In the Designer, you can connect to backend systems using adapters. To make this work much easier, you can create a connector that provides the needed configurations for the adapter.

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The Connector provides the data model, the Adapter performs the actual call to the outside system.

All connectors of the service reside below the Connectors node in the service panel.

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Creating a Connector

Connectors must be created to your service before you can use them.

Changing the Configuration of a Connector

Changing the configuration of a connector is also done via the Manage Connectors dialog.

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Hover with your mouse over the Connectors tree node in the service panel. Click the Documentation Library > _designer_images > icon_create_connector.png icon to open the connector management.

Proceed with the configurations as described above (see Creating a Connector).

You need to configure the connector from scratch and apply your changes. The old connector will be replaced by the new configuration.