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Create a new application in ZenBase

  1. Log into the application using your username and password
  2. Open the Application drop down from the top menu and choose “Create Application“
  3. Start by selecting an existing template or enter a name for the new application
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Enable/Disable an existing application

An application can be enabled or disabled at any given moment, all the metadata (revisions, notes, schema, reports etc) will remain in ZenBase and will be applied again once the application is enabled again.

  1. Make sure you have Administration rights
  2. Log into your account using your username and password
  3. Open the Applications drop-down from the top menu and choose “Manage applications“
  4. Locate the application you wish to enable
  5. Check the checkbox labeled “Enable application in Zenbase“

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Work on an existing application

  1. Log into the application using your username and password
  2. Select an application from “Applications” drop down from the top menu

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Add a table to an application

  1. Log into the application using your username and password
  2. Open the Application drop down from the top menu and choose the application you want to work on
  3. Look towards the bottom left corner and look for a blue button with a white + sign in it. Click this button
  4. Enter a name for the new table and create the desired columns
  5. When ready, click the button labeled “Add table” to create the new table
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Setup a foreign key on a column

  1. Log into the application using your username and password
  2. Open the Application drop down from the top menu and choose the application you want to work on
  3. Navigate to the table you want to work on using the tabs at the bottom of the page
  4. Click on the second tab (labeled “Table columns“)
  5. Find the column you want to create the foreign key for and click the “edit” button for this column
  6. In the popup, find the section labeled “Connect to” and choose the “table > column” you want this column to link to
  7. Click the button labeled “Update column“
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Hide/display columns

  1. Log into the application using your username and password
  2. Open the Application drop down from the top menu and choose the application you want to work on
  3. Navigate to the table you want to work on using the tabs at the bottom of the page
  4. Click on the second tab (labeled “Columns“)
  5. Use the checkboxes on the left of each column to control which columns appear in the data view and which don’t
  6. When you’re ready, click the grey button labeled “Reload data view“

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Rename or delete a table

  1. Log into the application using your username and password
  2. Open the Application drop down from the top menu and choose the application you want to work on
  3. Navigate to the table you want to work on using the tabs at the bottom of the page
  4. Click on the tab labeled “More“
  5. Type the new name into the name field
  6. To update a table, click the button labeled “Update table“
  7. To delete, click “Permanently delete table” (this cannot be undone!)

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Change a user’s details

  1. Log into the application using your username and password
  2. Click on “Users” in the top menu
  3. Select the user from the left menu
  4. Make the desired changes
  5. Click the update button
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How to export data

  1. Log into the application using your username and password
  2. Open the Application drop down from the top menu and choose the application you want to export data from
  3. Navigate to the table you want to export data from using the tabs at the bottom of the page
  4. Click on one of the export buttons