Forms: Table

A Table is a reference to an external database table object.

Form: Table Details List

There are two forms of the Table list:

• Detailed list - Shows the table name plus other (database specific) details
• Simple list - Just shows the table names

In both cases the lists From a PhixFlow Datasource, you can bring up a list of the tables in that database. The list show all the tables for the parent Datasource that the user users defined in the Datasource Instance has permission to view. The list below gives the column headers returned for an Oracle database. datasource instances have permission to view.

For each table, you can bring up:

• the data in the table
• a list of the attributes defined in that table

Depending on where you call up the table list from, it will be either a simple list with only the name of each table, or a detailed list.

Detailed table list

In the detailed table list, the following fields are shown for each table:

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The following actions are possible from a Table list:

• Double clicking on a Table entry pops up a Data Grid showing the first page of data returned from the table.
• Dragging a table and dropping it on a modelling pane creates a Database Collector which is linked to the original Datasource. The Collector will be set up to fetch all the table fields and all the table data.
• From the right-click context menu you can choose to view the table attributes (a simple or detailed list). See Table Attributes.

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You can do the following things from the table list:

• Show data in table - double-click on the table
• Bring up a simple list of the table attributes - select Show Table Attributes from the right-click menu
• Bring up a databaseTableAttributesDetailedList - select Show Attribute Details from the right-click menu
• Create a collector for the stream - drag the table onto a model view, or select Create a Collector from the right-click menu

Table Attributes

Depending on how you call them up, database table attributes can be shown in a simple list, with only the name of each attribute, or a detailed list.

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Detailed table attributes list

In the detailed table attributes list, the following fields are shown for each attribute:

Table attribute actions

The following actions are possible from a table attribute list:

• You can select several attributes and drag them onto a modelling pane, to create a database collector to read the selected fields from that table.