User-defined Type wizards

Wizards for generating valid CQL statements that create, edit, or clone a new UDT in a cluster.

DataStax DevCenter is compatible with DataStax Enterprise (DSE) versions up to 5.0.

The New User-defined Type and the associated Edit User-defined Type and Clone User-defined Type wizards generate valid CQL statements that create, edit, or clone a new UDT in the specified cluster.

New User-defined Type wizard 

To display the New User-defined Type wizard:
  • select the File > New > User-defined Type menu item
  • right-click in the schema navigator and select New User-defined Type
  • press the key shortcut ⌥⇧+⌘+U(Mac OS X) or Ctrl+Alt+Shift+U (Linux / Windows)
Navigate between panels using the Previous and Next buttons. A Last button also skips from the current panel to the Summary panel, if you won't be editing any fields on those panels.

The first panel (Basic Settings) of the New User-defined Type wizard displays. There are two panes on this panel: one that displays UDT settings and allows editing of them, and a CQL Preview pane that displays the CQL statement for creating the UDT generated from the values in the first pane.

In the Summary panel you can review the final CQL that will be generated and choose between the following actions:
Connection
choose an existing connection or create a new one
Keyspace
choose an existing keyspace or create a new one
Type name
type a valid type name
Fields
add valid type names and types for the UDT's fields

After selecting Next, the second panel (Summary) of the User-defined Type wizard displays.

In the Summary panel you can review the final CQL that will be generated and choose between the following actions:
  • Whether to execute the generated statement(s) using the current connection or not
  • Whether to insert the generated statement(s) into
    • a new CQL editor pane
    • an existing CQL editor pane

Both panels have an uneditable CQL preview pane showing the CQL statement to be generated according to the current values of the wizard's editable fields.

Edit and Clone User Type wizards 

The Edit User Type and Clone User Type wizards have the same GUI panels as the New User Type wizard, but they load the constituent data in the fields so you can edit or clone a UDT.