Chapter 3 Building Information Liquidity Diagrams
You can modify an object's properties from its property sheet. To open a column property sheet, double-click its Browser entry in the Columns folder.
The General tab contains the following properties:
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| Name | Specifies the name of the item, which should be clear and meaningful, and should convey the item's purpose to non-technical users. |
| Code | Specifies the technical name of the object, which is used for generating code or scripts. |
| Comment | Specifies a descriptive comment for the object. |
| Stereotype | Extends the semantics of an object derived from existing objects but specific to your needs. You can enter stereotypes directly in this field, or add stereotypes to the list by specifying them in your model's resource file or in an extended model definition. |
| Article | Specifies the article to which the column belongs. |
| Source column | Specifies the source table or view column to which the article column corresponds. Click the Properties tool to the right of the field to display the source object property sheet. |
| Remote column | Specifies the remote table or view column to which the article column corresponds |
| Data type | Specifies the form of the data corresponding to the column, such as numeric, alphanumeric, boolean, or other. |
| Length | Specifies the maximum length of the data type. |
| Precision | Specifies the maximum number of places after the decimal point. |
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