Esri ArcSDE Raster 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 Esri ArcSDE server name.

Enter the name of the database you want to use.

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

This will usually be port:5151. Contact your System Administrator to confirm this.

Enter a keyword to specify the storage parameters to use for the layer. 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.