Use the Data Model Import wizard to import data models from another
tool to a project in the Data Project Explorer.
Select page
Use this page to specify the data model
to import and where you want the generated model to be saved in the Data Project
Explorer. The text box provides additional information about the model format
that you select.
- Model format
- Select the format of the model that you want to import.
- Model
- Specify the model to import. Click Browse to see the available
models for the model format that you specified.
- Target project
- Specify the project that you want to import the data model to. Click Browse to
see the available projects in the Data Project Explorer.
- Model type
- Specify whether you want to import the data model as a physical data model
or a logical data model. The Auto detect option identifies the model
type and generates the data model to import according to the model type set
in the source tool.
- File name
- Type a name for the model file that you want to import and save to the
target project.
Options page
Use this page to specify the options
for importing the data model. The text box provides additional information
about the options that you can set for the model format that you selected.
- Options and Values
- This table lists the options for the model in the first column. You can
set the values for these options in the second column. The values that are
displayed are the default values for each option.
- Validity check
- Select the type of validity check that you want run on the model file
that is generated during the import. The validity check verifies that the
data model follows the semantic rules for the model format. The default is Basic
validity check. The Detailed validity check option performs a more
thorough validity check than the basic check.
- Target database
- Select the database that you want to save the generated model to.
Verify the options that you specified, and click Finish to
import the data model.