Workspaces

A workspace resides within the OWB repository on Oracle Database. The OWB repository can contain one or more workspaces, depending on how you want to organize your users and functional areas. The first step in building a new workspace is to assign it a name and to specify the path and directory where its source files will be saved. OWB organizes your workspace into projects and creates and organizes many of the configuration files required by the type of data system you are creating. For a description of projects, see "Projects".

The workspace is hosted on an Oracle database. As a general user, you do not have full access to all the workspaces. Instead, you can access those workspaces to which you have been granted access and privileges. You log in to a workspace by starting the Design Center, which is the primary graphical user interface. The Design Center is used to import source objects, design ETL processes such as mappings, and ultimately define the integration solution. For information about the Design Center, see "Design Center".

Figure: Oracle Database with a Workspace Contained within the OWB Repository shows a representation of the OWB repository in Oracle Database. Within the repository, at least one workspace containing one project exists. In the figure, numeral 1. points to a workspace and numeral 2. points to several projects within that workspace. Multiple workspaces can reside within the OWB repository.