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Include or Exclude Ancestors or Descendants of the Selected Entity, Table, or View in the Subject Area

You can use the Spanning Neighborhood dialog to include or exclude ancestors or descendants of the selected entity, table, or view in the subject area. You can access the Spanning Neighborhood dialog from the Members tab in the Subject Areas editor.

To include or exclude ancestors or descendants of the selected entity, table, or view in the subject area

1. Click Subject Areas on the Model menu.

   The Subject Areas editor opens.

2. Click the Members tab.

   The Members tab opens.

3. Select a subject area from the Subject Area list to which you want to select the members, and select the object you want to include or exclude.

   Note: You can display either the logical names or physical names for objects. Under Display Names click Logical or Physical to toggle the display.

4. Click to include the object or click to exclude the object.

   The Spanning Neighborhood dialog opens.

5. Make your selections for the following options, then click OK.

   Ancestors

   Specifies the number of ancestors to include or exclude for the subject area. Select one of the following options:

   All

   Includes or excludes all ancestors of the selected entity, table, or view in the subject area.

   Level

   Includes or excludes the level number of ancestors of the selected entity, table, or view that you type in the Level box. For example, if you enter 2, the parent entities (level 1) and the parents of each parent entity (level 2) are included or excluded.

   Descendants

   Specifies the number of descendants to include or exclude for the subject area. Select one of the following options:

   All

   Includes or excludes all descendants of the selected entity, table, or view in the subject area.

   Level

   Includes or excludes the level number of descendants of the selected entity, table, or view that you type in the Level box. For example, if you enter 2, the children of that entity (level 1) and the children of each child entity (level 2) are included or excluded.

   The members of the subject area are defined and the Spanning Neighborhood dialog closes.

6. Click OK.

   The Subject Areas editor closes.