Connecting to data sources : About data source connection properties : Deploying a connection profile
 
Deploying a connection profile
Connection profiles that use relative paths are deployed the same way as report resources, and by default they are saved to the iHub resource folder. For more details on how to publish resources to iHub, see “Publishing a report resource to iHub,” in Chapter 26 of Using Actuate BIRT Designer Professional.
When deploying reports that use absolute connection profiles, you must deploy the connection profile to the correct folder in the file system on the iHub machine. For example, if a report uses a connection profile stored in folder C:\ConnProfile\MySQL.acconnprofiles, you must manually create the same folder C:\ConnProfile on the iHub machine and copy the MySQL.dat file there.
To find more information about how to create and manage connection profiles, refer to Using Actuate BIRT Designer Professional.