To set display preferences for entities, select , and select the Entity sub-category in the left-hand Category pane.
Entity
By default the following properties can be displayed on entity symbols:
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Preference
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Display description
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Attributes
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Specifies whether Attributes are displayed on entity symbols. If selected, you can choose between displaying:
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All attributes - All attributes:
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Primary attributes - Only primary identifier attributes:
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Identifying attributes - All identifier attributes:
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Display limit - Number of attributes shown depends on defined value. For example, if set to 5:
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Identifiers
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All identifier attributes for the entity are listed at the bottom of the entity symbol:
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Stereotype
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Stereotype of the entity.
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Comment
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Comment of the entity. When selected, all other check boxes are deselected, except for Stereotype:
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Entity Attributes
By default the following properties can be displayed for entity attributes:
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Preference
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Display description
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Data type
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Data type for each entity attribute:
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Domain or data type
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Domain for each entity attribute. You can only display domains when the Data type check box is selected.
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Domain
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Domain of an attribute in an entity. This display option interacts with the selection for Data types. As a result, there are four display options:
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Data types - Displays only the data type, if any:
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Domains - Displays only the domain, if any:
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Data types and Domain - Displays both data type and domain, if any:
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Data types and Replace by domains - Displays either data type or domain, if any, and domain if both are present:
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Mandatory
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<M> indicators are displayed next to each mandatory attribute:
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Identifier indicators
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<pi> indicators are displayed next to primary identifiers and <ai> indicators next to non-primary identifiers:
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Stereotype
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Displays the stereotype of the entity attributes
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Note: For information about selecting other properties to display, see Core Features Guide > Modeling with PowerDesigner > Diagrams, Matrices, and Symbols > Display Preferences.