Configuring access to other data sources

This type of federation connection includes these 5 types of data sources: BioRs, table-structured file, Web service, XML and Scripts.

Configuring access to BioRS data sources
You can integrate the data that is in the BioRS databanks with information from other sources by using a federated system.
Configuring access to scripts as data sources
To configure a federated system to access scripts as data sources, you must register custom functions, a wrapper, a server definition, and nicknames for the scripts.
Configuring access to table-structured file data sources
You can integrate the data that is in table-structured file with information from other sources by using a federated system.
Configuring access to Web services data sources
To configure the federated system to access Web services data sources, you must provide the federated server with information about the data sources and objects that you want to access, such as a valid Web services description language (WSDL) document.
Configuring access to XML data sources
You can integrate the data that is in XML data sources with information from other sources by using a federated system.

Parent topic: Configuring data sources