diff --git a/basic/componentHandling.py b/basic/componentHandling.py
index 135fd0b..4a349cb 100644
--- a/basic/componentHandling.py
+++ b/basic/componentHandling.py
@@ -212,3 +212,8 @@ def isParameterSubnode(key):
         if key in k:
             return False
     return True
+
+def getPlainCompname(name):
+    if "_0" in name:
+        return name[0:-3]
+    return name
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/basic/constants.py b/basic/constants.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8aa5683
--- /dev/null
+++ b/basic/constants.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#
+# the internal datastructure is a tree with this design:
+# root {                  : constant
+# + option {              : constant
+#   +
+# + steps
+# + comp {                : variable component-name
+#   + substructure {      : variable maybe scheme, table of a database-component
+#   + + _header    [      : constant
+#       - fields          : variable field-name
+DATA_NODE_DATA = "_data"
+
+# the configuration of a component or tool
+# entity {              : variable name of the group, basic, component-name or tool-name
+# + subject       {     : variable subject-name - it correspondends to a tool
+# + + sub-subject {     : variable subject-name - it correspondends to a tool
+#     + attributes      : constant of the tool in which the attribute ist implemented
diff --git a/basic/program.py b/basic/program.py
index 5bd7609..2529519 100644
--- a/basic/program.py
+++ b/basic/program.py
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ class Job:
 		output = {}
 		output["comps"] = basic.componentHandling.getComponentDict()
 		output["par"] = self.par.__dict__
-		print(str(output))
+		# print(str(output))
 		with open(parpath, "w") as file:
 			doc = yaml.dump(output, file)
 		file.close()
@@ -304,6 +304,15 @@ class Parameter:
 		setattr(self, key, val)
 		self.parstring = self.parstring + " --" + key + " " + val
 
+	def getJobPar(self, key):
+		a = key.split(":")
+		if len(a) == 1:
+			return self[a[0]]
+		if len(a) == 2:
+			return self[a[0]][a[1]]
+
+		return
+
 class Configuration:
 	def __init__ (self, program):
 		self.program = program
@@ -327,3 +336,10 @@ class Configuration:
 			self.confs[a[0]][a[1]] = val
 		elif len(a) == 3:
 			self.confs[a[0]][a[1]][a[2]] = val
+
+	def getJobConf(self, key):
+		a = key.split(":")
+		if len(a) == 1:
+			return self.confs[a[0]]
+		if len(a) == 2:
+			return self.confs[a[0]][a[1]]
diff --git a/basic/toolHandling.py b/basic/toolHandling.py
index 31000d3..05c7d97 100644
--- a/basic/toolHandling.py
+++ b/basic/toolHandling.py
@@ -1,9 +1,61 @@
-#
+import importlib, os
+
+import basic.program
 # -------------------------------------------------
+
+def hasAttr(o, name):
+    print("hasAttr " + str(type(o))+" "+name)
+    if (isinstance(o, dict)):
+        if (name in o.keys()):
+            print("hasAttr dict ok " + str(type(o)))
+            return True
+        print("hasAttr dict "+str(type(o)))
+    elif (isinstance(o, list)):
+        print("hasAttr list "+str(type(o)))
+    elif hasattr(o, name):
+        print("hasAttr class ok "+str(type(o)))
+        return True
+    return False
+
 """
 Toolmanager
 """
-class ToolManager:
-    # for c job.conf.toolscls
-    #   c = importlib. [c].capital(c())
-    pass
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+# class ToolManager:
+def getDbTool(comp):
+    job = basic.program.Job.getInstance()
+    verify = int(job.getDebugLevel("db_tool"))
+    if not hasAttr(comp.conf["conn"], "dbtype"):
+        if hasAttr(comp.conf["conn"], "types") and hasAttr(comp.conf["conn"]["types"], "dbtype"):
