Database View Properties

Database views select information directly from your Site database, and display it in the Database Viewer. Use the Database View Wizard to create your own customized reports, or to export the data in HTML or CSV format.

To create a database view:

1    Right-click an operation in the Console, and choose Create Databae View from the shortcut menu. The Database View Properties dialog is displayed.

2    In the Operation name field, enter the title you want to appear in the Console.

3    In the Operation description field, enter the description you want to appear in the Console.

4    In the Title of database view field, enter the text for the title bar of the view.

5    By default, views are identified in the Console by a standard icon Pictures/database_view.gif. To specify your own icon for the view, enter the location of the graphic in the Icon path field.

6    In the Select the folders in which the operation will appear list, select the Console folders from which you want to access this operation.

7    Choose the method you want to use to enter the Client selection criteria for the view. Select:

Select data using natural language to enter the selection criteria using English-like statements.

Select data using SQL to enter the selection criteria using Structured Query Language.

8    Click Next to continue.