Use the Impact Analysis window to specify direction and expansion
options for data object impact analysis.
You can use the Impact Analysis window to perform an impact analysis
and to find dependencies among data objects, so that you can understand how
changes you make to one data object impacts other related objects. You can
analyze the following types of data objects:
- Objects
that are contained in the Database Explorer
- Objects
that are contained in data projects in the Data Project Explorer
- Objects
that are displayed in data diagrams
To analyze impact and dependency for data objects:
- Right-click a supported data object, and click Analyze
Impact from the pop-up menu. The Analyze Impact
window opens.
- Specify options for the analysis.
The data object is analyzed, and the results are displayed in the
Model Report view. You can navigate from an entry in the Model Report view
to the object in an explorer by clicking Show in Explorer on
the Model Report toolbar. Also,
an impact analysis diagram is generated to show relationships.