Defining Oracle Tables

The following properties are applicable to an Oracle Table object.

Tab	Section	Property	Description	Additional Information
		Physical Name	Specifies the physical name of the table
		Owner	Specifies the database owner
		Table Type	Specifies the table type	Object Table: Indicates that the table stores object instances of a particular type XML Table: Indicates that the table maps the result of an XQuery evaluation into relational rows and columns
		Physical Only	Specifies whether the table should only appear in the physical model
		Data Vault 2.0 Component Type	Specifies the Data Vault component type to represent the table in the Data Vault modeling notation
		Generate	Specifies whether a SQL statement for the table is generated during forward engineering
General	Table Options	Table Options	Specifies whether the table is duplicated, global temporary, or sharded	Duplicated: Indicates that the table is duplicated on all shards Global Temporary: Indicates that the table is temporary and its definition is visible to all authorized sessions Sharded: Indicates that the table is part of a sharded database
		Commit Type	Specifies whether the table is truncated after each commit or when the session ends	Available only when Table Options is set to Global Temporary Delete: Indicates that the table is truncated when every time a transaction is committed Preserve: Indicates that the table is truncated only when the session ends
		Sharing Type	Specifies how table data is shared	Data: Indicates that a data link shares the table and the data stays same for all the containers in the application container Extended Data: Indicates that an extended data link shares the table and the data in the application root is the same for all containers in the application container Metadata: Indicates that a metadata link shares the table’s metadata and the data is unique to each container None: Indicates that the table is not shared If the Table Type is set to Object Table or XML Table, you can set the Sharing Type only to Metadata or None.
		Collation	Specifies the default collation of the table
		For Exchange With Table	Specifies an existing partitioned table to which the current table's structure should match
		Parent Table	Specifies the parent table
	Storage Type	Data Storage Type	Specifies the storage characteristics of the table	Regular: Indicates that the table is a regular table Organized: Indicates that the table rows use an organization type to store rows Cluster: Indicates that the table is a part of the specified cluster
		Data Organization Type	Specifies the organization type for Organized data storage and the order in which the data rows of the table are stored	Available only when Data Storage Type is set to Organized Heap: Indicates that the table is heap-organized and rows do not follow any specific order Index: Indicates that the table is index-organized and rows are held in an index defined on the primary key External: Indicates that the table is read-only and outside the database
		Deferred Segment	Specifies the point at which the database creates table segments	Immediate: Indicates that a segment is created along with the table Deferred: Indicates that a segment is created only when the first row of data is inserted into the table
	Cluster	Oracle Cluster	Specifies the cluster to be used	Available only when Data Storage Type is set to Cluster
	Clustering Columns	Column	Specifies the table columns that correspond to the specified cluster's columns	Available only when Data Storage Type is set to Cluster
	Compression	Compression	Specifies the compression technique to be used to compress data segments	Available only when Data Storage Type is set to Regular or Organized (and Data Organization Type is set to Heap or left blank)
	Index Organization	Table Mapping	Specifies whether mapping is required to create a bitmap index	Available only when the Data Storage Type is set to Organized and Data Organization Type is set to Index
		Percent Threshold	Specifies the space blocked in the index block
		Prefix Compression	Specifies whether prefix compression is enabled
		Prefix Compression Value	Specifies the number of prefix columns to compress
		Index Overflow	Specifies whether the row exceeding the Percent Threshold are placed in a data segment
		Including Column	Specifies the column at which a row is divided into index and overflow parts
	External Organization	Access Driver Type	Specifies the access driver (API) that is used to read an external table	Available only when the Data Storage Type is set to Organized and Data Organization Type is set to External
		Reject Limit Type	Specifies the whether unlimited or specific number of conversion errors are allowed while querying external data before an Oracle Database error is returned and the query is aborted	Available only when the Data Storage Type is set to Organized and Data Organization Type is set to External Unlimited: Indicates that unlimited conversion errors are allowed Value: Indicates that only a certain number of conversion errors are allowed. The default value is 0.
