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Teradata Physical Property Editors

You use the Teradata Physical Property editors to work with the relational modeling features of Teradata. The editors are designed with common features that enable you to quickly create and maintain modeling objects. The amount of space allocated to the navigation Grid can be adjusted by moving the splitter bar up and down. Columns within the Navigation Grid may be readjusted to be narrower or wider.

Common features include:

• Navigation Toolbar
  • Previous

    Position the editor on the previous object in the navigation grid.

  • Next

    Position the editor on the next object in the navigation grid.

  • Sort

    Sort the objects by alphabetic or reverse alphabetic order. Other sort options may be available on some types of objects.

  • DB Sync

    Open the DB Sync wizard, where you can perform a database-level compare of objects in the current model with matching objects in another model or database. This button only appears if the function is relevant to the current type of object.

  • New

    Create a new object. It becomes the current object in the editor.

  • Delete

    Delete the selected object.

  • Help

    Access online help for the editor.

• Navigation Grid

  Provides a tabular representation of the current object and other objects of the same type. Properties relevant to the object display in separate cells, each with a text entry area, check box, or drop-down control for selecting available values. Once you make a change to a field, when you go to another field, the value is saved. Cancel will only cancel the current field's change.

• General Tab

  Provides the main features for the editor. When you click on a displayed option, additional features display that allow you to enter free text, or select from a drop-down list of the relevant values.

• Common Tabs

  Provides additional functionality relevant to the editor. For example, many editors allow you to enter Definitions or Notes. Some allow you to create User-Defined Properties. For security features, a Permission tab allows you to work with security permissions.

• Undo/Redo/Details

  Provides icons you can click to undo the last action or redo the previous action within the editor. Click the Details button to open the Advisory Message Dialog that displays details about the action.