User Guide

SAP AG November 2002
Web DBM
The Database Manager [Page 133] has a web-based client, the Web DBM. Install the Web
DBM once in the network. The Web DBM can then be called from all browsers.
If you do not have a Windows operating system, you can only use Database Manager clients
Database Manager CLI [Page
133] and Web DBM to monitor database instances.
Web DBM provides you with basically the same functionality as the Database Manager GUI
[Page 134]. Operation depends on the Web-based application.
See also:
Architecture of the SAP DB Web Tools [Page
57]
Differences between Web DBM and Database Manager GUI
With the Database Manager GUI, you can monitor several database instances
simultaneously. With the Web DBM, you can only monitor one database instance at a time.
When you log on, you enter the database instance that you want to monitor. If you want to
switch to another database instance, you must log off, and log on again entering the new
database instance.
It is possible to open several browsers simultaneously. In this way, you can monitor a different
database instance in each browser with the Web DBM.
In contrast to the Database Manager GUI, a timeout may occur when working with the Web
DBM. This results in the connection to the database instance being broken. If this happens,
you must log on again.
Set-up of the Web DBM
All administrative functions are executed in the window of the Web DBM. The functions are
divided up into the same groups as in the Database Manager GUI. The colored symbols
(green dots and red squares) indicate whether an administrative function can be used in the
database instance in its present state. There is no menu bar or toolbar of the kind found in the
Database Manager GUI.
Instead of a list of database instances registered in the Database Manager GUI, the Web
DBM displays the detailed status of the database instance. The most important values
displayed in the status have a link that takes you to the relevant function. The functions for
starting and stopping the database instance are at the bottom of the status display.
The work area is located below the status display. The subsequent web pages corresponding
to the selected administrative function are displayed here.
The structure of these web page is similar to the corresponding screens in the Database
Manager GUI. The bottom of these pages often contains a toolbar with the available
administrative functions. If a new administrative function is selected in the Web DBM, and in a
new page displayed in the work area as a result of this, the previous display and status is lost.
To return to the previous display, you must reselect the relevant administrative function.
The header line contains a logoff link that enables you to end the current connection with a
database instance.
Web SQL
The Web SQL Studio is a Web-based client that enables easy access to user data [Page 125]
and the database catalog [Page
131] of an SAP DB database instance (SQL Studio:
Introduction [Page 65]).
Install the Web SQL once in the network. The Web SQL can then be called from all browsers.
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