Exploring the Database

The Database Explorer window is a complete view of your database. The top window shows all the objects in the database, and the lower Explorer Detail window displays information on the selected folder or folder object. Depending on the database design some of these object types may be empty, for example if chart attributes are not used.

Object type	Description
Name of your database	Right-click on this to see statistics for the database, for example how many entity types are defined in the database.
Entities	Click on this to list the entity types defined in this database. The entity types are shown in the Explorer Detail window. To view the fields and field types, expand Entities, and then click on the required entity type.
Links	Click on this to list the link types in this database. The link types are shown in the Explorer Details window. To view the fields and field types, expand Links, and then click on the required link type.
Labeling Schemes	Click on this to list the labeling schemes defined in this database for use in iBase itself and on Analyst's Notebook charts. To see which fields have labels, expand Labeling Schemes, and then double-click on the required scheme.
Alert Definitions	Click on this to list the alert definitions.
Sets	Click on this to list the sets in this database. The sets may be organized into categories (folders).
Queries	Click on this to list all the queries saved in this database. The queries may be organized into categories.
Report Definitions	Click on this to list all the report definitions saved in this database. The report definitions may be organized into categories.
Browse Definitions	Click on this to list all the browse definitions saved in this database. The definitions may be organized into categories. For background information, see Listing and Browsing Records.
Scored Matching	Click on this to list the queries that have been run with scored matching to identify how well the results match a query.
Import/Export Specifications	Click on this to list the specifications for importing (or exporting) data for single entity types or single link types. These may be organized into categories.
Import/Export Batch Specifications	Click on this to list the batch specifications for importing (or exporting) data for a series of entity types or link types.
Charting Schemes	Click on this to list the charting schemes defined in the database.
Mapping Configurations	Click on this to list the mapping configurations defined in the database. These will only be available if GIS Interfaces is installed.
Functions	Click on this to list some of the tools available in iBase. Some of these are also available on the Tools menu or the Analysis menu.