Reverse Engineering Target Models Tab

External shortcuts depend on their corresponding target objects located in different models. When you need several models to design a single database, you can use shortcuts to share objects between models. The Target Models tab displays the list of detected target models containing target objects for shortcuts in the current model to reverse.

This tab is always visible, even if the model does not contain shortcuts, so that you can add target models and create shortcuts instead of duplicating objects.

The following tools are available on this tab:

Tool

Description



Change Target Model - Displays a standard Open dialog box to let you select another file as target model



Open Model - Opens selected target model in current workspace



Add Models - Opens a selection list with the models opened in the current workspace. This tool is particularly useful when you reverse engineer into a new model where the target models are not defined



Delete - Deletes the target model and the shortcuts in the current model that reference the deleted target model

When you reverse engineer a model, any target models should be open in your workspace. If not, the following confirmation dialog box is displayed to let you open the target models:



If you are reverse engineering from a: