The Physical Schemata panel of the MySQL Model page shows the active schemata and the objects that they contain.

Expand and contract the Physical Schemata section by double-clicking the arrow on the left of the Physical Schemata title bar. When the Physical Schemata section is expanded, it displays all currently loaded schemata.

Each schema shows as a tab. To select a specific schema, click its tab. When MySQL Workbench is first opened, a default schema, mydb, is selected. You can start working with this schema or you can load a new MySQL Workbench Model file (models use the .mwb extension.)

There are a variety of ways to add schema to the Physical Schemata panel. You can open an MWB file, reverse engineer a MySQL create script, or, if you are using a commercial version of MySQL Workbench, you can reverse engineer a database by connecting to a MySQL server.

You can also add a new schema by clicking the + button on the top right of the Physical Schemata panel. To remove a schema, click its tab and use the - button found to the immediate left of the + button. To the left of these buttons are three buttons that control how database object icons are displayed: