Opening the Property Sheet of a Replication

In order to make editable any of the properties of a replica, you must open the properties of the replication responsible for its link with the original object.

  1. Open the property sheet of a replica and click the Version Info tab.
  2. Click the Replication Properties button in the Replicated From groupbox.

The definition of a replication object includes the following general properties:

Property

Description

Original Object Model

Model of the original object. The Properties button lets you open the property sheet of the model containing the original object.

The List of Target Models shows models containing shortcuts or replicas in the current session. It also allows you to get a model full name to distinguish from another. For more information on how to use the List of the Target Model, see Working with the target models referenced by the model.

Original Object Full Name

Full path describing the location of the original object. The Properties button lets you open the property sheet of the original object

Original Object Type

Type of the original object

Original Object Status

Displays the status of the original object. The following states are possible:

  • Closed – the target model is closed and the status of the original object cannot be determined

  • Opened – the target model is open and the original object is present.

  • Not Found – the target model or original object cannot be found. For more information, see Deleting replicas, replications, and original objects.

Replica Object Full Name

Full path describing the location of the replica object. The Properties button lets you open the property sheet of the replica object

Generate

Replication is automatically included among the objects generated from the model when you launch the inter-model generation process. For more information, see the Generating Replications section.

A replication definition also includes the following properties:

Property

Description

Attributes

List of replicated attributes

Collections

List of replicated collections

Sub-Replications

List of replicated sub-objects (for example a column of a replicated table)

Note:

Select Model > Replications to open the List of Replications, select a replication in the list, and then click the Properties tool