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# Managing the workspace schema cache

You can configure a workspace to [cache the source database schema](/app/workspace/workspace-configuration-settings/schema-management-settings.md#schema-cache-config), to reduce the number of times that Tonic Structural needs to query the source database.

## Viewing the schema cache status <a href="#schema-cache-status" id="schema-cache-status"></a>

When schema caching is enabled for a workspace, then in the [expanded version of the workspace management view header](/app/workspace/managing-workspaces/selecting-a-workspace-to-manage.md#collapsing-and-expanding-the-workspace-heading), below the workspace name, Structural shows the current status of the schema cache.

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The status indicates when:

* Structural is retrieving the schema information.
* Structural is checking for schema updates.
* Structural is refreshing the schema cache.
* Structural fails to connect to the source database.
* The schema cache refresh fails.
* The schema cache is updated. The status includes the timestamp of the most recent refresh.

## Refreshing the schema cache <a href="#schema-cache-refresh" id="schema-cache-refresh"></a>

When the schema cache is updated, or when Structural has detected updates to the schema, then the schema cache status includes an option to refresh the schema cache.

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To refresh the schema:

1. Click the schema cache status.
2. On the panel, click **Refresh Schema**.

Structural starts a new schema retrieval job. To track the progress of the job, go to the [workspace **Jobs** view](/app/workspace/jobs.md).


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