User Interfaces and the Features They Support

Sybase Data Federation has several user interfaces, including WorkSpace Data Federation, the web user interface, and the command line interface (CLI). This table shows which features you can access with each interface.

Feature Web UI WorkSpace CLI
Access control list: Modify X X X
       
Ad-hoc query: Execute     X
       
Attribute: Add and remove X X X
Attribute: Modify X X X
       
Authentication service: Import LDAP X   X
Authentication service: Import NIS X   X
Authentication service: Manage X   X
       
Caching: Configure for database operation, virtual database operation, and data service results X X X
Caching: Configure for files and directories X   X
Caching: Configure schedules for X   X
Caching: Display information about cache services X   X
Caching: Update caches X   X
       
Category: Add and remove objects X X X
Category: Browse X X X
Category: Create and delete X X X
       
CIFS share: Create X   X
       
Database connector: Archive   X X
Database connector: Create and manage X X X
       
Database operation: Archive   X X
Database operation: Configure caching X X X
Database operation: Configure caching schedules X   X
Database operation: Create and manage X X X
Database operation: Display dependencies X X X
Database operation: Execute X X X
       
Data catalog: See grid directory and category      
       
Data Federation share: Add or remove a share server X X X
Data Federation share: Archive a file from   X  
Data Federation share: Browse X X X
Data Federation share: Configure a refresh (rehash) schedule X   X
Data Federation share: Create X X X
Data Federation share: Disconnect (shut down permanently) X X X
Data Federation share: Display information about X X X
Data Federation share: Force a refresh (rehash) X X X
Data Federation share: Modify encryption level X X X
Data Federation share: Modify load balancing factor X   X
Data Federation share: Modify refresh (rehash) schedule X   X
Data Federation share: Take on- or off-line X   X
       
Data service: Archive   X X
Data service: Configure caching X X X
Data service: Configure caching schedules X   X
Data service: Create custom plug-in     X
Data service: Create from a custom plug-in X X  
Data service: Create from a view model   X  
Data service: Derive from a metadata model   X  
Data service: Display dependencies X X X
Data service: Execute X X X
Data service: Import descriptor X X X
Data service: Manage many input sources for custom plug-ins   X  
Data service: Save descriptor X    
       
Execution service: Create and manage X   X
       
Grid directory: Configure caching X   X
Grid directory: Configure caching schedules X   X
Grid directory: Create and delete X X X
Grid directory: Link X   X
Grid directory: Move or rename X   X
Grid directory: Set attributes X X X
Grid directory: Set permissions X X X
       
Grid object archive: Create archive   X X
Grid object archive: Create inventory   X X
Grid object archive: Edit inventory   X  
Grid object archive: Add shared files to inventory   X  
Grid object archive: Deploy   X X
       
Group of users: Create and manage X   X
       
Interconnection between grid domains: Create X   X
Interconnection between grid domains: Display information about X   X
Interconnection between grid domains: Enable execution of data services across X   X
Interconnection between grid domains: Modify X   X
       
Metadata model: Create or import   X  
Metadata model: Delete   X  
Metadata model: Deploy and undeploy   X X
Metadata model: Derive a view model from   X  
Metadata model: Edit   X  
Metadata model: List schemas     X
Metadata model: List tables in a schema     X
Metadata model: Map to a grid object   X  
       
Monitoring service: Create and manage X   X
       
Permissions: See access control list      
       
Proxy routing table: Configure X   X
       
Schedule: Create and manage X   X
Schedule exclusion: Create and manage X   X
       
Search service: Create and manage X   X
Search service: Display information about X   X
       
Search in data catalog: Execute X   X
       
Servers: Configure and connect a new data grid access server, GDC, grid server, proxy server, or share server X   X
Servers: Display information about a data grid access server, GDC, grid server, proxy server, or share server X   X
Servers: Display status of a GDC or other grid server X   X
Servers: Refresh a secondary GDC X   X
Servers: Start or stop a data grid access server, GDC, grid server, proxy server, or share server     X
       
Share: See Data Federation share and CIFS share      
       
SQL view: Archive   X X
SQL view: Generate from a data service or database operation X X X
SQL view: Map through a metadata model   X  
SQL view: Manage X X X
SQL view: Provision from a database table X X X
       
User account: Create and manage X   X
       
View generator: Archive   X X
View generator: Create X   X
View generator: Display dependencies X X X
View generator: Generate views from X   X
View generator: Manage X X X
       
View model: Create and edit   X  
View model: Deploy as a data service   X  
View model: Derive from a metadata model   X  
View model: Test   X  
       
Virtual database service: Manage X X X
       
Virtual database operation: Archive   X X
Virtual database operation: Configure caching X X X
Virtual database operation: Configure caching schedules X   X
Virtual database operation: Create and manage X X  
Virtual database operation: Display dependencies X X  
Virtual database operation: Execute X X  
       
Virtual schema model: See metadata model      

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