== The Domain Designer ==__NOEDITSECTION__
The '''Domain Designer''' is a graphical tool available within MINT that allows designing a domain. When opening the Domain Designer, MINT connects to the data source that has been specified in the previous step (when specifying the metadata of the new domain). A relational database is usually organised in so called '''database schemas''' which represent logical grouping of data on the database. When designing a domain, MINT first needs to know to which schema on the specified database it should connect.
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On a PostgreSQL database (such as an [[IMSMA Staging Area]]), the actual data always resides in the schema called '''public'''. Therefore, the '''public''' schema always has to be selected in this step, no other one. For other database systems, this might be different though. Please get in touch with your [[Management Consulting Team|GICHD IM focal point]] in case of doubt.
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