Opening the CDB BDE tool

This task explains how to open the CDB BDE tool.

To open the CDB BDE tool

  1. Click the CDB BDE icon on your desktop or select BMC CDB Business Data Extension from the BMC Performance Assurance – CDB menu.The CDB BDE Getting Started dialog box is displayed: 

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  2. Select a CDB profile to use for the connection to a CDB cluster.If you defined a CDB profile for this connection previously, select it from the list. Otherwise, you must create a profile, as described in Connecting-to-a-CDB-cluster.

  3. Select an operation to perform:

    • Create a new extension
    • Open an existing extension
    • Delete an extension

    Note

    Modifying or deleting an existing extension invalidates any data populated into any data source prior to the modification. Because CDB BDE does not verify the existence of populated extension data, only extensions that were never populated into a BMC CDB database can be modified or deleted. If you try to modify or delete an extension that was populated into a BMC CDB database, errors and invalid results can occur.

 

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