The Database Toolbar
The Database toolbar contains buttons for tasks common to a database shared between multiple users — that is, a server database accessed via a Model Manager server.
The Database Section
This section contains the same Activate Database button and Add Database button also available in the Database section on The Home Toolbar. The Databases button () toggles the visibility of The Databases Window.
The Repository Section
This section contains buttons for Advanced Version Control functionality:
The Repository button (), to add a new repository in a database. See Adding Repositories.
The Branch button (), to create a new branch from an existing branch, snapshot, or commit. See Creating a New Branch.
The Snapshot button (), to record a point-in-time snapshot of all items with respect to a particular commit. See Recording Snapshots.
The Merge button (), to merge modifications of items with respect to a source location into a target branch. See Merging.
The Permissions Section
The Permissions section contains buttons for controlling access to various objects in the database, including setting ownership and permission requirements:
Click the Owner button () to set the user that owns a database object. A single user may be set as the owner of multiple database objects at once by first selecting all target objects in a window. See Transfer Ownership.
Click the Permissions () button to set the permission requirements for a database object. See Granting Permissions.
Click the Permission Template () button to create a new template of predefined permission requirements that can be reused for database objects. See Creating your own Permission Templates.
The Users Section
This section contains buttons for managing users and groups:
The User button (), to add a new user in the database. See Adding Users.
The Group button (), to add a new group in the database. See Adding Groups.
The Statistics Section
This section contains a Disk Space Usage menu () with options for estimating the disk space usage of model and file versions — see Estimating Disk Space Usage. The possible options are:
Version Selection () — Estimate the disk space usage of the selected versions.
Item Selection () — For the current selection, estimate the disk space usage of all versions belonging to the same items or the items’ drafts.
Search Result () — Estimate the disk space usage of all versions matched by the current search in the Model Manager window. Only available for the All Versions in Database () search mode.
The Maintenance Section
This section contains an Add to Maintenance menu () with options for adding model and file versions to The Maintenance Window. The possible options are:
Version Selection () — Add the selected versions in the Model Manager window to the Maintenance window. Only available for the All Versions in Database () search mode.
Item Selection () — For the current selection, add all versions belonging to the same items or the items’ drafts to the Maintenance window.
Search Result () — Add all versions matched by the current search in the Model Manager window to the Maintenance window. Only available for the All Versions in Database () search mode.