Oracle Tablespace Editor

Use the Oracle Tablespace Editor to add or modify tablespace properties.

You can open the Oracle Tablespace Editor in one of the following ways:

• Select Tablespaces from the Database menu
• Right-click a tablespace in the Model Explorer and select Properties
• Click a tablespace in the Model Explorer and click the Property Editor icon

Tablespaces are supported in the following features:

• Forward Engineering
• Reverse Engineering

The following properties are applicable to an Oracle Tablespace object.

Tab	Property	Description	Additional Information
	Tablespace Set	Specifies whether the tablespace is a part of a tablespace set
	Type	Specifies the tablespace type	Undo: Indicates that the tablespace manages undo data in case your database runs in automatic undo management mode Temporary: Indicates that the tablespace holds schema objects only for the duration of the session Permanent: Indicates that the tablespace holds persistent schema objects
	System Type	Specifies whether the tablespace is a locally managed system or an auxiliary system tablespace
	Generate	Specifies whether a SQL statement for the tablespace is generated during forward engineering
General	Storage File Type	Specifies whether the tablespace is a bigfile or smallfile tablespace	Big: Indicates that the tablespace contains only one data file or temp file Small: Indicates that the tablespace can contain 1022 data files or temp files
	Tablespace Group	Specifies the tablespace group of which the tablespace is a member	Available only when Type is set to Temporary
	Local Temporaray Tablespace Node	Specifies whether separate, nonshared temp files are created for all or only leaf nodes of a cluster environment	Available only when Type is set to Temporary
	Min Extents	Specifies the minimum size of an extent in the tablespace	Available only when Type is set to Permanent
	Min Extent Data Unit	Specifies the data unit of the Min Extents value	Available only when Type is set to Permanent Indicates whether the data unit is kilobytes (K), megabytes (M), gigabytes (G), terabytes (T), petabytes (P), or exabytes (E)
	Read Only	Specifies whether the tablespace is read-only	Available only when Type is set to Permanent
	Block Size	Specifies a nonstandard block size	Available only when Type is set to Permanent
	Data Unit	Specifies the data unit of the Block Size value	Available only when Type is set to Permanent
	Logging	Specifies the logging setting for tables, indexes, materialized views, materialized view logs, and partitions within the tablespace	Available only when Type is set to Permanent Logging: Indicates whether the creation of a database object and the subsequent inserts into the object are logged in the redo log file No Logging: Indicates whether the creation of a database object and the subsequent conventional inserts into the object are logged in the redo log file File System Like Logging: Indicates whether only metadata changes are logged
	Force Logging	Specifies whether force logging is enabled for the tablespace and all changes to all objects are logged except temporary segments	Available only when Type is set to Permanent This setting overrides the No Logging setting of individual objects
	Table Compression	Specifies the default compression for tables within the tablespace	Available only when Type is set to Permanent
	Index Compression	Specifies the default compression for indexes within the tablespace	Available only when Type is set to Permanent
	Offline	Specifies whether the tablespace is available for use immediately after its creation	Available only when Type is set to Permanent or Undo
	Extent Management Type	Specifies the mechanism for managing extents of the tablespace
	Segment Management Type	Specifies whether the used and free space in the segments in the tablespace is tracked using free lists or bitmaps	Available only when Type is set to Permanent Auto: Indicates that bitmaps are used for tracking Manual: Indicates that free lists are used for tracking
	Flashback Mode	Specifies whether the tablespace can participate in FLASHBACK DATABASE operations	Available only when Type is set to Permanent
	Retention	Specifies whether unexpired undo data in all undo segments of tablespace is preserved	Available only when Type is set to Undo Guarantee: Indicates that unexpired undo data is preserved even if ongoing operations that need undo space fail No Guarantee: Indicates that the undo space occupied by unexpired undo data is used by ongoing operations if necessary
	Encryption Algorithm	Specifies the encryption algorithm to be used in case the tablespace is encrypted
	Is Encrypted	Specifies whether the tablespace is encrypted

The Oracle Tablespace Editor also includes the following tabs:

• Storage Enter the storage properties for the tablespace.

• File Enter tablespace files and modify tablespace file properties.

• Dependencies Displays the dependencies of the tablespace.

• Comment Lets you enter any comments that you want to associate with the object.

• UDP Lets you enter user-defined property values for the object.

• Notes Lets you view or edit user notes.