		Reject Limit	Specifies the number of conversion errors allowed	Available only when the Data Storage Type is set to Organized and Data Organization Type is set to External
		Oracle Directory	Specifies the default directory where an external data sources are stored	Available only when the Data Storage Type is set to Organized and Data Organization Type is set to External
		Access Parameter Type	Specifies the access parameter type for the access driver	Available only when the Data Storage Type is set to Organized and Data Organization Type is set to External Opaque: Indicates all access parameters for the selected access driver Clob: Indicates that access driver parameters and their values are derived using a subquery
		Access Parameters	Specifies the access driver parameters based on the selected Access Parameter Type	Available only when the Data Storage Type is set to Organized and Data Organization Type is set to External. For Opaque type, it specifies field names corresponding to columns in the table definition. For Clob, it specifies the subquery for parameter and value derivation
		Location	Specifies the external data source	Available only when the Data Storage Type is set to Organized and Data Organization Type is set to External
Options	Sizing Information	Initial Rows	Specifies the initial number of rows in the table
		Maximum Rows	Specifies the maximum number of rows that the table can contain
		Growth By Month	Specifies the estimated number of rows that will be added to the table per month
	Row Dependencies	Enable Row Movement	Specifies whether the database can move a row
		Use Parallel	Specifies whether parallel operations are supported for the table
		Parallel	Specifies the degree of parallelism (the number of parallel threads)
		Row Dependencies	Specifies whether the table uses row-level dependency tracking
	Cache	Cache	Specifies how data blocks are stored in the buffer cache	No Cache: Indicates that the blocks fetched for a table are placed at the least recently used end of the least recently used (LRU) list in the buffer cache when a full table scan is performed Cache: Indicates that the blocks fetched for a table are placed at the most recently used end of the LRU list in the buffer cache when a full table scan is performed
	Cache	Result Cache Mode	Specifies the caching mode for results of statements and queries	Default: Indicates that result caching is not done at the table level Force: Indicates that a query is considered for caching if all the tables in the query have the Result Cache Mode set to Force
	Others	Indexing	Specifies whether indexing is on for the table
		Read Write	Specifies the table, partition, or subpartition is created in the read only or read-write mode	Read Only: Indicates that the table, partition, or subpartition are created in the read only mode and data updates are not allowed Read Write: Indicates that the table, partition, or subpartition are created in the read-write mode and data updates are allowed
		Row Archival	Specifies whether row archival is enabled for the table
	Flashback Archive	Flashback Archive	Specifies whether historical tracking is enabled on the table	Flashback Archive: Indicates that historical tracking is enabled on the table No Flashback Archive: Indicates that historical tracking is disabled on the table
	Flashback Archive	Archive Name	Specifies the archive name when Flashback Archive is enabled
Storage	Storage	Name	Specifies the physical storage object for the table
Storage	Index Overflow Storage	Name	Specifies the overflow storage object for an index-organized table	Available only when the Data Storage Type is set to Organized and Data Organization Type is set to Index
Clustering	Clustering Columns	Column	Specifies the columns to be included in the clustering column group
		Use Join Expression	Specifies whether join attribute clustering is used
		Join Expression	Specifies the join clause to indicate the joined values from other tables on which attribute clustering is based	Available only when the Use Join Expression check box is selected
	Cluster	Clustering By	Specifies the ordering type to be used for clustering	Linear: Indicates that data is stored according to the order of specified columns Interleaved: Indicates that data is stored using multidimensional technique
	Zonemap	Clustering Zonemap	Specifies whether a materialized zonemap of the table should be created	With Materialized Zonemap: Indicates that a zonemap should be created Without Materialized Zonemap: Indicates that a materialized zonemap should not be created
	Zonemap	Zonemap Name	Specifies the name of the materialized zonemap	Specify a zonemap name if Clustering Zonemap is set to With Materialized Zonemap.
