{"id":65067,"date":"2024-01-24T09:26:10","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T01:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/?page_id=65067"},"modified":"2024-06-28T14:57:44","modified_gmt":"2024-06-28T06:57:44","slug":"disabling-a-datasource","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/p2-server\/connecting-your-data\/disabling-a-datasource\/","title":{"rendered":"Disabling a Datasource"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In IFS OI Server Management, administrators have the option to disable a datasource. This option has been added to better notify Explorer end users when a datasource is unavailable, down for maintenance, and so on.<\/p>\n

When a user in Explorer attempts to use a datasource that is disabled, a message will be displayed to end users either through the data errors on an Explorer page, or the data errors in the trace table of a trend.<\/p>\n

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Configuration File Update<\/h2>\n

In standard installations, the option to disable a datasource must first be turn on in the ServerConfig.xml<\/a> file.<\/p>\n

1. Open the ServerConfil.xml file, by default this is located at:<\/p>\n

C:\\Program Files\\P2 Energy Solutions\\P2 Explorer\\Configuration\\ServerConfig.xml<\/p>\n

2. Add the following to the Web group <ConfigGroup Name=\"Web\"><\/span>, in the Enabled Features list:<\/p>\n

<Value>DisableDatasource<\/Value><\/p>\n

3. In the Services tab of the Configuration tool, restart the services.<\/p>\n

4. Recycle IFS OI Explorer REST API App Pool and IFS OI Explorer Web Management UI App Pool.<\/p>\n

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Disabling the Datasource in Server Management<\/h2>\n

1. Open IFS OI Server Management, click the Connections<\/strong>\u00a0icon, then click Datasources<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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2. Click the datasource that you want to disable, and scroll down until you see the Enabled<\/strong> check box (just after Data Object Discovery Timeout<\/em>, and before the Adaptor Parameters<\/em>).<\/p>\n

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The check box is selected by default, and the datasource will be active.<\/p>\n

3. To disable the datasource, clear the Enabled<\/strong> check box.\u00a0<\/p>\n

4. If desired, you can change the text for the Disabled Datasource Message<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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5. Click Save<\/strong> in the upper right corner of the screen.<\/p>\n

To re-enable the datasource, select the Enabled<\/strong> check box.<\/p>\n

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Release History<\/h2>\n