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Unexpected attributes returned for DatasourceConnectionDetails
That makes sense. A piece of commercial metadata processing software has reacted negatively to this.
The documentation does not make mention of the possibility of additional attributes. It is worth noting that there are instances of Amazon Redshift connections in this same workspace where the "connectionDetails" attribute contains the "kind" and "path" attributes, and not these "extensionDataSourcePath" and "extensionDataSourcePath" attributes.
The documentation should be updated to reflect the fact that additional attributes may be returned, particularly in cases of "extensions". However, this is a certified connector. How is one to know what is native and what is an extension, when certified connectors are, in fact, extensions. Is this documented somewhere?
There are fairly large gaps in Microsoft documentation these days compared to the "Books Online" era.
Thank you.
Wait until you learn about SIMBA - makes you question if "native" even means anything.
I assume this refers to the "Simba" drivers from insightsoftware, and not a new acronym.
Regardless, we need to find out why the documentation for the DataConnectionDetails attribute is fundamentally incorrect.
I sent Microsoft feedback on the page. Hopefully, they will update it accordingly.