FUNCTIONS TAB

 

The Functions tab (tab in bottom-right pane; Roles table only) contains

a grid (Figure 4) with a hierarchy of functions (e.g. Add Records, Modify

Records, and so on), and for each function, whether or not the function

can be executed.

Figure 4. Functions tab for the Roles table

OBJECT DETAIL PANE

 

The Object Detail pane (bottom-right pane, or tab in bottom-right pane

for Roles table) contains a two-column grid. The first column is the row

header and lists the properties for each object; the second column lists

the corresponding values. Use the Object Detail pane to view and edit

the properties of the object selected in the Objects pane.

NOTE ►► As you select each type of node in the tree, the name of

the Object Detail pane changes to correspond to the type of object

contained in the Objects pane, as summarized in Table 2 above.

OBJECTS PANE

 

The Objects pane (top-right pane) lists the MDM objects that

correspond to the selected node in the tree (i.e. root, MDM Server,

MDM repository, table), with a row for each object and a column for

each object property. Use the Objects pane to browse, sort, and select

objects for editing or deletion.

Table 2. Nodes in the Console Hierarchy Tree

 

NOTE ►► Both the type of object displayed in the pane and the name

of the Objects pane itself changes as you select each type of node in

the tree, as summarized in Table 2.

CONSOLE HIERARCHY PANE

 

The Console Hierarchy pane (left pane) contains a tree representing the

hierarchy of MDM Servers, MDM repositories, and tables. When fully

expanded, the tree shows the mounted MDM Servers, the mounted

repositories on each server, and the tables within each repository.

NOTE ►► In most cases, you will have only one MDM Server and

one MDM repository. However, you can simultaneously mount multiple

MDM Servers and each MDM Server can simultaneously mount and

access multiple MDM repositories.

MDM Console Main Window

The main window of MDM Console consists of the panes and tabs

shown in the numbered callouts of Figure 3.

Figure 3. MDM Console main window

These panes and tabs, listed below, are described in further detail in the

following sections and throughout this reference guide:

1. Console Hierarchy pane

2. Objects pane

3. Object Detail pane

4. Functions tab

5. Tables and Fields tab

6. Status bar

COMMAND LINE ARGUMENTS

For convenience, several “command line” arguments can used when

starting MDM Console from the command line or a Windows shortcut.

The arguments are either “-” switches or arguments to a particular

switch, as described in Table 1.

Table 1. MDM Console Command Line Arguments

Argument

-f "filepath"

-m <Servername>

-q

-x

-h

Description

Starts MDM Console and mounts the MDM Servers specified in a

previously saved MDM Console Settings (.mcs) file.

Console –f "C:\Desktop\SAP MDM Servers.mcs"

Can be used with either -x or –q.

Mounts (and starts, if needed) the specified MDM Server.

Console –m MyMDM

By also setting Autostart=True in the mds.ini file, you can not

only start the specified MDM Server, but cause it to automatically

load the repositories it has mounted.

Saves the MDM Console Settings (.mcs) file without prompting

when you exit MDM Console.

Console –f "C:\Desktop\SAP MDM Servers.mcs" -q

Works only with -f but is superceded by -x.

Does not save or prompt you to save the MDM Console Settings

(.mcs) file when you exit MDM Console.

Console –f "C:\Desktop\SAP MDM Servers.mcs" -x

Works only with -f and supercedes -q.

Displays and describes these command line arguments.

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NOTE ►► Use CLIX to perform Console operations from the

command line (see “Command Line Interface to MDM” on page 365 for

more information).

MDM CONSOLE SETTINGS FILE

 

Normally, each time you launch MDM Console, you must manually

mount one or more MDM Servers one at a time (even if you left them

mounted when you exited the previous MDM Console session).

However, when you exit MDM Console, MDM allows you to save the list

of currently mounted MDM Servers to an MDM Console settings file,

which then can be used to remount the servers as a group during a

subsequent MDM Console session.

