The first step in creating any encyclopedia is to establish a connection. A connection serves as a pointer between your server and the encyclopedia that you are creating. First time users will not have any available connections. You must create a new connection and specify the Server Name, Server Type, and Security. When creating a connection use the preferred name of the server connection. To create a Connection, perform the following steps:
1 Start System Architect.
2 Select File > Open Encyclopedia (or click the Open Encyclopedia icon on the toolbar).
3 Click the New icon.
4 Click the ... (ellipsis) button, next to the Connection field.
The Connection Manager dialog appears.
5 Click the New icon in the Connection Manager dialog.
6 Specify a name for the connection in the Connection Name field, preferably the same as the server name.
7 Place your cursor inside the Server Name field and specify the name of your server from the drop-down list.
8 Specify the type of server in the Server Type drop-down list, SQL or Oracle.
9 Select the type of Security you are using: either Windows, SQL Server or SQL (Persist Password).
Your administrator should be able to advise which method you should use. If you are running SQL Express off of your local machine, then you can use Windows Security for Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows 2003, and Windows XP machines.
