Chapter 5 Working with Information Liquidity Models
PowerDesigner display preferences allow you to customize the format of object symbols, and the information that is displayed on them.
To set ILM display preferences, select Tools→Display Preferences or right-click the diagram background, and select Display Preferences from the contextual menu.
Changing the format of symbols
For information about changing the format of symbols, see "Format display preferences" in the Customizing your Modeling Environment chapter of the Core Features Guide
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The Object View category allows you to control what information is displayed on the symbol. By clicking on the category itself, you can set the following ILM preference. For other general preferences in this category, see "Content display preferences" in the Customizing your Modeling Environment chapter of the Core Features Guide .
| Preference | Description |
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| Step columns | Specifies the number of columns to display in a transformation step. You can choose between:
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To set display preferences for a particular object, select it under the Object View category. The following table provides an alphabetical list of the display preferences available. Note that each object does not necessarily support all these preferences, and that the objects available to be customized in the Display Preferences window depend upon the current diagram type.
| Preference | Description |
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| Comment | Displays the comment of the object. |
| Stereotype | Displays the stereotype of the object. |
| Name | Displays the name of the object. |
| Criteria | Displays the criteria expression. |
| Type | Displays the type of the object. |
| Aggregated Columns | Displays the list of columns used to aggregate data. |
| Sorted Columns | Displays the list of columns used to sort data. |
| Joins | Displays the list of columns used to join data. |
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