# Overview

The Connector Manager allows you to configure and manage connectors to source and target data.

There are two ways of navigating to the Connector Manager.

Tools > Connector Manager

or

In the Profile Editor Tab 1, click on the right hand button to edit the source or target connector

### Connectors

A connector stores all the information required to connect to a source or target data store. Normally it will store information such as:

- the type of the data (ACT!, SalesLogix, text files etc)
- where the data is stored (file path or server name)
- access permissions (login name and password)

A connector must be given a unique name when you create it; all profiles then refer to the connector by that name.

### The Configuration File

All connectors are stored in the configuration file, the location of which is specified in Tools - Config File Location. This file can be shared by multiple Inaport installations.