VDB Explorer
Dimension Designer allows you to operate and focus on one VDB at a time. (see Virtual Database Summary ). The primary view of the VDB contents is provided by the VDB Explorer.
The VDB Explorer (shown below) is comprised of a toolbar and a tree view.
The toolbar consists of nine common actions:
The additional actions are shown in the following figure:
The tree view has three layout options available via the additional actions menu . They include:
View Models by Type,
View Web Services and
View Contents.
The default view layout, View Models by Type, shown previously, organizes models into five model categories, Sources, Views, XML Schemas, Web Services and Extensions.
VIew Web Services, shown below, constains only Web Service components (i.e. Interfaces, Operations, etc.) independent of the parent model.
View Contents option shows the basic flat contents of the VDB.
If Show Model Imports is checked, the imports will be displayed directly under a model resource as shown below.
Selecting specific objects in the VDB Explorer provides a context from which the Designer presents a customized menu of available actions.
Selecting the VDB, for instance, results in a number of high-level options to manage VDB's, manage VDB content, perform Web Service operations (i.e preview WSDL & create Web Service WAR file) and provides quick access to other import views available in Dimension Designer.
Selecting any of the model type folders presents a customized set of available actions which are illustrated below.
Source Models folder menu:
- New Source Model - launches the New Model Wizard with Relational Source
model type values already set.
- Import JDBC Source - launches the Import Wizard by auto-selecting this import option and proceeding to the first page of this wizard.
- Edit Connector Bindings - opens the Connector Bindings Panel if not open.
View Models folder menu:
- New View Model - launches the New Model Wizard with Relational View
model type values already set.
XML Schema Models folder menu:
- New XML Schema Model - launches the New Model Wizard with XML Schema
model type values already set.
- Import XSD - launches the Import XSD Wizard.
Web Service Models folder menu:
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- New Web Service Model - launches the New Model Wizard with Web Service
model type values already set.
Extension Models folder menu:
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- New Extension Model - launches the New Model Wizard with Model Extension
model type values already set.
Menu options for Models provide basic modeling capabilities, including specialized actions based on model type.
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