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data development projects.
Data Source
Explorer
Properties
SQL Results
Outline
This view allows you to connect to and view databases and the
objects that are within them. It automatically displays detected
databases, but you can add new database connections. You can
reverse-engineer from this view by dragging and dropping data
objects from the Data Source Explorer into the Data Project
Explorer.
This view shows the properties of the object that is currently
selected in the workspace. For some objects, you can use this view
to edit properties, such as making changes to the database objects
that are selected in the Data Source Explorer. When an object is
highlighted in either a diagram or the Data Project Explorer, the
Properties view changes to show the properties of that object.
This view shows the results after you run SQL or XQuery
statements. You can also use this view to obtain sample data from a
selected table within a database.
This view shows an outline of a structured file that is currently open
in the editor area and lists its structural elements. For example, if
you were editing a data diagram, you would see the overall diagram
in the Outline view, and when you zoom in or out in the diagram, a
shaded box displays to show you where you are in the context of
the larger diagram.
Table 1.4 – Views in the default Data perspective
1.7.3 Manipulating views
The basic view controls are shown in Figure 1.13.
Figure 1.13 – View controls