Chapter 14 DBMS-Specific Features

Creating a proxy table

You use external shortcuts and/or replica to design proxy tables in your model.

An external shortcut is a non-modifiable reference to an object in another model. For more information on shortcuts, see chapter Managing Shortcuts in the General Features Guide .

A replica is an exact copy of an object that can be updated when the original object is modified. For more information on shortcuts, see chapter Managing Object Replications in the General Features Guide .

One interesting aspect of using replica, is that you can modify the replica code in order to make it different from the target table. A custom check verifies that replica are not used as child tables of a reference.

To create a proxy table in a PDM:

1. Select a table in a target model and drag it to the model where you want to create proxy tables using the appropriate key combination to create either an external shortcut or a replica.
2. Repeat this operation for each proxy table.

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