Browsing and Watching Published TDV Resources
You can browse through all of the published TDV resources for the sites registered with Business Directory.
If you decide to watch a resource, you are sent emails anytime a comment is added or if any of the resource metadata changes in any way. For example, if a site refresh is run and a resource has three new columns, you are sent an email.
To browse published TDV resources
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Make sure that the site you are interested in browsing has been recently refreshed for the most current view of published resources. |
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Select one or more of the registered sites. |
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Expand the site to view the published Database and Web Service resources. |
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Select a specific resource to view properties and details of the resource. |
When you select a resource in the left pane, details for the resource are displayed to the right and include some of the following:
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A navigation bar showing the nodes leading to the resource currently selected. You can click any node to view that part of the resource tree. |
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The name of the resource. |
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The type of resource (procedure, table, and so on). |
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Primary and foreign key information. |
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The host name and port name, or a name assigned to the resource. |
There is also a set of tabs, which vary depending on the type of object you are viewing, with further resource information:
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Parameters (procedure)—Parameter name, data type, direction. |
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Resources (folder)—Resource name and type (web service, database, folder, and so on). |
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Columns (table)— Column name, data type, whether it is a primary or a foreign key, whether it is indexed, and annotations. If a primary key column is displayed, you can navigate to the tables that use this primary key as a foreign key. Additionally, any columns that are foreign keys have a link back to the table in which this foreign key is a primary key. |
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Operations (Web Service)—Operation name and type, and annotations. |
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Properties—Property name, default value, current value. |
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Data—Preview of the data that this resource can retrieve. |
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Lineage—Diagram of the data lineage for the object. For details of what data lineage is within TDV, see the TDV User Guide. |
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To watch the object, click Watch. |
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You might be asked to type your name and email address so that notifications can be sent to you. |
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To watch the associated child objects, click Watch Children. |