A connection string stores the information required to connect to a database server. A connection string usually includes a DSN, as well as the user ID and password required to log in to the database server. This information varies depending on the particular database server. The 'Additional Connection String Parameters' feature of Strategy allows the user to specify additional connection string parameters manually.
Additional Connection String Parameters:
If users wish to add additional parameters to the database connection string manually, a field has been added when editing a database instance in the 'Advanced' tab of the Database Connections dialog as shown below:
These extra parameters can be used to identify the application/project when monitoring activity from the database, give hints to the database load balancers, and other miscellaneous objects that are specific to a particular roll out and cannot be standardized as simple options in the editors.
The preview button can be used to allow users to test how their final connection string will look like as shown below:
