Administration Explorer and Object List overview

Use the Administration Explorer view with the Object List to connect to and browse databases, and to work with your database objects.

In the Administration Explorer, the All Databases folder contains user-defined connections and connections that are read from the local database catalog. Initially, instance names under the host systems are represented by the associated port number until you establish a connection and an instance name is determined. The databases are listed under the instances.

The Working Sets folder is displayed at the same hierarchical level as the All Databases folder. When you define a working set, only the objects that belong to the databases that you specify are displayed, which makes working with a group of related objects easier. When you expand a working set, the databases are displayed.

Each database can contains two types of folders:
Change Management Scripts folder
Each database has one Change Management Scripts folder, which is used to store change management scripts.

A Change Management Scripts folder is displayed only if you have installed the Database Change Manage feature of Optim™ Database Administrator and have enabled change management capability.

Object type folders
Each database has folders that represent the object types within the database. When you click an object type folder, the Object List opens in the editor area of the workbench. The Object List displays the objects for the object type that you selected, including various properties for each object. These folders are also called flat folders because they cannot be expanded to display the objects directly in the Administration Explorer.

You must use the Object List to work with the objects. You can use the context-sensitive menu for an object to perform various actions on the object.

Use the Administration Explorer to do the following types of tasks:
Use the Object List to do the following types of tasks:

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