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Define SQL Server Table Properties

Use the SQL Server Table Editor to define table properties. This procedure assumes you are working in a physical model, with SQL Server defined as the target server.

To define properties for an SQL Server table:

1. Click Tables on the Model menu.

   The SQL Server Table Editor opens.

2. Select the table in the Navigation Grid that you want to define and work with the following options:

   Note: Click New on the toolbar to create a new table. Use the Enter filter text box to filter a very large list of tables to quickly locate the one that you want to define.

   Physical Name

   Specifies the physical name of the table. Change the physical name of the table in this field.

   Schema

   Specifies the schema that owns the table.

   SQL Server Table Type

   Specifies the type of SQL Server table. For more information on table properties of each type of table, refer to Microsoft SQL Server documentation.

   • Disk Based
   • Memory Optimized (Available in SQL Server 2014 onward)
     Note: Under the SQL Server Database FileGroup Editor, ensure that the Contains Memory Optimized Data check box is selected for the associated file group.
   • File (Available in SQL Server 2012 onward)
     Note: Under the SQL Server Database FileGroup Editor, ensure that the Contains Filestream check box is selected for the associated file group.

   Durability

   Specifies the type of durability of a table.

   Physical Only

   Specifies whether the table is suppressed from a logical model and appears in a physical model only.

   Generate As Type

   Specifies that the table is of the user-defined type. You can use a user-defined table type to declare table-valued parameters for stored procedures or functions, or to declare table variables that you want to use in a batch or in the body of a stored procedure or function.

   Generate

   Generates SQL during forward engineering. Clear the check box if you do not want to generate SQL.

3. Click the General tab and set the required properties depending upon the SQL Server Table Type that you select.

   Physical Name

   Detects the Physical Name of the table. Set the inheritance and override options here.

   Storage Locations

   Set the storage settings for the selected table's Filegroup, Text Image, Filestream Filegroup, and Filestream partition Scheme.

   Change Tracking Options

   Set change tracking options for a table and it's columns.

   Table Options

   Set the Lock Escalation Type and select whether you want to use the Vardecimal storage format.

   File Table Options

   In case of a File table, set the Filetable Directory, Filetable Collate Filename, Filetable Primary Key Constraint Name, Filetable Streamid Unique Constraint Name, and Filetable Fullpath Unique Constraint Name.

   Temporal Options

   Select whether you want to define a table as a Temporal table. Set the Period Start Column, Period End Column, History Table Name, and whether you want to use Data Consistency Check. Available SQL Server 2016 onward.

4. Click the Volumetrics tab and work with the following options:

   Initial Row Count

   Defines row count for the table. Enter a value in the field.

   Max Rows

   Defines row sizing for the table. Enter a value in the field.

   Growth By Month

   Defines growth increments for the table. Enter a value in the field.

5. Work with the other tabs in the editor to access additional design features, for example:
   • Click the DataCompression tab to define table data compression.
   • Specify validation rules in the Validation tab.
   • Preview the forward engineering script for a table in the SQL tab.
   • Work with style sheets to format the font used in the display of the table in the Style tab.
   • Specify the icon style to use for the table in the Icon tab.
   • Specify the order of DDL generation in the Object Creation Order tab.
6. (Optional) Click the Comment tab and enter any comments that you want to associate with the object.
7. (Optional) Click the Where Used tab to view where the object is used within the model.
8. (Optional) Click the UDP tab to work with user-defined properties for the object.
9. (Optional) Click the Notes tab to view and edit user notes.
10. (Optional) Click the Extended Notes tab to view or edit user notes.
11. Click Close.

    The table is defined and the SQL Server Table Editor closes.

For more information on table properties, refer to Microsoft SQL Server documentation.