+            dbtype = comp.conf["conn"]["types"]["dbtype"]
+        else:
+            raise LookupError("dbtype is not set in comp " + comp.name)
+    else:
+        dbtype = comp.conf["conn"]["dbtype"]
+    toolname = "db"+dbtype+"_tool"
+    print("toolname "+toolname)
+    filepath = os.path.join(job.conf.confs["paths"]["program"], "utils", toolname+".py")
+    print("toolname "+filepath)
+    if not os.path.exists(filepath):
+        raise FileNotFoundError("file for tool "+toolname+" does not exist "+filepath)
+    cmodul = importlib.import_module("utils."+toolname)
+    class_ = getattr(cmodul, "DbFcts")
+    c = class_()
+    c.setComp(comp)
+    return c
+
+def getCliTool(comp):
+    job = basic.program.Job.getInstance()
+    verify = int(job.getDebugLevel("db_tool"))
+    if not hasAttr(comp.conf["conn"], "clitype"):
+        raise LookupError("dbtype is not set in comp " + comp.name)
+    toolname = "cli"+comp.conf["conn"]["clitype"]+"_tool"
+    print("toolname "+toolname)
+    filepath = os.path.join(job.conf.confs["paths"]["program"], "utils", toolname+".py")
+    print("toolname "+filepath)
+    if not os.path.exists(filepath):
+        raise FileNotFoundError("file for tool "+toolname+" does not exist "+filepath)
+    cmodul = importlib.import_module("utils."+toolname)
+    class_ = getattr(cmodul, "CliFcts")
+    c = class_()
+    c.setComp(comp)
+    return c
diff --git a/utils/config_tool.py b/utils/config_tool.py
index 0c27e25..a968333 100644
--- a/utils/config_tool.py
+++ b/utils/config_tool.py
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ import basic.componentHandling
 import utils.path_tool
 import os.path
 
+COMP_FILES = ["DATASTRUCTURE"]
+CONFIG_FORMAT = ["yml", "json", "csv"]
+
 def getConfigPath(modul, name):
     """
     gets the most specified configuration of different sources
@@ -52,6 +55,11 @@ def getConfigPath(modul, name):
         if os.path.exists(pathname):
             return pathname
         job.debug(verify, "6 " + pathname)
+    elif modul in COMP_FILES:
+        for format in CONFIG_FORMAT:
+            pathname = os.path.join(job.conf.confs.get("paths").get("program"), "components", basic.componentHandling.getComponentFolder(name), modul+"."+format)
+            if os.path.exists(pathname):
+                return pathname
     else:
         pathname = utils.path_tool.composePath("tcparfile")
         job.debug(verify, "7 " + pathname)
diff --git a/utils/conn_tool.py b/utils/conn_tool.py
index 52eb04c..b039084 100644
--- a/utils/conn_tool.py
+++ b/utils/conn_tool.py
@@ -11,8 +11,13 @@ def getConnection(comp, nr):
     conn = {}
     if job.conf.confs.get("tools").get("connsrc") == "yml":
         conn = utils.config_tool.getConfig("tool", "conn")
+        xtypes = None
+        if ("types" in conn["env"][comp]):
+            xtypes = conn["env"][comp]["types"]
         instnr = "inst" + str(nr)
         if conn["env"][comp][instnr]:
+            if (xtypes is not None):
+                conn["env"][comp][instnr]["types"] = xtypes
             return conn["env"][comp][instnr]
         else:
             job.m.setFatal("Conn-Tool: Comp not configured " + comp + " " + str(nr))
@@ -39,8 +44,13 @@ def getConnections(comp):
     print(comp)
     print(conn["env"].keys())
     print(conn["env"][comp]["instance"])
+    xtypes = None
+    if ("types" in conn["env"][comp]):
+        xtypes = conn["env"][comp]["types"]
     for i in range(conn["env"][comp]["instance"]):
         print("range " + str(i+1))
         instnr = "inst" + str(i+1)
+        if (xtypes is not None):
+            conn["env"][comp][instnr]["types"] = xtypes
         conns.append(conn["env"][comp][instnr])
     return conns