Adding a Connection for a Generic Database

If you store documents in a document management system that is not currently supported by West km, you can use a generic database to index those documents in West km. To implement this solution, you create a new database in Microsoft SQL Server, import data about the documents you want to index into the database, and then designate the database and document collection in West km for indexing.

For information on creating the generic database and importing data, refer to the West km Administrator Guide.

To add a connection for a generic database,

1. Click Setup.
2. Click the Data Source Management tab.
3. On the Connections page, click New Data Source.

4. Enter the following information.

Field Name	Description
Type	The data source used to manage the documents (i.e., Generic Database).
Use Windows Authentication	You can choose whether West km accesses the generic database in Microsoft SQL Server via a database account or a Windows account. A database account is used by default. To use a Windows account instead, select this option and contact your West km representative for more information.
User Name and Password	When using database account credentials to access the generic database, the user name and password for the database user account (e.g., kmuser, kmgenericuser).
Server Name	The name of the server containing the generic database. (The server name must use only alphanumeric characters; underscores are not allowed.)
Library	The name of the generic database in Microsoft SQL Server.



5. If you want to select a library group for this data source, see Selecting a Library Group for details.
6. Click Save.

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