ER/Studio - Embarcadero Technologies Product Documentation

ER/STUDIO OVERVIEW > APPLICATION INTERFACE
The Data Model Explorer is comprised of five tabs that offer easy access to important functionality and also includes
an Explorer tree that lets you efficiently navigate the objects of your data models. The ER/Studio interface to the Data
Model is divided into two main areas. On the left is the Data Model Explorer and on the right is the Data Model
Window. This convention is carried out on other tabs of the user interface, such as the Repository and Data Lineage
tabs, where you’ll find an explorer on the left and a graphical representation on the right. The Data Model Window also
provides a complete workspace for creating physical and logical data models and smaller, movable windows to help
you navigate large data models.
Data Model Explorer
The Data Model Explorer helps you navigate data models and their objects, reuse design elements, and create new
objects. The Data Model Explorer has five tabs that offer easy access to important functionality, enabling you to
efficiently manage your Data Models.
• Data Model: Expand and collapse the Data Model Explorer nodes as needed. Double-click a node to start an
Entity Editor, Relationship Editor or Subtype Editor.
• Data Dictionary: Manage data dictionary objects, including attachments, defaults, rules, reference values, user
data types, domains, reusable procedural logic, reusable procedures, and libraries.
• Data Lineage: Document how data is moved and transformed. You start with a data source and move through an
intermediate schema or target using as many transformations as you need.
• Macros: Manage sample, system, and user macros. Create, rename and delete folders as well as add a macro
and refresh the macro list.
• Repository: Manage objects stored in the Repository.
Data Model
The Data Model tab displays logical elements such as entities and relationships, and physical schema objects such as
packages and triggers as separate nodes. Shortcut menus are available on the Data Model tab when you right-click
an element. Use the Data Model tab to:
• Create an object
• Edit an object
• Delete an object
• Rename an object
Change how the data model tree displays by clicking Tools > Options > Application settings.
EMBARCADERO TECHNOLOGIES > ER/STUDIO® 8.0.3 USER GUIDE 16