Azure Mobile Services: no data tab

Question

I am trying to create a simple table in Azure Mobile Services so that my c# Windows Phone App can utilize a high score table. However, though it appears in every example I find online, there is no "Data" tab inside my mobile service I created on Azure where I can create that table. They removed it or something, but there is no documentation whatsoever. Anyone know what's going on?

Thanks.

Answer 1

You probably chose to use a .NET backend (as opposed to JavaScript). When you do so, the DATA and API tabs are not visible in the portal. This is because both your data access and custom API's are part of your Visual Studio solution and have to be deployed from there. If you want to use the Javascript backend where you create your tables, APIs, and edit their scripts in the portal, you'll need to create a new Mobile Service and choose Javascript as the backend.

Answer 2

When you first create a mobile service, you won't have [any data in the] data tab. The easiest way to get started is to choose one of the sample app templates (iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Windows 8, HTML, Xamarin, PhoneGap). You should see an option then, to download the client app. There should also be an option to set up a default bit of data (the todoitem table). Once this is done, you should see the Data tab.

This isn't the only way to create data, but it's the simplest, especially when first starting out.