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Set Display Preferences for Views and Materialized Views

Use the View or the Materialized View tab in the Theme Editor to set the preferences for displaying the views and materialized views. The Materialized View tab is displayed only for the databases that support materialized views.

Follow these steps:

  1. Click View, Themes.

    The Theme Editor opens.

  2. Select the theme for which you want to set the display preferences, and click the View tab.
  3. Work with the following options:
    Name Display

    Font Options

    Specifies the default font styles to display the name of a view. Click Theme Editor Default Font Tool to change the font style details. You can also choose to inherit, override, or harden this setting.

    Fill Options

    Specifies the default fill option for a view. Click Theme Editor Default Fill Tool to change the fill style details. You can also choose to inherit, override, or harden this setting.

    Outline Options

    Specifies the default outline styles for a view name. Click Theme Editor Default Outline Tool to change the outline style details. You can also choose to inherit, override, or harden this setting.

    Definition Display

    Font Options

    Specifies the default font styles to display the view definition. Click Theme Editor Default Font Tool to change the font style details. You can also choose to inherit, override, or harden this setting.

    Fill Options

    Specifies the default fill color for the view definition. Click Theme Editor Default Fill Tool to change the fill style details. You can also choose to inherit, override, or harden this setting.

    Outline Options

    Specifies the default outline styles for the view definition. Click Theme Editor Default Outline Tool to change the outline style details. You can also choose to inherit, override, or harden this setting.

    Your selections are displayed in the Sample section.

    Column/Attribute Display Font

    Owned Column/Attribute

    Specifies the default font style in an owned column or attribute. Click Theme Editor Default Font Tool to change the font style details. You can also choose to inherit, override, or harden this setting.

    Expression

    Specifies the default font style in an expression. Click Theme Editor Default Font Tool to change the font style details. You can also choose to inherit, override, or harden this setting.

    The following fields are displayed only in the Materialized View tab:

    Alternate Key (AK) Column/Attribute (for MV only)

    Specifies the default font style in an alternate key column or attribute. Click to change the font style details. You can choose to make the font inherit, override, or harden.

    Inversion Entity (IE) (for MV only)

    Specifies the default font style in an inversion entry column or attribute. Click to change the font style details. You can choose to make the font inherit, override, or harden.

  4. Click Close.

    Your changes are saved and the Theme Editor closes.

Note: You cannot select to inherit, override, or harden any display setting for the Default theme.