Display options for the database explorer

Use the View menu of the database explorer to change the way that your screen looks or to control the data that is displayed.
Table 1. Display options
View menu option Description
Database View / Project View toggle Switches between Database view and Project view.

When you start Rational® DOORS®, the top-level items that are displayed in the left pane of the database explorer depend on your view:

  • The Database view shows the root of the database tree database icon. The parts of the database that you are allowed to access are shown in the hierarchy below the database root.
  • The Project view lists the projects that you are allowed to access.
Show Projects Controls whether projects project icon are displayed.
Show Folders Controls whether folders folder icon are displayed.
Show Formal Modules Controls whether formal modules formal module icon are displayed.
Show Link Modules Controls whether link modules link module icon are displayed.
Show Descriptive Modules Controls whether descriptive modules descriptive module icon are displayed.
Show Deleted Items Controls whether deleted projects, folders, and modules are displayed.

A deleted item has a red cross in the corner of the icon. For example, the icon for a deleted formal module is deleted formal module icon.

Sort by Name Sorts the items in the right pane using the values in the Name column.

It sorts folders and projects first, followed by a sorted list of modules.

Sort by Type Sorts the items in the right pane using the values in the Type column.
Sort by Description Sorts the items in the right pane using the values in the Description column.
Sort by Deleted Sorts the items in the right pane using the values in the Deleted column.
Customize Toolbars Controls which toolbars are displayed.
Refresh Refreshes the screen display.
Note: If an object is not shown in the database explorer, it is either because the appropriate menu option is not selected, or you do not have the access rights to see the object.

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