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# Request Providers main window

This topic describes the areas and options of the Request Providers section in the Administration Console.

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## About the Request Providers main window

The Request Providers main window contains the following areas:

Menu area | Contains the toolbar for adding and editing instances of request providers.
Navigation area | Enables you to view and select from a list of available instances.
Content area | Displays a summary of all request providers, or the details of a selected provider.

For a description of the Administration Console main window, see Administration Console user interface.

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## Request Providers menu area toolbar

In the Request Providers menu area, use the toolbar buttons to work with request providers:

- Add a new request provider instance.

- Edit an existing request provider instance.

- Switch between the views. To view a list of request provider instances, use the Providers view (default). To view mapped providers for a project or stream, use the Project/Stream Mapping view.

- Change mapped request providers for the database, a product, or a project/stream.

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## Request Providers navigation area

In the Request Providers navigation pane, with the Providers view open, select the nodes to view the following information:

- To view a list of all request providers in the base database, select the top-level Request Providers node.

- To view a list of all instances for a specific provider, expand the request provider node.

- To view and edit the details of a specific instance, expand the request provider node and select the instance.

If you switch to the Project/Stream Mapping view, you can view mapped provider instances for the database, a product, or a project/stream. Select the relevant node in the navigation pane to display the details of a selected object in the content pane.

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## Database Options content area

Select a request provider node in the navigation pane to perform the following operations in the content pane:

- View a list of instances added for the provider.

- Create a new provider instance.

- Edit an existing instance.

- Delete instances.

Expand a request provider node and select a provider instance in the navigation pane to view the following information in the content pane:

- General. Basic details about the provider instance.

- Mapping. The projects/streams mapped to the provider instance. You can change the mapping to add or remove projects/streams.

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See also:

- Configure request providers
- Use external requests

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