You can use the New Physical Data Model wizard to define
a physical data model based on reverse engineering from a database
or DDL file.
The database must have a connection profile defined in the
Data Source Explorer.
To define a physical data model based on reverse engineering:
- Click from the
main file menu. The New Physical Data Model wizard
opens.
- On the Model File page, specify the database, version,
and location of the new model file.
- Select Create from reverse engineering.
If you choose to reverse engineer from a database, you must
provide connection information on the next pages of the wizard. If
you choose to reverse engineer from a DDL file, you must provide the
path to a DDL file in the next pages of the wizard.
- Complete the steps of the wizard.
The physical data model is created and displayed in the Data
Models folder.