configure an ODBC application is to create a Data Source Name (DSN) using the ODBC Data Source Administrator in the Windows Control Panel (or in the Administrative Tools section of the Control Panel for Windows). To create a DSN that works with the UNICOM Intelligence Data Model follow these steps:
1 Open the ODBC Data Source Administrator and select Add.
2 In the Create New Data Source dialog select the ODBC-OLE DB adapter.
3 In the ODBC/OLE DB Adapter Driver Setup enter a Data Source Name of your choosing (for example, MyMRDataSource), and optionally enter a Description. For the Provider choose the UNICOM Intelligence OLE DB Provider. Depending on which version of the UNICOM Intelligence Data Model you are using, this appears in the list as mrOleDB.Provider.n or UNICOM Intelligence DM-n OLE DB Provider (where n is the version number). For the Provider Data Source enter udl://<path of the data link file>. For example, you could enter udl://C:\DataLinkFiles\MyDataLink.udl as the Provider Data Source.
4 Click OK. The new data source is added to the list of DSNs.
See also
ODBC applications and the UNICOM Intelligence Data Model