Only showing name in table diagram.

[jonespm]

Hi,

I only want to show names in the table diagram and wanted to know how to do it. On Feb 15 I received this reply from Denk.
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Oops - my error. The drop down selections only apply to operation parameters.  

I'll look in to extending this option to the table attributes.
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Since then there has been two releases and this problem remains. I just thought I would raise it again here in case it didn't make it on to your 'things to do list'

Cheers, Peter

[jonespm]

Hi,

I see this didn't make it into 751. Any idea when (if) this fix will be made? The problem I have is that showing all the table attributes in the diagram makes a number of my diagrams too big and when they print they simply cannot be read. Just being able to show the names in a table diagram would be great.

Cheers, Peter

[Bruno.Cossi]

Hi,

it is not really clear to me what is it that you are trying to do. Do I understand it correctly that you have a class diagram, number of tables and for each table you want to hide the attributes/columns?
If that is so, you can simply achieve that by right-clicking a class and going to menu Element Features > Specify Feature Visiility.

Hope this helps!
Bruno

Hi,

I see this didn't make it into 751. Any idea when (if) this fix will be made? The problem I have is that showing all the table attributes in the diagram makes a number of my diagrams too big and when they print they simply cannot be read. Just being able to show the names in a table diagram would be great.

Cheers, Peter

[jonespm]

Hi Bruno,

Yes - that's what I want to do. I've already tried the Element Features > Specify Feature Visiility area but I couldn't work out a way of hiding attributes, e.g. Data Type, Initial Value etc.

What do I turn on/off in that dialog box?

Cheers, Peter

[Bruno.Cossi]

Hi Peter,

try section "Atribute Visibility" :-)
But it sounds like I did misunderstand you after all. I thought you wanted to display only the names of tables, but now it sounds like you also want the names of all the attributes, but not their data types. Is that correct? If so then I am not sure you can do that.

Bruno

[jonespm]

Hi Bruno,

Thanks for the prompt responses Bruno - much appreciated.

Yes - in the diagram iteself I just want column names only, not attributes.  In the text documentation for each table I want everything (as it is now), e.g. column attributes, description etc.

Cheers, Peter

[jonespm]

Hi,

Well V5 didn't have this feature. Can you tell me when (if ever) it is likely to be included. If its more than a month away then I have to find sometype of workaround.

Cheers, Peter