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Oracle Database on Amazon RDS Data Asset Properties

You can use a secret and wallet for the database password.

See OCI Vault Secrets and Oracle Wallets.

To create a data asset that connects to an Oracle Database source on Amazon RDS, complete the following properties and connection details.


Field	Description
Properties
Name	Enter a name for the data asset.
Identifier	The identifier is a system-generated value based on the name. You can change the identifier value, but after you create and save, you cannot update the identifier.
Description	Add a description. This field is optional.
Type	The field shows the data source type that you selected in the Select data asset type panel (as described in Creating a Data Asset). Data Integration displays the data asset property fields and default connection fields based on this type.
Connection type	Select Basic or Wallet, depending on whether you want to provide an Oracle Wallet file.
Host	Enter the IP address of the host.
Port	Enter the port number to use.
Database	Select Service name or SID. Then provide the TNS alias to connect to your database remotely, or enter the unique name that identifies your database instance.
Treat NUMBER columns without precision and scale as VARCHAR	Select this check box to treat numbers without precision and scale as VARCHAR to prevent data loss. For example, if you have a numeric data type with a precision value that's greater than 38, or if you have numeric data types without precision and scale properties.
Wallet information	If you selected Wallet for the Connection type, do the following: Select Upload wallet or Use vault secret OCID, depending on whether you want to upload the wallet or use secrets in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Vault to retrieve the wallet and wallet password. For Upload wallet: Under Wallet file, drag your wallet file to the Drop file space, or click Select file to browse and then select the wallet to upload. Then enter the Wallet password. For Use vault secret OCID: Enter the OCID of the secret for the wallet, and then enter the OCID of the secret for the wallet password.
Default connection information
Name	Enter a name for the default connection.
Identifier	The identifier is a system-generated value based on the name. You can change the identifier value, but after you create and save, you cannot update the identifier.
Description	Add a description. This field is optional.
Username and Password	If you selected Upload wallet, enter the user name and password.
Username and Vault Secret OCID for database password	If you selected Use vault secret OCID, enter the user name and then the OCID of the secret for the database password associated with the user.
(Optional) Test connection
Test connection	After you complete all the required fields, click Test connection to ensure that the data asset details have been entered correctly and the connection can be established. A success message appears if the test is successful. If the test fails with an error message, review your connection settings and try again.