The Data Modeling Workspace › Global Default Options › Set General Options

Set General Options

Use the General tab in the Options dialog to set global defaults for general features for all modeling sessions.

Follow these steps:

1. Click Options on the Tools menu.

   The Options dialog opens.

2. Click the General tab and work with following options:

   Reset all messages

   Enables you to view popup dialog messages during the modeling session if you previously selected the Don't show this again option on any popup dialogs.

   Default model location

   Lets you specify the default location where your models are saved.

   Default template location

   Lets you specify the default location where your templates are saved.

   Transaction log location

   Lets you specify the default location to store transaction log binary files temporarily.

   Note: Transaction log files can be useful for CA Technologies Technical Support to help resolve issues.

   Suppress diagram tooltips

   Lets you specify whether to suppress diagram tooltips.

   Use only .erwin_tmpl extension for templates

   Lets you specify to only use the *.erwin_tmpl extension for templates.

   Note: You can use either *.erwin_tmpl or *.erwin extensions as a template for creating models. However, to achieve synchronization of model objects between a model template and a data model, you bind the model template to the model. You can only use the *.erwin extension for template binding.

3. Click OK

   General options are set and the Options dialog closes.