accessing the Entity Framework 6 CodeFirst db in BaseController

Hi,

I am using ASPNet Core, EntityFramework 6 CodeFirst.

I have a BaseController which will get the User Information by accessing the Entity Framework 6 Code First database.  This will be inherited for all controllers in the app. On the class BaseController, event "OnActionExecuting", line "using (SVPData context1 = new SVPData())", I am running into error:

error:  "No connection string named SVPData could be found in the application config file."

Project: SVPWebApp

appSettings.json

 "ConnectionStrings": {
       "DefaultConnection":"Server=devserversql001;Database=SVP;Trusted_Connection=True;MultipleActiveResultSets=true"
    }

Startup.cs

        public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
        {
            // Add framework services.
            services.AddApplicationInsightsTelemetry(Configuration);
            services.AddScoped<SVPData>(_ => new SVPData(Configuration.GetConnectionString("DefaultConnection")));
            services.AddMvc();

            services.AddMemoryCache();
            services.AddSession(options =>
            {
                options.IdleTimeout = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(15);
                options.CookieName = ".MyCoreApp";
             });

        }

vwSVPRecordController.cs

    public class vwSVPRecordController : BaseController
   {
        // GET: /<controller>/

        private readonly SVPData db;

        public vwSVPRecordController(SVPData context)
       {
            db = context;
        }

    }

BaseController.cs

    public class BaseController : Controller
    {
        const string SessionKeyUser = "_User";
        UserAuthorizationDTO user;

         public override void OnActionExecuting(ActionExecutingContext filterContext)
         {
               UserAuthorizationDTO uaDTO = GetUserDTO();

               if (uaDTO == null)
               {
                    string sUserName = System.Environment.UserName;

                    using (SVPData context1 = new SVPData())
                    {

                     }

             }

         }

}

How come before I added the BaseController, it was not having an error reading off the SVPData db in the vwSVPRecordController class?  How can I get and check the user info for the BaseController?

Please note that SVPData is in a different project.  It's app.config is this:

Project: SVPData

app.config
<configuration>
<connectionStrings>
  <addname="SVPData"connectionString="data source=devserversql001;initial catalog=SVP;integrated security=True;MultipleActiveResultSets=True;App=EntityFramework"providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
  </connectionStrings>
</configuration>

I appreciate your input!

Thanks,

tinac99