Using multiple databases

Data Interchange Services client allows you to do work in as many databases as you like at the same time. This can be very convenient for comparing information in the development, test, and production databases. Each database to be accessed by Data Interchange Services client must be identified to Data Interchange Services client using a database definition.

The following steps describe how to work in multiple databases.

  1. Open a functional area window by clicking on its respective button on the navigator bar or by selecting Open Functional Area from the File menu. This opens the functional area list window for the database currently selected on the navigator bar. The name of the current database appears in the Database field on the navigator bar.
  2. You can select a different database by selecting any defined database from the Database drop-down list.

A background frame color is associated with each database. The background frame color is used whenever a list window or editor is opened for a database. This makes it a little easier to know which database you are dealing with when looking at a list window or editor by using a different color for each defined database. For instance, if you have a test database defined with the color blue, all list windows and editors for that database will have the background frame color set to blue. If you have a production database defined with the color red, all list windows and editors for that database will have the background frame color set to red. If you have a map editor opened for both the test and production databases, it is easy to tell which database each editor is associated with because the background frame color is blue for the test database or red for the production database.

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