The ArcFM Solution supports a wide variety of connection possibilities. For details on login connection strings, refer to the ArcGIS help topic about database connections.

ArcFM supports two types of authentication: database and operating system. Database authentication (DBMS) requires the user to enter their user name and password when logging into an ArcFM application. Operating system authentication (OSA) uses the user's Windows login name and password.

All Process Framework logins (e.g., Session Manager, Workflow Manager, Process Framework Admin tool) support both types of authentication. When logging in, you can select the authentication type.

Supported Databases

FGDBs: Neither Designer nor Process Framework may be used with a file geodatabase. Oracle: When creating an Oracle database connection, use ONLY the tns name, for example orca.yankees, not sde:oracle11g:orca.yankees. The latter form can lead to inconsistent behavior. The TNS name must always be consistent. TNS names such as "orca.iowa" and "iowa" can reference the same instance on the same server but they can also reference different instances. It is critical that all users have a consistent TNS name to reference a particular geodatabase. Configure the sqlnet.ora file to specify the path adapters to be used for resolving names. For example: NAMES.DIRECTORY_PATH= (TNSNAMES)