View Detail

If a Database View is selected, from the Views in the Database Views Editor, View Detail displays. The Database View can be modified with limitations:

• Editing of Column Relations and Test Expressions are not supported

• Editing of the DBVWSTREF attribute is not supported

The View Detail part of the Database Views Editor window displays four tabs populated with:

View Properties

Supports modification of the primary attributes of a Database View to define the display name and the elements that the Database View rows are based on.

Data Sources

Defines rules for database element creation and navigation steps to additional information elements such as an items Catalog specification.

Columns

The columns display each Data Source, these can be attribute values or expressions evaluated on the selected Data Source.

Preview

A grid displaying column data defined by the Database View. The grid only displays data that the current user has access to. By default, data access is restricted in Lexicon, it appears as an empty grid for most element types.