| Solution ID: prim10840 |
| How to connect Cost Manager / Cost Managment to a SQL Primavera database. |
| Status: Reviewed |
| Version(s): 3.x, 4.1, 5.0 |
| Problem: | How to connect Cost Manager / Cost Management to a SQL Primavera database. |
| Fix: | In Windows Explorer, go to the My Documents folder. Right-click and select New, Microsoft Data Link. Note: If the option ‘Microsoft Data Link’ is not available, see: In the Provider tab, select ‘Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server’:
In the Connection tab, select the SQL Server name (where the PMDB database is located) from the drop-down list. Select ‘Use a specific user name and password’ and enter the privuser’s username and password. Make sure Allow saving password option is checked on. Finally, select the database from the drop-down list (i.e. PMDB):
Select ‘Test Connection’ to make sure the UDL is setup correctly, and you should receive a ‘Test connection succeeded’ message.
Re-launch Cost Manager / Cost Management and you should see the new UDL in the Source Browser. |
