Changing data diagram properties

You can change data diagram properties in the Properties view for Information Engineering (IE) notation, Unified Modeling Language (UML), or storage diagrams.
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To change data diagram properties:
Click an empty space on the diagram to access the Properties view for the diagram. In the Properties view for the diagram, you can change the following properties:
Option Description
General tab for IE, UML, or storage diagrams You can edit the name.
General tab for IE diagrams You can view the notation style.
Filters tab for IE diagrams You can filter elements, including compartment display options, foreign key relationship display options, table display options, and column display options. You can also filter these elements for a specific data object by right-clicking a data object on the diagram surface, selecting Filter, and selecting one of the filter options from the submenu.
Layout tab for IE diagrams You can change options for the arranging functions for diagrams; for example, Format > Arrange or Arrange All. Select Arrange all diagram objects on layout selection to apply your changes to the diagram layout as soon as you make them.
Format tab for IE diagrams You can change formatting options, including table and view background colors, foreign key column foreground color, and implicit foreign key relationship line color.
Printing tab for all diagrams You can change print options, including displaying virtual page breaks and selecting their color, setting a print scaling factor, and displaying warnings when page breaks split diagram objects.

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