Overview of the Data perspective

You can create and manipulate the data objects for your project in the workbench.

You can access data objects from the Data perspective (select Window > Open Perspective > Other > Data). Use the Data perspective to browse or import data objects in the Data Source Explorer, create and work with data objects in the Data Project Explorer, and modify data object properties in the Properties view. You can also deploy data objects to another database that is remote.

The database tools provide a metadata model that is used by all other tools that need database information. This metadata model includes connection information so that tools can share connections.

You can also use the database tools to create, edit, and use views, stored procedures, and user-defined functions.

The Data perspective contains the following views:

In the Data Project Explorer, you can work locally with data objects in projects that can be shared among team members. In the Data Source Explorer, you can connect to an existing database and view its designs and objects. You can also drag and drop or copy objects from the Data Source Explorer into the Data Project Explorer.


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