Chapter 4 Building Conceptual Data Models


Creating an association link from the list of associations links

Steps To create an association link from the list of associations links:

  1. Select Model→Links to display the list of associations links.
  2. Click a blank line in the list.

    or

    Click the Add a Row tool.

    An arrow appears at the beginning of the line. <None> is displayed by default in the Entity and Association columns.
  3. Click the down arrowhead in the Entity column and select an entity from the dropdown listbox.
  4. Click the Association column to display the down arrowhead and select an association from the dropdown listbox.
  5. Click the Cardinality of role column to display the down arrowhead and select a cardinality from the dropdown listbox.
  6. Click OK.

    A symbol for this association link is created between the entity and the association in the current diagram.

 


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