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Set Display Preferences for Materialized Views

You use the Materialized View tab in the Theme Editor to set the preferences for displaying the materialized views in your model. This option is only available for target databases that support materialized views.

To set display preferences for materialized views

  1. Click Themes on the View menu.

    The Theme Editor opens.

  2. Select the Theme for which you want to set the display preferences, and click the Materialized View tab.
  3. Work with the following options:
    Name Display

    Font Options

    Specifies the default font styles to display the name of a materialized view. Click Theme Editor Default Font Tool to change the font style details. You can also choose to inherit, override, or harden this setting.

    Fill Options

    Specifies the default fill color for a materialized view. Click Theme Editor Default Fill Tool to change the fill style details. You can also choose to inherit, override, or harden this setting.

    Outline Options

    Specifies the default outline styles for a materialized view. Click Theme Editor Default Outline Tool to change the outline style details. You can also choose to inherit, override, or harden this setting.

    Definition Display

    Font Options

    Specifies the default font styles to display the materialized view definition. Click Theme Editor Default Font Tool to change the font style details. You can also choose to inherit, override, or harden this setting.

    Fill Options

    Specifies the default fill option for the materialized view definition. Click Theme Editor Default Fill Tool to change the fill style details. You can also choose to inherit, override, or harden this setting.

    Outline Options

    Specifies the default outline styles for the materialized view definition. Click Theme Editor Default Outline Tool to change the outline style details. You can also choose to inherit, override, or harden this setting.

    Your selections are displayed in the Sample section.

    Column/Attribute Display Font

    Owned Column/Attribute

    Specifies the default font style in an owned column or attribute. Click Theme Editor Default Font Tool to change the font style details. You can also choose to inherit, override, or harden this setting.

    Expression

    Specifies the default font style in an expression. Click Theme Editor Default Font Tool to change the font style details. You can also choose to inherit, override, or harden this setting.

    Alternate Key (AK) Column/Attribute

    Specifies the default font style in an alternate key column or attribute. Click Theme Editor Default Font Tool to change the font style details. You can choose to make the font inherit, override, or harden.

    Inversion Entity (IE)

    Specifies the default font style in an inversion entry column or attribute. Click Theme Editor Default Font Tool to change the font style details. You can choose to make the font inherit, override, or harden.

  4. Click Close.

    Your changes are saved and the Theme Editor closes.

Note: You cannot select to inherit, override, or harden any display setting for the Default Theme.

More information:

Define the General Font Options

Define the General Fill Options

Define the General Outline Options