Diagram Entities


Entities such as tables and foreign keys can added to a diagram to help visual a database design.

Adding Entities to a Diagram:

In a Database Explorer window, right click (or Alt + LeftClick) on the diagram panel and select Add New Table from the popup menu.

or

In a Database Explorer window, drag and drop existing tables from the tree panel onto the diagram panel.

If tables on a diagram are connected by a foreign key, the foreign key will be automatically added to the diagram.

Remove Entities From a Diagram:

In the Diagram Panel, right click on the table to remove.

Select Remove Glyph: glyphname from the popup menu.

Note: Removing an entity from the diagram does not remove it from the database.

Foreign keys that no longer have both of their defining tables present on a diagram will be automatically removed from the diagram.


See also:

Creating a Diagram
Diagram Properties