New

Creates a placeholder for a new record in the selected list.

Save

Saves the current record.

Undo

Undoes changes made to the current record after the last save.

Delete

Deletes the selected record. If you delete a parent record, the child records are also deleted.

NOTE:  When you delete a column from a table, the column is not automatically deleted from the index.

NOTE:  The DAC does not display deleted objects. You must look at the database to figure out what objects were deleted.

Query

Opens a blank query.

Refresh

Retrieves the data from the repository with the last used query.

Reference

Design view only. Opens the Reference dialog box, which allows you to copy objects from one container to another. For more information about referencing objects, see About Object Ownership in the DAC.

Assemble

Design view only. Assembles a subject area, with dimension and related tables as well as tasks.

Drop-down list

Design view only. Allows you to filter the source system container objects that appear in the top pane list.

Run Now

Execute view, Execution Plans tab only. Starts a new ETL process.

Start

Execute view, Current Run and Run History tabs only. Restarts the selected ETL, after the ETL has failed, stopped, or been aborted.

Stop

Execute view, Current Run and Run History tabs only. Stops an ETL in progress. All currently running tasks will complete, and queued tasks will stop. The status of the ETL changes to Stopped.

Abort

Execute view, Current Run and Run History tabs only. Causes an ETL in progress to abort. All currently running tasks will be aborted. The status of queued tasks and the ETL itself will change to Stopped.

Auto Refresh

Execute view, Current Run tab only. Allows you to turn on and off the automatic screen refresh functionality and set the refresh interval.