Editing Data Sources

To edit a data source, click it, and use the Property pane on the right to edit it.

Data Source – Property Pane Section

Name

Name of data source.

[Export Data Source] – Button

This button is used to export data sources.  Users can export any data source into a file and then import it into another or the same environment. Refer to Import Data Source – Screen for more information on importing data sources.

To export a data source, select the data source and click on the [Export Data Source] button. In the Download Data Source Export File pop-up window, specify a file name for the data source and press [Download]. Once file generation is complete, depending on the browser’s download settings, the browser will either prompt the user for a location to store the downloaded file, or the file will automatically be stored in the browser’s download location. The downloaded file will have the extension .ds (e.g. my_datasource.ds).

[Download ERD script] – Button

This button allows users to download a DDL script for a selected data source so that it can be imported into a data modeling tool, such as Oracle’s SQL Developer Data Modeler, to create Entity-Relationship Diagrams (ERDs) for that data source.

Refer to Generating ERDs for Data Sources for more information.

Data Source Properties – Property Pane Section

Disabled

If set to “Yes”, data source will not be available in the BI Dashboard Builder tool; otherwise it will.

Property Description – Property Pane Section

This section provides a description for the selected data source property in the Data Source Properties section.