Opening a View

Precautions

Views do not have primary keys and their data can only be queried but not edited.

Procedure

1. Log in to the DAS console.
2. Click in the upper left corner and select a region and project.
3. Click in the upper left corner, and under Databases, click Data Admin Service.
4. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Development Tool.

   You can also click Go to Development Tool on the overview page.

5. Locate the DB instance that you want to log in to and click Log In in the Operation column.
6. On the top menu bar, choose Database Management.
7. Click Change on the right of the current database to switch to the database where you want to create a table.
   Figure 1 Switching to another database
   

8. On the Objects tab page, choose Views.
9. Locate the view you want to open and click Open in the Operation column.
   Figure 2 Opening a view
   

10. On the displayed page, check view details and query view information using a Where condition.
    Figure 3 Viewing details of a view
    

    You can also perform operations described in Table 1 on the view.

    Table 1 UI operations

    Name	Description
    Where Condition	Filters records.
    Copy Row	Allows you to copy data of a selected row. Specifically, select the row you want to copy and click Copy Row.
    Copy Column	Allows you to copy data of a selected column. Specifically, click Copy Column and select a column from the drop-down list.
    Copy	Allows you to copy a piece of data. Specifically, hover the cursor on the data and click Copy.
    Column Settings	Allows you to set the columns you want to display.
    Convert binary to hexadecimal	Prevents binary data in columns from being displayed as garbled characters. If there is binary data in columns, you must select this option.
    Refresh	Allows you to update table data manually.
    Row Details	Shows details of a specified row.
    Add Row	Allows you to add rows.
    Submit	Allows you to submit and save the changes to data.
    Delete Row	Allows you to delete the selected rows.
    Export	Exports a maximum of 10,000 data records to a CSV or SQL file.