Library explorer

Libraries are physical or virtual mass storage devices, wherein you can store and search analytical data and related information.

The library explorer is the browser of your knowledge bases and shows the data inside your libraries. You can see registered libraries and contents at a glance.

Libraries might be either located on your hard disc with several analytical data in directories and enclosed sub-directories or in database systems connected to the application. Such database systems will be usually installed on separate servers and a special communication protocol and access strategy is required.

Foreign database systems The applications is equipped with a generic database interface, which allows easy and quick adaption to proprietary database systems like Oracle, SQL-Server or Sybase. So if you need to connect to such database systems, do not hesitate to contact us. We will find a solution to connect you to your data.

Library explorer contents

The library explorer comprises the following contents:

• Library tree
  The library tree holds libraries and analytical data enclosed into libraries, predefined search queries and search results.

• Library toolbar
  The library toolbar holds shortcuts to the most common commands.

Open the library explorer

To activate the library explorer, please follow the instructions below:

1. From the Window menu, select the Library Explorer command.

2. The library explorer is opened at its previous location either as tab or as separate window on the application workspace.

Close the library explorer

To close the library explorer, please follow the instructions.

To close the library explorer, please follow the instructions below:

1. Move the mouse pointer to the icon next to the tab flags.

2. Click on the icon to close the current active tab of the tab group.