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This tab enables you to define settings required for creating a new entity type.
The following definition fields are available:
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Name | A name for the entity type | |||||
Group | This field can be used to organize entity types. | |||||
Description | A description of the entity type | |||||
Color | Set the color assigned to an entity, which are used to aid identification in the diagram. Click | |||||
Entity icon | Keep the existing icon or change to another icon. | |||||
Query template | Optionally, assign a template to the entity definition.
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DW query template | Optionally, assign a template to the entity definition.
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Behavior | Used to tag if entities of this type should have changes tracked. | |||||
Characteristic | Select if this entity functions as a Terminal or Hub. | |||||
Keywords | A list of keywords to be assigned to entities of this type | |||||
Assign attribute types to pk | A list of attribute types that will be assigned to the primary key attribute(s) in entities of this type | |||||
Prefix and Suffix | A custom prefix and/or suffix to be added to the entity, all attributes in the entity, all foreign keys to and from the entity, and/or all indexes on the entity. |
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Robot name | Attribute robot's name. | |||||
Positioning | Enables you to define whether the attribute should be created above or below all existing attributes in the entity. Select one of the following options:
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Attribute name | The name of the attribute.
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Comment | A comment on the attribute. | |||||
Data type | Enter the attribute's datatype. | |||||
Data type size | Enter the datatype's size parameter. | |||||
Data type scale | Enter the datatype's scale parameter. | |||||
Character set | The attribute's character set. | |||||
Default value | The default value for the attribute. | |||||
Primary key | Select the checkbox so the attribute is contained in the primary key for the table. | |||||
Auto increment | Select the checkbox so the attributes's value is automatically generated. | |||||
Unique | Select the checkbox so the attributes's values must be unique. | |||||
Nullable | Select the checkbox so the attribute may contain null values. | |||||
Attribute types | Select an attribute type from the drop-down list. |
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Robot name | Index robot's name. | |||||
Index name | The name of the index.
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Description | A short description of index robot. | |||||
Index types | Select a type of index from the drop-down list. | |||||
Indexed attributes | You can choose any of: primary key attributes, foreign key attributes, selected attributes being created by robots, or all attributes of particular types | |||||
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