Creating App DS Connection and Data Source

Prerequisites:
Before creating an App DS connection in Canvas Studio, you must specify the bridge URL and the host name of your end application URL in systempreferences.properties file, present in the Canvas Studio Resource JAR (expertctstudioResource.jar) on the app server (e.g. D:\Canvas\apache-tomcat-8.5.9\webapps\expertctstudio\WEB-INF\lib\expertctstudioResource.jar\systempreferences.properties), as shown in the following code snippet:
ENABLE_BRIDGE=Y

1. This url used by bridge to connect to application DB
   APPLICATION_URL=http://localhost:9072/ctmodelhouse //Provide the Application URL
2. This property is for http proxy host
   Refer the following sections for detailed information on creating an App DS Connection and Data Source:
3. Creating an App DS Connection.
4. Creating an App DS Data Source.

Creating an App DS Connection

After you log on to Canvas Studio, perform the following steps to create an App DS Connection:

1. On the home page of Canvas Studio, click Create > Connection.

The Create New Connection page appears.

1. Select the App DS connection type.

1. Click the App DS drop-down list and select the listed application, e.g. CT_MODEL_HOUSE.

1. Click Save to save the App DS connection.

A confirmation message, indicating a successful save, appears.

1. Click Ok.