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  • JDBC - Connect using a standard JDBC connection. The You must provide the following inputs must also be provided. :
    • JDBC Drive - Name of the JDBC driver class to use when connecting to the database.
    • Database URL - The database connection URL.
    • User Name - The username to use when user name associated with connecting to the database.
    • Password - The password to use when associated with connecting to the database.
  • JNDI - Connect using the specified JNDI name.
  • Shared - Connect to the database using the named shared connection. See the Shared Relational Connection action for further details.

Result Set Type - Specifies the type of result set to use when returnin returning the query results. The options are:

  • Live Result - The query results are fetched from the dabase database server on an as needed basis using a data set cursor. This is the preferred option when the data sets being returned are expected to be very large. Performance is slower but memory usage is reduced.
  • In-Memory Result Set - The query results are returned in their entirety from the database server and cached on the BI server.

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  • Immediately - The query is run immediately by the Pentaho BI server.
  • From Pentaho Subreport - The query is prepared for execution, with the intention of being run later in the action sequence by a subreport within sub-report in a Pentaho Report action.

Result Set Columns - The names of each of the columns in the resulting data set. The names must be entered You must enter the names in the order in which they will appear in the data set. The column names need to must be provide only if a column will be referenced by name within in the action sequence.  Actions placed in a loop on the result set can use these names.  See the BurstActionSequence.xaction example in pentaho-solutions/samples/bursting for more information.

Result Set Name - The name of the resulting output dataset. Following actions can refer to the data set using this name.