Setting Standard Check Parameters for Objects in a Data Model

Standard parameters indicate common data constraints.

For more information on defaults, see Defaults (PDM).

  1. Open the property sheet of a domain or column/entity attribute and click the Standard Checks tab.

  2. Enter the appropriate standard parameters, and then click OK.

    Parameter

    Description

    Minimum

    Lowest acceptable numeric value

    Maximum

    Highest acceptable numeric value

    Default

    Value selected from a list of default values or typed in the listbox. The list of values is defined in the Script\Keywords\ReservedDefault entry of the DBMS definition file

    Format

    Data format (for example, 9999.99)

    Unit

    Standard measure

    Lowercase

    Forces all alphabetical characters to lowercase

    Uppercase

    Forces all alphabetical characters to uppercase

    Cannot Modify

    Protects from changes, results in a non-modifiable column/entity attribute in the table when generated in the database

    List of Values

    Authorized values

    Label

    String that identifies an authorized value in the list

See also Managing quotation marks around values (PDM).