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Enterprise Manager - Default View

jfowler

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December 16, 2003 at 9:43 am

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Does anyone know of a way to change the default view for servers and databases in Enterprise Manager to taskpad rather than Large Icons?

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Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736270 More actions · Answer 1

If you change each DB, it should get saved fo the next time.

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Frank Kalis SSC Guru Points: 111183 More actions · Answer 2

In most cases this is true, unless EM decides otherwise and resets itself.

However, I haven't found out yet where this information is stored.

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jfowler SSChasing Mays Points: 650 More actions · Answer 3

Frank, That's what I'm finding out as well. We have over 30 SQL2000 servers each with a number of databases. I am trying to change to taskpad view whenever I go into a server or database. After changing a number of servers and databases, Enterprise Manager seems to revert to the default view of large icons.

Frank Kalis SSC Guru Points: 111183 More actions · Answer 4

Yes, it's magic!

In the past there were some issues with taskpad view.

That was the time I decided to use EM only when necessary.

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keeganh SSC Enthusiast Points: 123 More actions · Answer 5

I think taskpad view is perfect - if only it worked properly all the time. Half the time when I click on the database name in the object browser I get an error dialog like this...

An error has occurred in the script on this page

Line: 307

Char: 2

Error: Unspecified error

Code: 0

URL: res://C:\Program%Files\Microsoft%20 etc.blah.blah.blah./tabs.html

If I then select large icons then taskpad, it works OK. This is really frustrating - is there anything I can do?

Frank Kalis SSC Guru Points: 111183 More actions · Answer 6

Sorry, I guess nothing you really want to hear, but I had the same problems.

I have a mixture of german and english SQL installation here, and I bet it must have something to do with the installation sequence, because the first time I had the same problem like you. But the second time (a totally new installation) I haven't encountered this problems yet.

Knock on wood.

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