The Deployment Basket
The basket is a scratch list of components staged for the next deployment. You add components to it from the component grid, reorder them, and then either save the list as a deployment file or create a deployment directly from it.
The basket itself is a special view of the component grid: the same tab kind, same columns, but showing only items you've added to the basket and with extra toolbar and context-menu options. DataStar calls this "basket mode."
You open the basket from Workspace → Basket, or from the basket icon in the status bar (Ctrl+B).
Adding to the basket
From any component tab, pick one or more rows and use either:
- Toolbar → Add to Basket (Ctrl+B).
- Right-click → Add to Basket.
The row's Basket column lights up to show it's staged.
To remove, use Remove from Basket (Ctrl+Shift+B) from the toolbar or right-click menu.
Basket-mode toolbar additions
When a component tab is showing the basket, extra toolbar buttons appear:
- Empty Basket. Clears everything.
- Go to Component (Ctrl+G). Jumps from the basket row to that component's own category tab.
- Open Basket File. Loads a saved basket XML file, replacing the current basket contents.
- Save Basket. Writes the current basket to a basket XML file.
- Create Deployment from Basket. Builds a full deployment (tab) from the basket.
From basket to deployment
The basket itself is not how you run SQL. To actually deploy:
- In the basket, click Create Deployment from Basket. A new Deployment tab opens, pre-populated with the basket's components.
- Review and reorder in the Deployment tab as needed; see ordering and filtering.
- Save the deployment file and / or run it; see deployment files.
Alternatively, Deployment → New from Basket on the main menu does the same thing.