# Database View

**Database View** provides a complete view of your source database structure and configuration.

To display **Database View**, either:

* On the workspace management view, in the workspace navigation bar, click **Database View**.
* On **Workspaces** view, from the dropdown menu in the **Name** column, select **Database View**.

**Database View** consists of:

* On the left, the list of tables in the source database.
* On the right, the list of columns in those tables.

![Database View](https://3378426797-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-LSQCLFQ4bslJ-HYc8c3%2Fuploads%2FD35ybfPnPYEaWHMGOf3t%2FDatabaseViewFull.png?alt=media\&token=2bd1a6a3-ecfe-4785-a631-52de38220bda)

## View table and column information <a href="#database-view-table-column-info" id="database-view-table-column-info"></a>

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>View and configure tables</strong></td><td>Filter the table list, and assign table modes to tables.</td><td></td><td><a href="database-view/database-view-tables">database-view-tables</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>View the column list</strong></td><td>Apply filters to and sort the list of columns.</td><td></td><td><a href="database-view/database-view-column-list">database-view-column-list</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>View sample data</strong></td><td>View example source and destination data for a column.</td><td></td><td><a href="database-view/database-view-sample-data">database-view-sample-data</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

## Configure and comment on columns <a href="#database-view-column-config-comment" id="database-view-column-config-comment"></a>

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Configure an individual column</strong></td><td>Assign a generator and determine the column sensitivity.</td><td></td><td><a href="database-view/database-view-configure-column">database-view-configure-column</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Configure multiple columns</strong></td><td>Use the bulk edit option to configure multiple columns.</td><td></td><td><a href="database-view/database-view-configure-bulk">database-view-configure-bulk</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Identify similar columns</strong></td><td>Identify and filter to columns that are similar to a column, based on the column name.</td><td></td><td><a href="database-view/identifying-similar-columns">identifying-similar-columns</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Comment on columns</strong></td><td>Add and respond to column comments.</td><td></td><td><a href="database-view/database-view-column-comment">database-view-column-comment</a></td></tr></tbody></table>