You can create
a shortcut to another diagram into a data diagram
to allow navigation between related data diagrams. You can use diagram
shortcuts
to group diagrams together by subject area.
About this task
Follow these
steps to add a diagram shortcut to a data diagram.
You can also add a diagram shortcut to a data diagram by clicking
and dragging
an existing diagram from the Data Project Explorer onto an open diagram
surface.
To
add a diagram shortcut to a data diagram:
- Click Diagram in the palette.
- Click the location in the diagram where you want to add
the diagram
shortcut. A new blank diagram shortcut is added to
the data
diagram, opens in a new diagram editor, and is displayed in the Data
Project
Explorer in the same Diagrams folder as the
original
diagram.
- Type a name for the new diagram
and modify other properties as
needed in the Properties view.
What to do next
After
you create the diagram shortcut, you can double-click it to
open the diagram that the shortcut references in the diagram editor.
You can
also open it from the Data Project Explorer.