Create a folder and enable CONNECT data services

Before CONNECT data services can be accessed, you must create a folder in CONNECT (or select an existing folder) and turn on the CONNECT data services service for that folder. This action creates a namespace within CONNECT data services that will be linked to the CONNECT folder and have its name. A namespace in CONNECT data services is where data and resources are stored. For example, you can create CONNECT folders (and, in turn, CONNECT data services namespaces) such that your data is stored in a region that meets your data location requirements. For more information, see Folders and namespaces.

Create a folder

Perform the following steps to create a folder in CONNECT:

1. From the CONNECT home page, select Folder management.

   Note: This action is only available to CONNECT Account Administrators. See View Role Assignments in the CONNECT documentation.

2. Select Add folder.

3. In the Folder name field, enter the name of the new folder. This will also be the name of your CONNECT data services namespace.

4. To change the default region, select Change, choose a region from the dropdown selector, and select Save.

   Support for CONNECT data services is limited to specific geographical regions, listed in the following table. The table also lists the mapping between region labels in CONNECT and CONNECT data services. If your CONNECT folder region is not supported by CONNECT data services, you will be prompted to select a different region for the CONNECT data services instance when you enable CONNECT data services for the folder.

   CONNECT region label	CONNECT data services region label
   US-West	(westus)
   EU-West	(northeurope)
   Australia	(australiaeast)

5. Select an Image to represent the folder. Either upload your own image or select a stock image.

6. Select Save.

Enable CONNECT data services

To enable CONNECT data services for a folder:

7. Select Folder Management. Open the folder.

8. Set CONNECT data services to On. Then select Enable to confirm the selection.

   

Note: The default maximum number of namespaces for a tenant (CONNECT account) is five. To increase this maximum, customers must communicate this request to AVEVA.