The connection the connection form describes
Whether Cube can use a connection, and what the page shows of it: no engine call
The schemas of the connection's database, without the database's own; tests the connection
A schema's tables and views, with how many columns Cube can use and hides
Reading a direct connection's database (PLAN §6.8), for the picker: its own port, beside the
CubeEngine, so hosts without direct connections need neither. Calls fail with aCubeEngineError, with no node