Data Source Selection Window

The Data Source Selection window is used to select the sources of data that queried by the Data Selector. The Data Source Selection window opens automatically when activating the Data Selector tool. It can also be opened by clicking the Select Data Sources icon AddDatasourceIcon.gif in the Data Selector tool bar.

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Data source and project selection tree

The Data Source Selection window displays a list of all the OpenSpirit data sources that have been configured in your OpenSpirit installation. Data sources that partition data by project can be expanded to display their available projects by clicking the right facing arrow that is located to the left of each data source containing projects.

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Click the checkbox next to the data sources and/or projects that you wish to browse in the Data Selector and press the Ok button. The Data Selector appears in the OpenSpirit Desktop.

The checkbox next to data sources that contain projects has three selection states. The unchecked state Unchecked.gif indicates that none of the data source's projects are selected. The partially checked state PartiallyChecked.gif indicates that at least one, but not all of the projects in the data source are selected. The checked state Checked.gif indicates that all of the data source's projects are selected.

Tip: Some data sources (for example, OpenWorks, and Studio) show projects that the account used to run the OpenSpirit data connector has permission to access. This means the Host/Account settings of the data source may determine the projects that appear under the data source.
Significant computer resources may be required to access each selected project. Try to minimize the number of projects you select.

Settings Column

The Settings column displays icons that indicate the status of the credential settings for each data source. See the Settings Icons section of this help guide for an explanation of the icons that appear in the Settings column.

Host/Account Column

The Host/Account column displays the host computer and the operating system account that used to run data server processes for each data source. See the Host/Account section of this help guide for an explanation of the host/account setting.

Tool bar

The Data Source Selection window provides a tool bar containing buttons used to manage data source selections and settings. The tool bar buttons are described below.

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Set host and account button SetHostButton.gif

Select one or more data sources in the data source tree and press the Set host and account button to open a window that can be used to set the host machine and operating system account that should be used to run the data server processes needed to access the selected data sources. The selected data sources must be supported to run on a common operating system platform.

This opens the Set Server Activation window for the data source.

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Clear the Use Default checkbox to enable selecting a specific host/account to use when accessing the data source. Select the Use Default checkbox to use the host and account that has been set as the platform default.

Host Selection

The host selection list contains a list of all host computers that are registered with your OpenSpirit installation and have an operating system type supported by the data source. The list may include hosts listed in the Satellites tab and the Visibility tab of the Install Config Manager tool for your OpenSpirit master installation. The list may include hosts you have selected as a platform default or as the host for other data sources.

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The host selection list may have a choice that appears as <Enter New Host>. The presence of the new host option in the host selection list is determined by the Host Discovery Enabled option of your master installation. See the Advanced Master Settings section of the Install Config Manager tool help guide for more information about this option.

The new host choice enables you to type in the name of a host that is not currently known to your OpenSpirit installation. Host names that cannot be resolved with your domain naming service (DNS) is not allowed.

Tip: No check is made that the entered host name is a platform type that is supported by the data source. Platform incompatibility is not detected until a request is made to start a new data server process on that host.
Tip: You can enter localhost as the host name for data sources that can run on Windows and on Linux in order to force the data server process to run on your Windows desktop.
Otherwise the data server process is started on your default Linux host.

Account Selection

The account selection list contains the name of your OpenSpirit primary account, your OpenSpirit secondary account if you have one set, and any additional accounts you may have added using the Host Account Settings tab of the User Setup Wizard. Use the User Setup Wizard to add accounts to the account selection list.

Clear all selected button DeselectAllRowsIcon.gif

The Clear all selected button de-selects all data sources and projects that are selected in the data source and project selection tree.

Platform Defaults button PlatformDefaultsIcon.gif

The Platform defaults button opens a window used to set the default host and account to use for each operating system platform that you have a master or satellite installed on.

The following image shows the platform defaults window for an OpenSpirit master that has installations on Linux and Windows. The appearance of the platform defaults window may differ from what is shown below depending on the remote startup method configured in your OpenSpirit master installation. See the help guide for the Host Account Settings tab of the User Setup Wizard for details of setting the platform defaults.

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Manage Passwords button ManageAccontsIcon.gif

The Manage Passwords button opens a window that can be used to set the account passwords used for the operating system accounts used to run data server processes. The appearance of this window may differ from that shown below depending on the remote startup method configured in your OpenSpirit master installation. See the help guide for the Host Account Settings tab of the User Setup Wizard for details of setting account passwords.

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Get from session button GetFromSession.gif

The Get from session button allows you to select the data sources and projects from sessions that have been created with the OpenSpirit Session Manager tool. Clicking the button opens a window that allows you to select a session. The data sources and projects listed in the selected session selected in the Data Source Selection Window's data source and project selection tree.

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