Tour of the Management Center

Main Toolbar and Menu Bar

Use these menus and icons to access tools and options to manage your working environment.

	Metadata Explorer Adds a new Metadata Explorer pane to the Management Center window, if one is not already open.
	Property Window Opens a new Property Window, if one is not already open.
	Object Browser Adds a new Object Browser tab to the Management Center window, if one is not already open. The Object Browser displays information related to the item selected in the Metadata Explorer. For example, if you select a source table in the database tree, you can see the table column names and column information.
	Replication Browser Adds a new Replication Browser tab to the Management Center window, if one is not already open.  The Replication Browser displays replications for the selected metadata together with summary information for the replications.
	Replication Monitor Adds a new Replication Monitor tab to the Management Center window, if one is not already open. The Replication Monitor provides current status information for all replications defined in the metadata that is selected in the Metadata Explorer.
	Toolbox Adds an expandable tab to the Management Center, for easy access to wizards to create source and target connections, tables, replications and replication groups.
	Help Opens a separate Help window with access to help topics in the User's Guide.

Metadata Explorer

Use this area of the Management Center to:

• Set up user access to Syniti DR

• Add and remove views of remote Syniti DR installations (servers)

• Manage properties of each server listed in the Metadata Explorer

• Create Syniti DR metadata as a way of managing replication projects

• Add connections for source and target tables

• Create replications and groups

In a standard installation of Syniti DR, you will always see a tree structure that looks like the one here, with an entry for the "local" installation of Syniti DR. In addition, Syniti DR creates a default metadata for you using the Microsoft SQL Server CE DBMS that is distributed with Syniti DR. In most cases, you will start adding source and target connections to this metadata, then create and run replications. However, you can choose to create metadata in an alternative RDBMS.

Toolbar  

	New Metadata Opens the Metadata Connection wizard, allowing you to create a connection for a new metadata database.
	Connect Opens the Login dialog, allowing you to enter login information to connect to a Syniti DR server.
	Manage Users Opens the User Settings dialog, allowing you to establish access control for users.
	Replication Agent Options Opens the Replication Agent Options dialog, allowing you to set options that affect how the Replication Agent runs, including options for logs, traces and email notifications.
	New SQL Command Opens a SQL Query tab with a connection to the item that is selected in the Metadata Explorer. For example, if you have selected a source connection, the tab opens ready to execute a query for that connection.
	Global Script Opens the Global Script Editor, allowing you to write a script that is available to all replications in the metadata.
	View Log Opens the Log Viewer tab, allowing you to review the contents of the Syniti DR log. The log contains useful information regarding  replication progress, results and issues. Note that it is not possible to view a file-based log if the selected metadata is on a remote installation of Syniti DR. The View Log option only opens the log file on the local file system.

Tools in the Tabbed Pane

The tabs in the Management Center include the main tools and viewer that you will use as you create and monitor replicatiions. The default tabs are:

Start Page
Provides access to help topics and useful information you will need to get started with Syniti Data Replication.

Object Browser
Displays information related to the item selected in the Metadata Explorer. For example, if you select a source table in the database tree, you can see the table column names and column information.

Replication Browser
Displays replications for the selected metadata together with summary information for the replications.  

Managing Tabs

The tab headings are fixed width, so if you open several additional tabs, you need to use the View All Tabs icon in the tab area to display all tabs.

Properties Pane

The Properties pane displays properties for whichever item is selected in the Metadata Explorer. If you select a property in the list, a description of the property is displayed below the list. Note that you cannot edit properties in this pane. Click Show Properties in the toolbar to open a separate, editable Properties Window.

Status Bar

The Status Bar displays the current status of the Metadata, the Server Agent and the Replication Agent.