Content display preferences for object types

Chapter 9 Customizing your Modeling Environment

Content display preferences for object types

You can modify the information displayed on each type of object by selecting it in the list:

Choose the information that you want to display by selecting the appropriate checkboxes.

Customizable display preferences

The display preferences of enterprise architecture model objects and extended objects can be customized so that practically any of their properties can be displayed on their diagram symbol, with the following exceptions:

multi-line fields and collections (such as table columns or class operations) cannot be displayed in icon mode or on link symbols

The following special preferences may be available for these objects:

Preference	Description
Default display mode	Specifies the way the object will be displayed by default: Icon Detail – a rectangle permitting the display of additional information This preference is only available if the object supports both modes.
Detail mode	Specifies the additional information that will be displayed in Detail mode: Comment – from the General tab of the object's property sheet [collections] – for example, sub-sites, applications, etc. Composite view - displays child objects as symbols within the object symbol. If this option is present, it cannot (unlike the other preferences) be removed from this screen