#### Dynamic Connections panel

The panel is used for managing dynamic connections. See the panel.

The options available in this panel are as follows:

Add Dynamic Connection

Creates a dynamic connection in the Add Dynamic Connection dialog.

Delete

Deletes the selected dynamic connections.

Search

Searches for specific dynamic connections.

- Search category drop-down list
  Specifies the search category. For example, if you want to find the dynamic connections which use the catalog SampleReprts.cat, select Catalog from the drop-down list.

  There are the following search categories:

  - Catalog
    Searches for catalogs.
  - Connection Name
    Searches for connection names.
  - SID
    Searches for SIDs.
  - Database User
    Searches for database users.
- Keyword text box
  Specifies the search keyword. After inputting the text, click in the text box to start the search. The x button in the text box is used to clear the input text.

Dynamic connection table

All columns are sortable except for Database Password (to sort the table by certain column, click on the column name). By Default the table is sorted by Connection Name.

- Checkbox
  Specifies whether or not to select a dynamic connection. Select the checkbox on the column header to select all the dynamic connections.

The table consists of these columns:

- Catalog
  Displays the catalogs of the dynamic connections with the full resource path, for example, `/SampleReports/SampleReports.cat`.
- Data Source
  Displays the data source names of the dynamic connections in the catalog.
- Connection Name
  Displays the dynamic connection names. Click a connection name to edit the dynamic connection in the Edit Dynamic Connection dialog.
- SID
  Displays the security identifiers (SID). An SID can be a group, a role, or a user in the JReport Server security system.
- <Organization Name
  Shows the organizations that the SIDs belong to. The column is available to system admin when the organization feature is enabled.
- Database User
  Displays the database user names of the dynamic connections. Null means using the default database user name.
- Database password
  Displays the database passwords of the dynamic connections. The passwords are masked.

###### Related topics:

- Configuring dynamic connections