A Tour of the Database Object Manager Window › Multiple Objects Selection

Multiple Objects Selection

You can select multiple objects in the same branch of a tree or in the child tab of the Detail Information Pane.

To select multiple objects

• Click the left mouse button and hold the Ctrl key to select a non-contiguous group of objects
• Click the left mouse button and hold the Shift key to select a range of objects

You can also copy object definitions from one subbranch or from the Detail Information Pane to any other subbranch that has objects of the same type. This includes copying definitions from one IDMS central version or system to another.

To copy the object definitions, simply select the objects, and drag-and-drop them on to the target database. CA IDMS Visual DBA does the appropriate copy and verifies that any integrities involved in the entities are properly maintained.

Drag-and-drop techniques simplify IDMS tasks, especially for test and production database maintenance.