Publication Properties

You can modify an object's properties from its property sheet. To open a publication property sheet, double-click its Browser entry in the Publications folder.

The General tab contains the following properties:

Property

Description

Name

Specifies the name of the item, which should be clear and meaningful, and should convey the item's purpose to non-technical users.

Code

Specifies the technical name of the object, which is used for generating code or scripts.

Comment

Specifies a descriptive comment for the object.

Stereotype

Extends the semantics of the object. You can enter a stereotype directly in this field, or add stereotypes to the list by specifying them in an extension file.

Process

[read-only] Specifies the replication process to which the publication belongs (see Replication Processes (DMM)).

Data Connection

Specifies the connection from which the data are published. Select a data connection incoming to the parent replication process from the list (see Data Connections (DMM)).

Type
[Replication Server only] Specifies the publication type. Click the Preview tab to view the generated code. You can choose one of the following values to replicate:

  • Database – the entire database.

  • Publication – publications, replication definitions and articles.

  • Replication Definition – replication definitions only.
The following tabs are also available:
  • Articles - lists the tables or views to replicate (see Articles (DMM)).
  • Procedures - lists the stored procedures to replicate (see Procedures (DMM)).
  • Subscriptions - lists the remote database subscriptions to the publication (see Subscriptions (DMM)).
Parent topic: Publications (DMM)