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40 Getting started with InfoSphere Data Architect To close a view, click on the X to the right of the view name as shown in Figure 1.13. There's no need to panic if you close a view accidentally. If you close a view, simply go to Window -> Show View and select the view that you want to open. If you don't see the view that you want to open, click Other and select the view. 1.7.4 Resetting the default views for a perspective You should play around with the views and perspectives in the workbench. If you're not familiar with Eclipse, it can seem strange to open and close views. If you want to reset the perspective to the default settings, reset the perspective by clicking Window -> Reset Perspective. Note: The Reset Perspective option only resets the current perspective. If you want to change a different perspective, open Windows -> Preferences, then select General -> Perspectives. Select a perspective and click the Reset button. The next time the perspective is opened, it is restored to the default layout. 1.8 Exercises In this set of exercises, you will install IBM InfoSphere Data Architect and get comfortable with the workbench and Eclipse tools. 1. If you have not yet installed DB2 Express-C, install it. 2. If you have not installed InfoSphere Data Architect, install it, following the instructions in this chapter. 3. Familiarize yourself with the workbench. Perform the following tasks: • Switch to the Plug-In Development perspective. • Switch back to the Data perspective. • Close the outline view. • Minimize and maximize some of the view windows. 4. Explore the product documentation. The documentation for IBM InfoSphere Data Architect is in the information center at the following URL: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/rdahelp/v7r5/index.jsp 5. Read the product overview.
Chapter 1 – Introduction to IBM InfoSphere Data Architect 41 6. Watch and complete the lessons in the Understand the workbench environment tutorial. 7. View the Introduction to IBM InfoSphere Data Architect demo on developerWorks. 1.9 Summary IBM InfoSphere Data Architect provides tooling support to help you create data models that discover, visualize, relate, and standardize your data. You can create logical, physical, dimensional, and domain models for DB2, Informix, Oracle, Sybase, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, and Teradata source systems. It allows for an iterative design process, which lets you update and refine your data models as the needs of the business change, with minimal impact to your production environment. There is an active discussion forum for IBM InfoSphere Data Architect at the following URL: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/forums/forum.jspa?forumID=1796 This forum can provide informal support. This chapter also covered how to install the product and navigate the Eclipse workbench. You learned how to open different perspectives and manipulate the views in a perspective. 1.10 Review questions 1. What open-source platform is IBM InfoSphere Data Architect built on? 2. What are perspectives in an Eclipse-based product? 3. What is the default perspective for IBM InfoSphere Data Architect? 4. In which Eclipse view do the results of SQL operations appear? 5. How do you open a view within a perspective? 6. True or false: You view database connections within the Data Project Explorer view. 7. True or false: The default perspectives, projects, and data objects are unique to each workspace. 8. True or false: You cannot specify which features are installed with the product. 9. True or false: To extend an existing Eclipse environment to work with IBM InfoSphere Data Architect, you must have the same Eclipse and IBM JDK level.
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