Problem:

The ODBC DSN created with Micro Focus XDB is not in the OpenESQL tab of Enterprise Developer 2.1 for Visual Studio.

 The XDBTEST system data source is not available in Enterprise Developer:

 Resolution:

The default mode for OpenESQL is ADO.Net and will initially display DSNs created of this type.  In order to display ODBC DSNs, you need to replace the mode in OpenESQL with ODBC.

From the Visual Studio Menu, click on Tools->Options->Micro Focus COBOL->OpenESQL Assistant->General->Mode, click and select ODBC, then click OK.

After changing this, Open the OpenESQL Assitant view, and right click anywhere on the right hand panel, like under Query tab and select Refresh Data Source List.

The ODBC DSNs must now be displayed in the Data Source List: