Esri ArcSDE Raster Catalog Writer Parameters

• OS Authentication provides the necessary information to connect to the SDE server, by validating the username and password through the operating system. If you choose Parameters, you will have to fill in the username and password fields.
• Populate from Connection File… will fill in the Database Connection parameters with values extracted from an Esri Connection File. If selected, a file chooser dialog will open, and you can navigate to and select the desired connection file.

Once selected and confirmed, all the Database Connection parameters except the password will be populated from the data in the connection file. This option is particularly useful for ensuring that the Instance parameter is correct for direct connections.

Note that this option requires the installation of a compatible and licensed version of ArcGIS.

Enter the ArcSDE server name.

This field identifies the SDE database from which features are retrieved. In SDE, the dataset is referred to as the Database. The Source Dataset area of the Set Translation Parameters dialog box will default to sde, which is the dataset name you will use most often. This field is required no matter what the underlying RDBMS of the SDE. Some RDBMSes, such as Oracle, do not require a value, whereas others, such SQLServer, do. For databases that do not require the value, the field will be ignored.

Enter the username and password to access the database, user account, or wherever authentication is required.

The instance to which FME is to connect. The usual value for systems with a single SDE instance is esri_sde. The instance can also be of the form port:<port-number>, which is usually port:5151 (you may have to confirm this with your System Administrator).

This field sets the default value for the configuration parameter SDE_CONFIG_KEYWORD. It specifies the storage parameters for the raster column. Note that in releases before ArcGIS 9.3, the configuration keyword specified must be present in the $SDEHOME/etc/dbtune.sde file.

If not specified, the keyword DEFAULTS will be used.

Tip: For more information, search parameter name-configuration string pairs in Esri ArcGIS Server help files.