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The Design Center contains the following menus:
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Note: Many of the commands available on the menu bar are also available on popup menus that you can access by right-clicking an object. |
The Design menu provides commands for creating a new object, and for configuring and editing parameters for the selected object. From this menu you import and export metadata to and from locations, objects, or folders. You validate the design of one or more selected objects. This menu provides commands for generating PL/SQL code and for deploying the PL/SQL code for one or more selected objects.
The Save command on the Design menu saves your changes to the workspace. The Revert to Saved command discards changes to the workspace.
Edit
The Design Center Edit menu contains commands as follows.
Open Editor: Opens the editor for the selected object.
Add/Remove Experts Here: Displays the Add/Remove Experts dialog box, which you use to add the name of an expert to the menu. This command is displayed only to administrative users.
Cut: Deletes an object as part of a cut-and-paste operation.
Copy: Copies an object as part of a copy-and-paste operation.
Paste: Pastes a cut or copied object into a new folder. For example, an administrator can cut an expert from the Expert folder in the Project Navigator to the Public Experts folder in the Global Navigator.
Delete: Deletes one or more selected objects. A warning message provides the option of moving the object to the recycle bin.
Rename: Enables you to edit the name of an object.
Find: Displays the Find dialog box, which you use to search for an object within the current project. Searches are case-sensitive, and find only the objects that are visible (that is, in an expanded folder).
Properties: Displays the Properties dialog box for the selected object.
View
The Design Center View menu contains the following commands:
Refresh: Refreshes the objects displayed in the Project Navigator with the objects in the workspace. In a multiple user environment, this tool updates the Design Center with changes that other users have saved.
Expand: Displays the folders or objects in the selected folder.
Expand All: Displays all folders, subfolders, and objects in the selected folder.
Collapse: Hides all folders and objects in the selected folder, but does not collapse the subfolders. The next time the folder is expanded, the subfolders are either collapsed or expanded, as they were before.
Collapse All: Hides all folders and objects in the selected folder, and collapses any subfolders. The next time the folder is expanded, all of the subfolders are collapsed.
Data: Displays the Data Viewer for a deployed and executed data object.
Profiling Results: Displays the profile for the selected data object. You must have already created the profile.
Lineage: Opens the Metadata Dependency Manager with the lineage analysis of the selected object.
Impact: Opens the Metadata Dependency Manager with the impact analysis of the selected object.
Synchronize: Updates an external table with any changes to its source file.
Validation Messages: Displays the Validation Results dialog box with the results from validating the selected object.
Generated Scripts: Displays the Generated Scripts dialog box with the results from generating the selected object.
Messages Log: Displays the message log for the current session. The messages log area includes an Extensions tab when any extensions that are loaded into the ADF cause an error to occur. The Extensions tab only appears if there are errors; otherwise, no extensions tab appears. Click the Extensions tab (if it appears) to see any errors.
Tools
The Design Center Tools menu contains the following commands:
Control Center Manager: Displays the Control Center Manager, from which you can deploy objects, start ETL jobs, and view the logs of previous jobs.
Job Monitor: Displays the Control Center Jobs window for the selected Control Center or configuration.
Change Manager: Displays the Metadata Change Management window, from which you can manage snapshots.
Metadata Dependency Manager: Displays the Metadata Dependency Manager, from which you can evaluate the impact of changes to one or more objects on other objects in your data warehouse.
Repository Browser: Displays the Repository Browser in your default Web browser, from which you can view reports about the repository or the Control Center. The browser listener must be running.
Optimize Repository: Refreshes the statistics for the database schema where the repository is located. This refresh improves the execution time of the SQL commands that the product sends to the database, and thereby improves OWB performance. You should optimize the repository after importing or creating a large amount of metadata.
J2EE User Management: Opens the J2EE User Management window, from which a user with administrative privileges can manage J2EE users.
Recycle Bin: Opens the recycle bin, from which you can restore deleted objects.
Clipboard: Displays the Clipboard Contents window, which displays information about the object currently cut or copied to the clipboard.
Preferences: Displays the preferences associated with your login name.
Window
The Design Center Window menu contains commands for displaying and hiding the navigators and OMB*Plus.
Help
The Design Center Help menu provides access to the online help and other resources. Refer to "Getting Help for Oracle Warehouse Builder" for a description.