About this Connection

When the Connection Editor opens, it displays the About this Connection panel. This panel contains descriptive information about the connection file, and has no impact on establishing the connection.

Name: Displays the name of the file as it appears in the Connections folder of the EndNote folder. The file name extension (.enz) is not displayed. The name of the connection file cannot be changed here; you would need to close this window and switch back to the File Explorer to rename the file.

Based On: Enter any information about what documentation was used to create the connection file. Commonly the server documentation is available on the Web, so you could enter a URL here to make it easy to later retrieve that information. If this connection file is a modified copy of another connection file, it may be helpful to enter the name of the original file in this field for future reference.

Category: The category is typically the information provider (such as OvidSP or OCLC), but you may enter anything that will help you categorize and organize your connection files. The category information is also listed in the Connection Manager window in the column next to the name of the file. In that window, you may sort connection files by category and also search for them by category.

Created: The date the connection file was installed or created.

Last Modified: The date the connection file was last modified.

Comments and Limitations: Enter any useful comments here that would help you remember how to search the online database. Limitations to preconfigured connection files may be documented here as well.

All of the information in this panel is visible in the Connection Manager if you click the More Info button at the bottom of the Connection Manager window. This is helpful because you do not need to edit a connection file to view the comments or other descriptive information. You may scroll through the available connection files in the Connection Manager window and view the information there.

Related Topics

Basic Components of a Connection File

Copying Connection Files

Creating Connection Files

Default Values for New Connection Files

Editing a Connection File

Filter Information in Connection Files

Search Attributes in Connection Files

The Connection Editor Window

The Connection Manager

The Connection Settings