Viewing and managing Ephemeral output

For workspaces that generate Ephemeral output, the Outputs view provides access to the generated Ephemeral snapshots, and the databases that were created from those snapshots.

Note that you do not need to have an Ephemeral account to view and manage the Ephemeral output in Structural.

Structural retrieves the snapshot and database information from Ephemeral. Any changes are saved to Ephemeral.

Viewing the list of Ephemeral snapshots

For snapshot and database actions, point to the corresponding information in the Ephemeral documentation.

On Outputs view, the Snapshots tab contains the list of Ephemeral user snapshots that Structural generated from the workspace source data.

For each user snapshot, the list includes:

• The name of the snapshot

• The size of the snapshot

• The number of days until the snapshot is deleted automatically

• When the snapshot was most recently used

• When the snapshot was created

Filtering and sorting the snapshots list

When you click View Job Outputs for a data generation job, the snapshot list is automatically filtered to display the snapshot from that job.

To remove the job filter, click the delete icon for the job ID filter.

To filter the snapshots list by snapshot name, in the search field, type text in the snapshot name. As you type, Structural filters the list to only include snapshots that contain the text.

You can sort the list by name, time remaining, and the creation date. To sort the list by a column, click the column heading. To reverse the sort order, click the column heading again.

Options for managing an Ephemeral snapshot

From the Snapshots list, you can:

• Create a database from the snapshot. To create a database, click the database icon. For more information, go to Creating a database from a user snapshot in the Ephemeral documentation.

• Delete the snapshot. To delete the snapshot, click the delete icon. For more information, go to Deleting a user snapshot in the Ephemeral documentation.

Viewing the list of Ephemeral databases

The Databases tab contains the list of Ephemeral databases that were created from the snapshots.

For each database, the list includes:

• The name of the database

• The allocated size and compute resources for the database

• The volume or image used to create the database

• The database status, which includes:

  • Whether the database is currently active

  • The configured life span for the database

  • The amount of time remaining before the database expires

• When the database was created

• The user who created the database

Filtering and sorting the databases list

When you click View Job Outputs for a data generation job, the database list is automatically filtered to display the databases that came from that job. That includes databases that were created from the snapshot after the data generation.

To remove the job filter, click the delete icon for the job ID.

To filter the database list by name, in the search field, begin to type text in the database name. As you type, Structural filters the list to only include databases whose names contain the filter text.

To filter the database list by status, click the filter icon in the Status column. Check the checkbox for each status to include.

Options for managing an Ephemeral database

From the Databases list, for each database, you can:

• Display the connection details. For more information, go to Connecting to a database in the Ephemeral documentation.

• Copy the database to a new database. For more information, go to Starting a database in the Ephemeral documentation.

• Create a snapshot from the database. For more information, go to Creating a user snapshot from an Ephemeral database in the Ephemeral documentation.

• Configure database settings. For more information, go to Changing the database configuration in the Ephemeral documentation.

• View the activity log for the database. For more information, go to Tracking database activity in the Ephemeral documentation.

• Deactivate an active database. For more information, go to Deactivating and reactivating databases in the Ephemeral documentation.

• Reactivate an inactive database. For more information, go to Deactivating and reactivating databases in the Ephemeral documentation.

• Reset the database. For more information, go to Resetting a database in the Ephemeral documentation.

• Delete the database. For more information, go to Deleting a database in the Ephemeral documentation.