Understanding the BODS main screen
When we run the Data Services Designer tool for the first time, we will be presented with the main screen, as shown in the following screenshot:
The screen layout is as follows:
At the top of the screen, the menu and button bar with buttons representing the main options are available according to the selected object in the tool.
On the left of the screen is the Project panel. This panel lists the contents of the current project (think of it as the equivalent of the Navigator panel in the SAP HANA Studio).
Underneath the Project panel we can see Local Object Library, which has at the bottom a series of tabs, listing the different object types available. These are as follows:
Projects: This lists the projects that exist in the BODS Repository, and allows you to create new projects.
Jobs: This lists jobs on the server. A BODS job defines which actions (data flows and/or work flows) need to be performed, and in which order.
Work Flows and Data Flows: A data flow...
