How to Use the Nexus Cache Tree (and Why Search Capabilities Are Priceless)

Companies pay their best people well because they truly are the company’s greatest asset. At any organization, big or small, it takes years to understand the data behind daily operations, processes, applications and tools, and the business itself.

When it comes to managing data, merely understanding the different databases, tables, and columns can be like looking for a needle in a haystack.

We think we have developed one of the best solutions to this problem for our Nexus Query Chameleon users.  We have proxy repositories which is defined as a repository that is linked to a remote repository. Each database has metadata, and this can take time for desktop applications to process, which really means that timing is at the mercy of the database and local network.  Some of our customers have 5,000 tables in a database and hundreds of databases and tens of thousands of users. We allow users to capture metadata and store it in a memory repository on their PC, so users now have incredible search capabilities as well as instantaneous metadata access for their Nexus client.

As a matter of fact, users can actually instantaneously search across all systems in their universe. All they must do is right-click on any system and select, “Collect Cache Tree Hierarchy”.

The Nexus will scan all objects in the system and store the results encrypted inside the PC’s memory. Once the user goes through this process once for each system, they are ready to search.

This is where the fun begins, and where the Nexus shows off its value... [Read More]