	Clustering When	On Load	Specifies whether attribute clustering is done during direct-path inserts using an INSERT or a MERGE operation
	Clustering When	On Data Movement	Specifies whether attribute clustering is done while data movement operations, such as data redefinition or table partition maintenance
Object Properties	Table of Type	Of Type	Specifies the type object for an object table	Available only when Table Type is set to Object Table
	Oid Properties	Object Identifier	Specifies the technique used for the object table's object identifier	Available only when Table Type is set to Object Table and Of Type is set to a type object System Generated: Indicates that the object identifier is system-generated. This is the default. Primary Key: Indicates that the object identifier is based on the primary key of the table
	Oid Index	Name	Specifies the index for the object identifier column	Available only when Table Type is set to Object Table, Of Type is set to a type object, and Object Identifier is set to System Generated
	Table Substitution	Substitutable	Specifies whether row objects corresponding to subtypes can be inserted into the table	Available only when Table Type is set to Object Table and Of Type is set to a type object
XML Properties	XML Schema URL		Specifies the URL of a registered XMLSchema	Available only when Table Type is set to XML Table
	XML Schema Specifications	XML Element	Specifies the XML element name	Available only when Table Type is set to XML Table
		Varrays Storage Type	Specifies the storage mechanism for varrays in the XML table or column	Available only when Table Type is set to XML Table Lobs: Indicates that varrays are stored as LOBs Table: Indicates that varrays are stored as tables
		NonSchema	Specifies whether non schema-based documents can be stored in the XMLType column	Available only when Table Type is set to XML Table
		AnySchema	Specifies whether any schema-based document can be stored in the XMLType column	Available only when Table Type is set to XML Table
	XML Storage	XML Storage Type	Specifies the storage format for XMLType data	Available only when Table Type is set to XML Table Object Relational: Indicates that XMLType data is stored in object-relational columns and that indexes can be defined on these columns to improve query performance Binary XML: Indicates that XMLType data is stored in compact binary XML format Lobs: Indicates that XMLType data is stored in a CLOB column and that the original content is preserved Tables: Indicates that XMLType data is stored in table columns
	XML LOB Storage	Name	Specifies the LOB storage object name	Available only when XML Storage Type is set to Binary XML
Supplemental Logging	Supplemental Log Group	Name	Specifies a supplemental log group name
	Supplemental Log Group	Log Always	Specifies whether the log group is an unconditional log group and all columns are included in the log group
	Supplemental ID Key	ALL	Specifies that all the fixed-length maximum size columns of a row are included in the redo log
		Primary Key	For all tables with primary keys, specifies whether all columns of the primary key are included in the redo log whenever an update is made
		Unique	For all tables with a unique key or a bitmap index, whenever unique key or bitmap index columns are modified, specifies whether all other columns belonging to the unique key or bitmap index are included in the redo log
		Foreign Key	For all tables with foreign keys, whenever foreign key columns are modified, specifies whether all other columns belonging to the foreign key are included in the redo log
Validation		Validation	Specifies a validation name
		Validation Rule	Specifies the validation rule to be used
	<Validation Rule> Constraint State	Constraint State	Specifies whether constraint enforcement conditions are specified
		Deferrable	Specifies whether constraint checking is deferred till the end of transactions using the SET CONSTRAINT statement
		Immediate/Deferred	Specifies the default constraint checking behavior for deferrrable constraints	Immediate: Indicates that the constraint should be checked at the end of each SQL statement Deferred: Indicates that the constraint is checked at the end of transactions
		Rely	Specifies whether a constraint in the NOVALIDATE mode is considered for query rewrite	Rely: Indicates that the constraint is considered for query rewrite NoRely: Indicates that the constraint is not considered for query rewrite
		Validate	Specifies whether all the new and old data complies with the constraint	Validate: Indicates that all the data complies with the constraint when it is enabled NoValidate: Indicates that all DML operations on the constrained data comply with the constraint. However, it does not ensure whether existing data complies with the constraint.
		Enabled	Specifies whether the constraint is enabled on table data
		Exception Table	Specifies the table that collects the rowids of all rows that violate the constraint
Materialized View Log		Materialized View Log	Specifies whether a materialized view log is created on the table
Materialized View Log		SQL Statement	Specifies the SQL statement to create a materialized view log

The Oracle Table Editor also includes the following tabs

Style: Lets you work with style sheets, which are used to format the font and other graphical themes used in the display of the table.
Icon: Lets you specify the icon style to use for the table.
Alias: Lets you add, modify, or delete synonyms for the table.
Comment: Lets you enter any comments that you want to associate with the table.
Object Creation Order: Lets you specify the order of DDL generation.
Where used: Lets you view where the table is used in the model.
UDP: Lets you enter user-defined property values for the table.
History: Lets you view the history information for the table.
Notes: Lets you view or edit user notes.