Guidelines for Working with Catalog Manager

Configuring and Managing the Oracle BI Presentation Catalog 17-17 ■ Tree pane — Displays catalog folders. The pane also displays objects but only if the Show Objects in Tree option on the View menu is selected. ■ Table pane — Displays catalog folders and objects. It consists of: ■ The navigation bar, where you can move to the catalog object to work with by typing its path name. ■ These columns: Name, Type, Owner, My Permissions, Attributes, Date Created, and Last Modified. Click the column name to sort by that value, such as by type. The Type column identifies the type of object. Objects that are identified as unknown file are generally internally used objects, and their type is not exposed in Catalog Manager. ■ Right-mouse menu — Provides options that let you manage catalog objects, such as Rename, Properties, Permissions, and so on. Many of these options are also available on the Edit menu.

17.5.3 Managing the View of the Catalog Manager Workspace

You can manage what you view in the Catalog Manager. For example, you can show objects in the Tree pane or show job statuses. To manage the view of the Catalog Manager workspace: 1. In Catalog Manager, select View and then one of these options: ■ Show Tree — Displays the Tree pane, if you previously had closed it. ■ Show Table — Displays the Table pane, if you previously had closed it. ■ Show Job Status — Displays the Background Job Status pane, where you can view the progress of processes that you have run, such as Search and Replace, Smart Rename, and so on. You can also remove all finished jobs and set progress preferences using the icons in the upper-right corner of the pane. ■ Show Objects in Tree — Displays objects that is, analyses, filters, and so on in addition to folders in the Tree pane. ■ Refresh — Refreshes the objects that are displayed in the Tree and Table panes. You might want to refresh the data, for example, if someone else makes changes to the catalog while you are working with it and you want to see the changes.

17.6 Working with Objects in Catalog Manager

This section provides the following information about working with objects: ■ Section 17.6.1, Searching for Catalog Objects Using Catalog Manager ■ Section 17.6.2, Copying and Pasting Objects ■ Section 17.6.3, Renaming Catalog Objects ■ Section 17.6.4, Working with the Properties of Catalog Objects ■ Section 17.6.5, Setting Permissions of Catalog Objects ■ Section 17.6.6, Previewing Objects from Catalog Manager ■ Section 17.6.7, Working with Tenants