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Set Preferences for Special Characters in Derived Physical Model Object Names

You can set preferences for special characters in the derived physical model object name. The naming preferences that you set for the physical model objects must conform to the naming rules of the target database. If you use naming standards, you must set these preferences for each model that you create. If you do not use naming standards, you can have modeling design problems that can produce errors when you run queries to extract particular sets of data.

To set preferences for special characters in the derived physical model object name

1. Click Model Naming Options on the Actions menu of a physical model.

   The Model Naming Options dialog opens.

2. Click the Name Mapping tab.

   The Name Mapping tab opens.

3. Select one of the following options in the Special Characters drop-down list:

   Leave

   Leaves the special characters in the physical model object names.

   Remove

   Removes the special characters from the physical model object names.

   Replace

   Lets you specify a character to use to replace a special character in a physical model object name. Enter this character in the Replace With box.

   Name mapping preferences are set for special characters.

4. Click the Physical tab.

   The Physical tab opens.

5. Select the Allow special DBMS Characters check box and click OK.

   Note: This is required to assure that the special characters are acceptable to the target database.

   The preferences for special characters in the derived physical model object name are set and the Model Naming Options dialog closes.

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