Navigation tree

The navigation tree displays the objects of the Designer database. The folders at the top level of the tree represent the projects, which you can integrate into the database models in the Settings dialog box.

In a project, you can create these database objects:

Database objects Description
Folders object icon Folders
Cubes object icon Cubes
Dimensions object icon Dimensions
Relational tables object icon Relational tables
Microsoft Office documents object icon MS Office documents
Web pages object icon Web pages
Scripts object icon Scripts (SQL statements, VBScript, JavaScript).

When you select an object, its contents are displayed in the data section.

To use database objects in several projects, you create links. To create a link in a folder or a project, right-click the folder in the tree, select the Link command and then the object type for that you create a link, for example, Link > Dimension. The New Link dialog box opens, where you select the object.

The nodes Connector and System in the tree do not depend on projects.

You find commands and options for the administration of database objects on the shortcut menu (right-click an object) and the Action menu.