You can create a diagram
of a physical data model to visualize
or edit the model.
Before you begin
You must create
or open a data design project and a physical data
model before you can create a physical data model diagram.
Physical
data model diagrams can use Information Engineering (IE) or Unified
Modeling
Language (UML) notation. You can change the default notation style
for physical
data model diagrams in the preferences. You cannot change the notation
style
after you have created the diagram.
About this task
To create
a physical data model diagram:
- Expand a
physical data model project in the Data Project Explorer.
- Right-click the Diagrams folder and choose one of the following
options:
- To create a diagram that automatically
includes some or all elements
of the physical data model, click New Overview Diagram.
Then select elements to be included and click OK.
- To create an empty diagram, click New Blank Diagram.
You can then use the palette to add elements or click and drag objects
from
the Data Project Explorer onto the diagram.
Results
The new diagram opens in the diagram editor. The diagram
is also displayed
in the
Diagrams folder under which you created
it,
and also in the
Data Diagrams folder for the
project.