Chapter 4 Building an Information Liquidity Model

Creating an article

You can create an article in any of the following ways:

• Select the Articles tab in a publication property sheet.
• Right-click a publication in the Browser, and select New→Article.

For more information about the different ways to create objects, see the "Getting Started with PowerDesigner" chapter in the General Features Guide .

When you create an article in the Articles tab of the publication property sheet, you can:

• Create an article in the list, which implies typing a name and a code for the article.
• Select from a selection list one or more tables or views to add in the Articles tab.

The selection list can come from:

• The source database, if a PDM is already associated with it to describe its schema. You use the Add Article from Source Database tool in the toolbar
• The remote databases, if you do not know the schema of the source database or consolidated database, but know the one of the remote database, as a PDM is associated with it. You use the Add Article from Remote Databases tool in the toolbar

To create an article from the publication property sheet:

1. Open a publication property sheet.
2. Click the Articles tab.
3. Click a blank line in the list.
   
   or
   
   Click the Add a Row tool.
   
   An arrow is displayed at the beginning of the line.
   
   Type a name and a code for the article.
   
   or
   
   Click the Add Article from Source Database tool, if a PDM is already associated with the source database.
   
   or
   
   Click the Add Article from Remote Databases tool, if you do not know the schema of the source or consolidated database but a PDM is associated with at least one remote database.
   
   A selection dialog box is displayed
   
   Select one or more tables or views and click OK.
   
   In the following dialog box, Article_2 was created in the list and Table_1 was added from a selection list.
   
4. Click OK to close the dialog box.

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