Fill out the channel details:

• In the Channel name field, specify a name to identify the channel on the Dashboard and in the logs.

• From the Database API drop-down menu, select the Database API you will be using (for example, MySQL).

	If you want to use MySQL as your Database API and it is not available, you may need to update the MySQL Path variable. For more information, see Making the MySQL Database Option Visible in Windows.

• In the Data source field, specify either the ODBC Data Source name (if you are using an ODBC Database API), or the actual name of your database (if you are using a non-ODBC API).

• In the Database username and Database password fields, type the username and password required for access to the database. These would have been set by the database administrator. In some cases, these two fields may be left blank.

For this tutorial, you can leave the rest of these fields unchanged.

Filling Out the Channel Details