# General

The following fields are general to this transformation step:

| Field               | Description                                                                                                                  |
| ------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Step name**       | Specify the unique name of the Execute SQL Script step on the canvas. You can customize the name or leave it as the default. |
| **Connection**      | Select the name of a connected database from the list.                                                                       |
| **Edit** (button)   | Click to edit your current database connection.                                                                              |
| **New** (button)    | Click to establish a new database connection.                                                                                |
| **Wizard** (button) | Click to open a new database connection using the database explorer.                                                         |

![Execute SQL Script Dialog](/files/UQjKUgaISCaX7WOzHb2D)


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