Once you have created and linked an external (shared) connection, if you want to put it into the graph, you need to convert it to an internal connection. In such a case you would see the connection structure in the graph itself.

You can convert any external (shared) connection configuration file into internal connection by right-clicking the linked external (shared) connection item in the Outline pane and clicking Internalize connection from the context menu.

You can even internalize multiple linked external (shared) connection configuration files at once. To do this, select the desired linked external (shared) connection items in the Outline pane. You can select adjacent items when you press Shift and move the Down Cursor or the Up Cursor key. If you want to select non-adjacent items, use Ctrl+Click at each of the desired items instead.

After that, the selected linked external (shared) connection items disappear from the Outline pane Connections group, but, at the same location, newly created internal connection items appear.

However, the original external (shared) connection configuration files still remain in the conn subfolder what can be seen in the Navigator pane.

The same is valid for both database and JMS connections.

Figure 33.3. Internalizing External (Shared) Database Connection