3 Data Miner Projects

A Data Miner project resides in a database connection. The project contains the workflows created for the project. You must create at least one project before you create any workflow.

This chapter contains the following topics:

• Creating a Project

• Managing a Project

3.1 Creating a Project

You must create at least one project in a connection. You can also create multiple projects in a connection. To create a project:

1. Connect to a database.

2. In the Data Miner tab, expand Connections and right-click the connection in which you want to create the project. Click New Project.

   Note:

   If the Data Miner tab is not visible, you can dock it in Oracle SQL Developer window.

3. In the New Project dialog box, enter the following details:

   • Project Name—Enter a project name. Ensure that it conforms to the project naming conventions.

   • Comment—You can enter any comment in 4000 or fewer characters. This is an optional field.

4. Click OK.

After the project is created, you can rename it, edit any comments, delete it, or copy it to an other connection.

See Also:

• "Managing a Project" for more information about project related tasks.

• "Viewing the Data Miner Tab" for information about how to make the Data Miner tab visible.

• "Project Name Restrictions" for information about project naming conventions.

• "Connecting to a Database" for more information about how to connect to the Oracle Database.

3.1.1 Project Name Restrictions

A project name must meet the following conditions:

• The name must be unique within the project.

• The character count for the workflow name should be between 1 and 30. It should not exceed 30 characters.

• The name cannot contain a slash (/).

3.2 Managing a Project

In the Data Miner tab, right-click the project that you want to manage. The following operations are available to manage the project through the context menu:

• New Workflow: To create a new workflow.

• New Project: To create a new project.

• Delete: To delete a project.

• Properties: To add or modify comments for the project. You can edit the comments for an existing project from here.

• Rename: To rename the project.

• Import Workflow: To import a workflow in to this project, that was previously exported.

See Also:

• "Creating a Workflow"

• "Creating a Project"

• "Deleting a Project"

• "Project Name Restrictions"

• "Importing a Workflow Using the GUI"

3.2.1 Deleting a Project

To delete a project, right-click the project and click Delete. The following are deleted when you delete a project:

• All workflows contained in the project.

• All objects generated by those workflows such as models or apply results.

The database objects, such as tables referenced by workflows in the project, are not removed when a project is deleted.

Note:

You cannot undo a project deletion.

3.2.2 Expanding a Project

To expand a project:

• Click the plus sign to the left of the project name

• Double-click the project name

The list of workflows created in the project is displayed.