# Web Service Data Source

The CData Virtuality Platform supports multiple types of data sources. It also allows the user to connect to generic web services. In order to set up a web service connection, following parameters are needed:

- Alias: name of the data source to be used in CData Virtuality Server
- Endpoint: web service URL relative to which requests will be performed
- Security: the type of the authorization used by the web service. Supported types are: Basic HTTP, WSSecurity, Google OAuth 2.0 and none.
- Request timeout: request timeout in milliseconds
- Data source parameters: additional connection parameters
- Translator parameters: additional translator parameters