Friday, December 22, 2006

Toad's Project Manager Tool

Sometime working with large database team on single project is challenging. I found that everyone is creating their own application schemas, database objects inter linked with common objects, creating dependency on each other. Soon it becomes complex environment to manage and work on.

As result of this; while working on particular module you get distracted by all these unrelated objects. A simple task of finding a table or Package which needs modification takes a while; it takes too much of clicking and scrolling.

So yesterday while going thru Toad Menu I found this very useful tool called "Project Manager". At the beginning, I was skeptical thinking that it’s just another not-so useful fancy tool, but it turns out to be very handy.



Basically, Project Manager allows you to easily organize your work area. It provides a centralized screen to manage our most frequently related objects.

All you need to do is find out all the objects you need to work on and then just drag-and-drop in Project Manager Panel, you are all set to work on your module.

The beauty of this is you can even add your ad-hoc Sql files, OS Folders, URL, Unix FTP Server and even make "To-do" list related your project.