Operations on Table Page

Select the database tables. To use the bulk extract feature, you must choose the SELECT operation from the Perform an Operation On a Table list on the Basic Info page.

Operations on Table Page

Element Description

Schema

Select the database schema that includes the tables to process.

Table Name

Enter a filter with which to search the schema (for example, %TAB to search for tables with TAB in the name).

Table Type

Specify the table type filter to get a subset of the appropriate database objects, then click Search.

  • ALL

  • TABLE

  • VIEW

Filter By

Enter the initial letters to filter the display of table names.

Table Names

Select the tables to import.

Note: It is recommended that you to import the tables together for the adapter to automatically recognize the relationship. If you import the tables separately, you must explicitly create the table relationship.

Import Tables

Click to import the tables. The page is refreshed for you to select the parent database table.

Select the parent database table

Select the parent (root) table from the list. If using multiple related tables, this is the top-level parent table in the relationship. After making your selection, the page is refreshed for you to view and edit the table relationships.

Add || Remove Tables

Click to add more tables or remove tables no longer in use.

Review and manage parent database table relationships

Click Edit to view and edit the table relationships. The relationships automatically identified by the adapter are displayed. See Table 3-1.

Review and filter columns from selected database tables

Click Edit to view and edit the table attributes. You can deselect any attributes to exclude from the database queries. Primary key attributes cannot be excluded. See Table 3-2.

Review and edit SQL query

Click Edit to view and edit the default SQL query. See Table 3-3.

Note: This field is available for a Select operation on the table.

Review and manage parent database table relationships Option

Table 3-1 - Review and manage parent database table relationships Option

Element Description

Create New

Click to create a new relationship.

Relations

View the existing parent and child table relations automatically created by the adapter.

Review and filter columns from selected database tables Option

Table 3-2 - Review and filter columns from selected database tables Option

Element Description

Attributes Tree

View and deselect attributes automatically created by the adapter.

Review and edit SQL query Option

Note:

This is only applicable for a Select operation on a table.

Table 3-3 - Review and edit SQL query Option

Element Description

SQL Edit

Click to manually edit the query in the SQL Query field.

Edit using Expression Builder

Click to edit the query in the Expression Builder.

  • Add New: Click to add new criteria to the SQL query.

    1. Click Add New.

    2. In the First Argument field, click Edit, and select the argument to add (for example, deptno).

    3. In the Operator field, select the operator to use for the comparison from the dropdown list (for example, =).

    4. In the Second Argument field, select the option to use:
      • Literal: Click to specify a value. If selected, you are prompted to select the data type (for example, integer) and specify the value.

      • Parameter: Click to specify a bind parameter.

      • Query Key: Click to run the comparison against another column in the table.

    New criteria is appended to the SQL query with a WHERE clause. If you add subsequent SQL queries, they are appended to the SQL query with an AND clause

  • Add Nested: Click to add nested criteria to the SQL query.

  • Edit: Click the edit the SQL criteria you specified.

  • Remove: Click the edit the SQL criteria you specified.

Click to edit the query with the Expression Builder.

Maximum Number of Records to be fetched

Select the number of records to fetch with this SQL query.