Use‐cases grouped by role

Intro

YDB UI is created for different types or users (roles):

Application developer – uses YDB as database (or a dataplatform). Writes queries, creates tables, debugs query performance.
Cluster or database administrator – uses UI for diagnostics and cluster maintenance. Controls access rights for different operations with cluster or database.
YDB developer – contributes to the project, adds new features. Mainly uses Developer UI for testing and debugging.

This wiki enumerates use-cases for every role. Use-cases appear on the list in the order of the frequency of their usage.

Find cluster
- Find cluster by name
- Find cluster by nodename
Find database
- Find database by path
- View list of databases
- Go to database monitoring chart
- Choose database
Browse database scheme
- View schema as a tree ✅
- View schema object details in schema browser ✅
- Preview schema object data ✅
- View schema object ACL ✅
- Create schema object from three buttons menu ✅
- Copy path ✅
- Create directory ✅
- Refresh schema tree ✅
- Collapse/Expand panels ✅
Edit and Run Queries
- Type and Run a query ✅
- Autocomplete based on grammar
- Autocomplete based on schema
- Highlight syntax of a query
- Tune query execution preferences ✅
- Run selected part of the query ✅
- Run query from templates ✅
- Copy results to the clipboard ✅
- View query history ✅
- Run query from history ✅
- Search history query ✅
- Expand results tab ✅
- View Trace of a Query in External Tracing
View Query Execution Plan
- View Query Plan and statistics ✅
- View simplified query plan ✅
Run saved query
- View list of saved queries ✅
- Open saved query in the Editor ✅
- Save a query from the Editor ✅