Sharepoint connector

Last modified by Aurelie Bertrand on 2026/01/12 15:14

DigDash's Sharepoint connector only supports NTLM authentication.

The SharePoint Connector in DigDash is specifically designed to connect to SharePoint Lists - structured data tables in SharePoint, which function much like databases (rows and columns).

  • It does not connect to, download or upload files to SharePoint document libraries.
  • It cannot read Word, Excel or PDF files stored in SharePoint - only the data contained in SharePoint lists.

Visit https://support.microsoft.com/fr-fr/office/qu-est-ce-qu-une-liste-dans-microsoft-365-93262a88-20ad-4edc-8410-b6909b2f59a5 for more details on lists.

Requirements

  • A Sharepoint server with NTLM access.

Enabling the data source

The Sharepoint data source is disabled by default. To enable the data source, you need to modify the following file to uncomment the Sharepoint part:
apache-tomcat/webapps/ddenterpriseapi/WEB-INF/classes/resources/config/tabledsrepository.xml

<!-- <TableDataSource id="SPDS" name="$ui.SP.Popup" shortName="$ui.SP.Short" description="$ui.SP.DSDesc" iconBaseName="ds-sharepoint.png" manufacturer="DigDash"
     class="com.digdash.tabledatasources.SharePointDataSource"
     uiclass="com.digdash.userinterface.dialogs.SharePointPreviewPanel"
     categ="$ui.DsCategDB">
 <properties>
 </properties>
</TableDataSource>
 -->

should become :

<TableDataSource id="SPDS" name="$ui.SP.Popup" shortName="$ui.SP.Short" description="$ui.SP.DSDesc" iconBaseName="ds-sharepoint.png" manufacturer="DigDash"
    class="com.digdash.tabledatasources.SharePointDataSource"
    uiclass="com.digdash.userinterface.dialogs.SharePointPreviewPanel"
    categ="$ui.DsCategDB">
<properties>
</properties>
</TableDataSource>

Creating a Sharepoint data source

  1. Select the Sharepoint (SP) data source from the list of data sources in the Studio
  2. Enter the URL of your Sharepoint server
  3. Configure the fields to be used. Then click on Reload.
  4. Check your data in the Preview section.
  5. Click Next then complete the source configuration by specifying a name and configuring the additional options common to all DigDash data sources.