CA ERwin Data Modeler r8 New Feature Guided Tours › Spell Checker, History, Notes, Printing, Transforms, Link Objects, and Navigation › History and Notes

History and Notes

Use the following steps to become familiar with history and notes.

  1. Open one of your existing models or create a new model with a few Entities. Right-click any Entity in the Model Explorer and select Properties to launch the Entity Editor. Click the Notes tab and notice that History and Notes properties have been consolidated. Have a look at all of the information presented on this tab.
  2. Click the Sort Items toolbar button Sort Button on Notes Tab Toolbar and select the Creation Date Descending sorting mechanism. Observe how the events are rearranged accordingly. Sort the events using the other sorting mechanisms as well, and select the one that best suits your requirements.
  3. Click the Filter toolbar button Filter Button to display both History and Notes, or either one of them.
  4. Click the New toolbar button New icon in property editors to create a new object to launch the Notes Editor. Enter some text for the newly-created User Note, which will be displayed as a comment. Select some other Note or History item from the Navigation Grid, and modify the comment for the same in the text editor. Save your changes by clicking the Close button and observe the result of your actions in the Notes tab.
  5. Click Close to exit the Entity Editor.