Chapter 3 Building Information Liquidity Diagrams

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 and click the Articles tab.
2. Click the Add a Row tool and type a name and a code for the article.
   
   or
   
   [if a PDM is associated with the source database] Click the Add Article from Source Database tool, select one or more tables or views from the selection dialog box, and then click OK.
   
   or
   
   [if you do not know the schema of the source or consolidated database but a PDM is associated with at least one remote database] Click the Add Article from Remote Databases tool, select one or more tables or views from the selection dialog box, and then click OK.
   
   In the following dialog box, Article_2 was created in the list and Table_1 was added from a selection list.
   
3. Click OK to close the property sheet and return to the model diagram.

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