NOTE ►► Just as the MDM Console settings file maintains a list of

currently mounted MDM Servers that you can use to remount them as

a group during subsequent MDM Console sessions, each MDM Server

maintains a list of currently mounted MDM repositories that persists

even after the MDM Server is stopped that it uses to automatically

remount them as a group each time the MDM Server is restarted.

During a subsequent MDM Console session, you can either load the list

from the file using the File > Open command from the main menu, or

you can load the list automatically by appending the full pathname of a

specific .mcs file to the command line that launches MDM Console.

NOTE ►► You can save different sets of mounted MDM Servers in

different .mcs files, which allows you to define and choose the specific

sets of MDM Servers that you want to mount as a group.

 To load a specific MDM Console Settings file from within MDM

Console:

1. Choose File > Open from the main menu

2. MDM prompts you to save the current mounted settings. Click:

 Yes

 No

 Cancel

– save the settings and exit

– exit without saving

– return to the MDM Console session

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3. MDM opens the Windows file Open dialog. Navigate to the desired

folder, select the .mcs settings file you want to load, and click Open.

4. MDM replaces the set of mounted MDM Servers with the group of

servers listed in the file.

 

To automatically load an MDM Console Settings file at MDM

Console startup:

1. If a Desktop shortcut to MDM Console does not already exist, create

one.

2. In the Shortcut properties of MDM Console Desktop shortcut, add the

following text to the Target field:

-f "full-pathname-of-settings-file.mcs"

3. where full-pathname-of-settings-file is the full pathname of the .mcs file

you want to use when launching MDM Console.

4. When you start MDM Console from the Desktop shortcut, MDM

automatically mounts the MDM Server(s) that were saved in the

specified .mcs file.

 To automatically save an MDM Console Settings file when exiting

MDM Console:

1. If a Desktop shortcut to MDM Console does not already exist, create

one.

2. In the Shortcut properties of MDM Console Desktop shortcut, add the

following text to the Target field:

- q

3. When you exit MDM Console, MDM automatically saves the list of

currently mounted MDM Servers to the .mcs file.

TIP ►► You can save the list of currently mounted MDM Servers to

the current .mcs file at any time by choosing File > Save from the main

menu. You can also use the File > Save As command to save the list to

an .mcs file that you name yourself.

NOTE ►► If you unmount all MDM Servers from MDM Console, you

will not be prompted to save changes when exiting MDM Console nor

will the .mcs file be saved automatically.

Starting and Exiting MDM Console

This section gets you up and running as quickly as possible in MDM

Console. Before you begin, you need to be sure that the SQL DBMS

(SQL Server, Oracle, DB2, or MaxDB) is up and running and that the

MDM software is already installed on your system.

NOTE ►► You can run multiple MDM Console sessions on the same

computer.

 To start MDM Console from either the Desktop or the Start menu:

♦ From the Desktop, double-click the MDM Console icon (shown at left),

or from the Start menu, choose Programs > SAP MDM > MDM Console.

After a few seconds, the MDM Console main window comes up.

NOTE ►► Once MDM Console has been started, you may still need

to perform some or all of the following additional steps before an MDM

repository can be accessed by an MDM client or other clients on the

network:

(1) Mount an MDM Server (see “Mounting and Unmounting the MDM

Server” on page 208);

(2) Start the MDM Server(see “Starting and Stopping M” on page

211);

(3) Create a new MDM Repository (see “Creating an MDM

Repository” on page 115) or mount an existing one (see

“Mounting and Unmounting the MDM Server” on page 53; and/or

(4) Load the MDM repository (see “Loading and Unloading an MDM

Repository” on page 56).

 To exit MDM Console:

1. Click the close button in the upper right corner of the window, or

choose File > Exit from the main menu.

NOTE ►► If you exit MDM Console without stopping a running MDM

Server, the server remains running with its MDM repositories mounted

and loaded even without the connection to your MDM Console

session.

2. MDM prompts you to ask if you would like to save the list of mounted

servers to an MDM Console Settings file (described in the following

section). Click:

 Yes

 No

 Cancel

MDM Console

– save the settings and exit

– exit without saving

– return to the MDM Console session