Defining a connection working set

A connection working set is a group of specific database connections. You can define connection working sets to help you quickly identify the databases that you want to work with and to more easily manage your connections. For example, you might define a working set to display only your locally hosted data sources.

Procedure

To define a connection working set, complete the following steps:

  1. In the Administration Explorer, right-click the Working Sets folder, and click Configure Connections Working Set. The Connections Working Set window opens.
  2. Click New. The New Working Set window opens.
  3. In the Working set name field, name your working set.
  4. Add all of the connections that you want to include in this set. You can add specific database connections or you can select a host name to add all of the database connections that belong to that host. The items that you add are listed on the right side.
  5. Click Finish. The New Working Set window closes.
  6. In the Connections Working Set window, ensure that the set that you want to work with is checked, and click OK. Your working set is added to the Workings Sets folder in the Administration Explorer and contains only the connections that you selected.

What to do next

You have a subset of database connections that you can work with. Only those database connections that you selected are visible under the working set name in the Workings Sets folder. Repeat these steps to create additional working sets that include connections to different databases. Individual connections can belong to more than one working set.

If you want to edit a connection working set, right-click the Working Sets folder and click Configure Connections Working Set. In Connections Working Set window, select the working set that you want to edit, and click Edit.

You can remove a connection working set by following the steps to edit a working set and clicking Remove instead of Edit.


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