Project Data Control Bar

To toggle the display of this control bar:

Home ribbon >> Show >> Project Data.

Combining the functions of legacy control bars such as the Project Files and Loaded Data control bars, the Project Data control bar manages the files and objects of your project using folders and dedicated context-sensitive menus, appropriate to the level of the control bar 'tree'.

Data within the connected database is displayed using a tree structure that mimics the organization of the folders on disk that exist within each project folder, although this excludes any data that is created or used by the planning workflow. Right-click menus for these folders are relevant to physical files (for example, loading a file to convert it to an object, viewing file properties, renaming files and so on).

Studio UG presents these files in the Project Files folder. See Project Data Bar - Project Files
Managed data is data that is referenced within Studio UG's planning workflow appears in categorized folders within the Managed Databases folder. See Project Data Bar - Managed Databases.

External Files

"External" files are files that sit outside your project folder (the folder that includes your project file). You can recognize an external file by a vertical line on the left of the file icon. For example, the image below (shown at 4x size) displays a "local" file on the left (inside the project folder) and an "external" file on the right:

You can see where an external file is located by selecting and displaying the Properties control bar.