You can change data diagram properties in the Properties
view for Information Engineering (IE) notation, Unified Modeling Language
(UML), or storage diagrams.
About this task
To change data diagram properties:
Click an empty space on the diagram to access the Properties
view for the diagram. In the Properties view for the diagram, you
can change the following properties:
Option |
Description |
General tab for IE, UML, or storage diagrams |
You can edit the name. |
General tab for IE diagrams |
You can view the notation style. |
Filters tab for IE diagrams |
You can filter elements, including compartment display options,
foreign key relationship display options, table display options, and
column display options. You can also filter these elements for a specific
data object by right-clicking a data object on the diagram surface,
selecting Filter, and selecting one of the
filter options from the submenu. |
Layout tab for IE diagrams |
You can change options for the arranging functions for diagrams;
for example, or Arrange All. Select Arrange
all diagram objects on layout selection to apply your
changes to the diagram layout as soon as you make them. |
Format tab for IE diagrams |
You can change formatting options, including table and view
background colors, foreign key column foreground color, and implicit
foreign key relationship line color. |
Printing tab for all diagrams |
You can change print options, including displaying virtual
page breaks and selecting their color, setting a print scaling factor,
and displaying warnings when page breaks split diagram objects. |