The iServer database connection configuration file is used to externalize data source connection properties for a BIRT report design. As the connection profile store URL is the ODA data source property, OdaConnProfileStorePath, the file path to the connection profile can itself be externalized. When the report is deployed to the iServer and executed, the server reads the connection profile from the file path specified in the iServer‘s database connection configuration file. The file path specified in the report design is ignored.