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View Object History

The Notes tab in the property editor for entities, attributes, tables, columns, views, and cached views lets you view the object's history information. In this tab, you can enter text for documentation purposes in the Notes area; the History area tracks changes made to the object on various events in the model.

To view object history

1. Open the property editor for the object for which you want to view history, and select the object in the Navigation Grid.
2. Click the Notes tab and work with the following options:

   Sort

   Lets you sort the events by Creation Date Ascending, Creation Date Descending, Modification Date Ascending, Modification Date Descending, or Note Order. You select the method you want using the drop-down list that opens after you click the Sort button. The Sort button image changes to indicate how the list is currently sorted.

   Filter

   Lets you specify how to filter the list using the following options:

   All

   Specifies to show all events.

   History Only

   Specifies to show only history events.

   Notes Only

   Specifies to show only notes.

   New

   Opens the Notes editor for the object so you can enter a new user note.

   

   Moves the selected item to the top of the list.

   

   Moves the selected item up one position in the list.

   

   Moves the selected item down one position in the list.

   

   Moves the selected item to the bottom of the list.

   Edit

   Opens the Notes editor so you can edit note text for an event or existing user note.

   Event

   Displays the event for the object.

   Comment

   Displays the text of the user note.

   Date Created

   Displays when the event was created.

   Created By

   Displays the user that created the event.

   Modified By

   Displays the user that last modified the event.

3. Click Close.

   The property editor closes.