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:

   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.
   

   Property	Description	Additional Information
   Schema	Specifies the schema of the database to which the table belongs
   External	Specifies whether the table is an external table
   SQL Server Table Type	Specifies the type of SQL Server table
   Durability	Specifies whether the table is durable	SCHEMA_AND_DATA indicates that the table is durable SCHEMA_ONLY indicates that the table is non-durable
   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
   Generate	Generates SQL during forward engineering

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

   Property	Description	Additional Information
   Physical Name	Specifies the physical name of the table
   Filegroup	Specifies the file group for the table	Not applicable for External Table
   Text Image	Specifies that the text, ntext, image, xml, varchar(max), nvarchar(max), varbinary(max), and CLR user-defined type columns are stored in the specified file group	Not applicable for External Table
   Change Tracking	Specifies whether change tracking is enabled for the table	Not applicable for External Table
   Track Columns Updated	Specifies whether the database engine tracks which change tracked columns were updated	Not applicable for External Table
   Lock Escalation Type	Specifies the allowed methods of lock escalation for a table	Not applicable for External Table
   Vardecimal Storage Format	Specifies whether vardecimal storage is enabled	Not applicable for External Table
   Temporal Table	Specifies whether the table is a temporal table	Not applicable for External Table
   Period Start Column	Specifies the column name that the system uses to mark the start of record validity period	Not applicable for External Table
   Period End Column	Specifies the column name that the system uses to mark the end of record validity period	Not applicable for External Table
   History Table Name	Specifies the name to be used to create a history table in case system versioning of a table is enabled	Not applicable for External Table
   Data Consistency Check	Specifies whether the data consistency check is enabled to ensure that existing records do not overlap	Not applicable for External Table
   External Data Source	Specifies the name of the external data source that contains the location of the external data	Available only for External Table
   Schema Name	Specifies the clause that provides the ability to map the external table definition to a table in a different schema on the remote database	Available only for External Table
   Object Name	Specifies the clause that provides the ability to map the external table definition to a table with a different name on the remote database	Available only for External Table
   Distribution	Specifies the data distribution technique for the table	Available only for External Table

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 Styletab.
   • 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 Commenttab 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 UDPtab to work with user-defined properties for the object.
9. (Optional) Click the Notestab 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.