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Database

AVAILABLE TO: Administrators only

In the Pulse dashboard, the Administration > Settings menu command is available to members of the Administrators group. This gives administrators the ability to click Database to view connection information for the Pulse database.

Closedhow to view the database settings
  1. Log in to the Pulse dashboard using an account that is a member of the Administrators group.See Logging In to Pulse.
  2. Select Administration > Settings. The Settings page opens.

  1. Click Database. This opens the Database page.

    Tip: We recommend that you keep a record of these settings in case you experience an issue in the future.

Closedunderstanding the database settings

The settings in Database page are pre-populated for you during the Pulse installation process. These settings supply the Pulse web server with connection information for the Pulse database server.

The table below details the settings in the Database page:

Because you create the database during the installation process, you will not use this feature.

Item

Description

Database Type

This is the type of database being used for your Pulse data. It is always set to Microsoft SQL Server.

Database Server

This is the host name or IP Address of the Windows machine hosting the Pulse database server.

This setting must always correspond to a valid host name or IP Address. To avoid database connectivity issues, do not change the value in this field.

Database Name

The name of the SQL database hosting your Pulse content.

During the installation process, the DATA (.MDF) and LOG (.LDF) files are created in the default locations as specified by your SQL Server configuration.

Authentication Type

Depending on your specific configuration, this will be set to Windows Login or SQL Login.

Admin Username

This is the valid Active Directory account with Administrator privileges to the SQL Server hosting Pulse.See Windows Server 2012 Requirements, Windows Server 2008R2 Requirements, or Windows Server 2008 Requirements.

Admin Password

This is the password for the Admin User Name detailed above.

Admin Domain

This is the Active Directory domain name.

Create Database

Because you create the database during the installation process, you will not use this feature. See Installing Microsoft SQL Server and Installing and Activating Pulse.