Object Explorer

The Object Explorer is a tree-view component that allows you to browse the content of the tree branches, view properties of the selected tree nodes, navigate to object-specific editors, and perform object-specific tasks.

The Connections folder allows you to organize and explore database servers. For each database server you can browse databases, tables, routines, triggers, views, data types, and synonyms.

Open the Properties Inspector document in the Document pane of Server Studio to view properties of the object selected in the explorer tree view. The format of a properties view is specific to the selected object.

The Object Explorer interface includes a toolbar displayed above the tree view. The Object Explorer toolbar is context-sensitive and displays buttons for most commonly used operations for the selected object in the explorer tree view. The complete list of available operations for the selected node is displayed in the popup menu.

You can find the status bar at the bottom of the Object Explorer panel to view information about operations being performed in the Object Explorer and the selected explorer object.