Setting ILM Display Preferences

PowerDesigner display preferences allow you to customize the format of object symbols, and the information that is displayed on them.

To set ILM display preferences, select Tools > Display Preferences or right-click the diagram background, and select Display Preferences from the contextual menu.

Note:

For information about changing the format of symbols, see "Format display preferences" in the Customizing your Modeling Environment chapter of the Core Features Guide.

The Object View category allows you to control what information is displayed on the symbol. By clicking on the category itself, you can set the following ILM preference. For other general preferences in this category, see "Content display preferences" in the Customizing your Modeling Environment chapter of the Core Features Guide.

Preference	Description
Step columns	Specifies the number of columns to display in a transformation step. You can choose between: All – displays all columns. Limit – displays columns up to the limit specified in the adjacent box.

To set display preferences for a particular object, select it under the Object View category. The following table provides an alphabetical list of the display preferences available. Note that each object does not necessarily support all these preferences, and that the objects available to be customized in the Display Preferences window depend upon the current diagram type.

Preference	Description
Comment	Displays the comment of the object.
Stereotype	Displays the stereotype of the object.
Name	Displays the name of the object.
Criteria	Displays the criteria expression.
Type	Displays the type of the object.
Aggregated Columns	Displays the list of columns used to aggregate data.
Sorted Columns	Displays the list of columns used to sort data.
Joins	Displays the list of columns used to join data.