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The Diagram Editor

The Diagram Editor includes all the options that you set for a diagram. You must click the Members tab and indicate which of the available objects to include in the diagram. Other options have a default setting, which you can change if required.

The Diagram Editor has the following sections and tabs:

• Navigation Grid
  • Select the model or subject area for which you want to edit ER diagrams.
  • Move to the previous or the next diagram for the selected model or subject area.
  • Sort the diagrams in alphabetical or reverse alphabetical order.
  • Create a new diagram name.
  • Delete a diagram.
  • Harden, override, or restore inheritance for drawing styles of a diagram.
  • Filter through a list of diagrams to quickly select the one that you want to edit.
  • Set default display to Logical, Physical, or Dimensional (if you have selected Data Warehousing for Physical notation in the Model Editor).
  • Auto-populate a diagram.
• General tab
  • Create or edit an author name.
  • Select an optional Theme for the diagram.
  • Indicate an override to the Theme background fill.
• Members tab
  • Select the objects you want to include in the diagram.
  • Automatically populate the list of included objects from a subject area.
• Relationships tab
  • Select the relationships you want to include in the diagram.
• Layout tab
  • Set options for manual layout, grid alignment, and visual cues.
• Display tab
  • Set options for shadow, display length, and relationship display options.
• Entity
  • Set the logical display level and entity display options.
• Table
  • Set the physical display level and table display options.
• View
  • Set view display options.
• Relationship
  • Set logical and physical relationship display options.
• Page Setup tab
  • Specify page setup options for the selected diagram. These options are reflected on the General tab of the Page Setup Editor when you print the diagram.
• Page Setup Margins tab
  • Specify page margins for the selected diagram. These options are reflected on the Margins tab of the Page Setup Editor when you print the diagram.
• Comment
  • Add a comment for the diagram.
• UDP
  • Create a UDP for the diagram.