Overview
In this lesson we will explain how to explore and associate existing databases objects including tables, stored procedures and functions. In this lesson we will showcase Tables related features but the same concepts and features apply to SPs and Functions.
How to explore Database Tables?
On Wayfast, make sure that the Project is created and at least, a requirement is in “Active” status.
Click on “Database” icon at the top menu.
On Submenu, click on “Tables” subtab
Wayfast automatically shows the different Transactional, Master data and Business data tables in grid view dashboard.
How to associate Tables from other databases?
Click on “Associating Tables” button and a popup will be displayed on screen.
We need to choose a SQL Server instance and Database to locate the “Object” we want to associate.
Clicking the magnifying glass in the “Object” field will retrieves all the tables available.
Select the desired table an click on the “Assign” button.
Now we have the “Table” object associated to the Project and we can continue defining the Requirements.
This feature will work only if we associated another existing database to the Project. If we only have the database created for this project, Wayfast won’t retrieve any other database and their tables.
How to create a new Table in SQL and synchronize it on Wayfast?
Let’s open SQL Server Management Studio and connect to the DB associated to the Project.
In a new query, create a new table with the following data settings:
CREATE TABLE HelloWorld_Transactions( Field1 nvarchar(50) COLLATE DATABASE_DEFAULT NULL, Field2 nvarchar(50) COLLATE DATABASE_DEFAULT NULL, Field3 nvarchar(50) COLLATE DATABASE_DEFAULT NULL, Field4 nvarchar(50) COLLATE DATABASE_DEFAULT NULL, Field5 nvarchar(50) COLLATE DATABASE_DEFAULT NULL, Status int NULL )
Execute the query and verify that the Table is created. Then return to Wayfast and focus on the left navigation bar.
Click on “End Task” in the “Active” requirement
A popup is displayed but we don’t need to end the task, just click on “Synchronize” button
Return to Database-Table submenu
Automatically the new row is added on the Transactional Tables grid view with the corresponding “Instance” and “Database” values that we create on SQL.
Recap
In this lesson, we learnt how to associate existent tables in our Project’s database. And we observed how the new tables created from the SQL Server Management Studio are synchronized in simple steps into Wayfast.