Relation Property Page

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The Relation page is provided to allow you to edit general properties of a Relation:

Name - used as the FK Constraint Name when generating the Relation to the database.  The Name can be displayed on the diagram.  See Diagram Relation Display Options.

Generate Name - indicates whether the Name should be generated (as the FK Constraint Name) to the database.

Child - The child Table.  You can change it here or by drag/dropping the child endpoint on the Diagram.

Parent - The parent Table.  You can change it here or by drag/dropping the parent endpoint on the Diagram.

Parent to Child Phrase - provided to help users "read" the Relation going from the parent Table to the child Table.  In this case you would say a "JOB is performed by an EMPLOYEE".  You can view the Parent to Child Phrase on the Diagram as well.  See Diagram Relation Display Options.

Child to Parent Phrase - provided to help users "read" the Relation going from the child Table to the parent Table.  In this case you would say "an EMPLOYEE performs a JOB".  You can view the Child to Parent Phrase on the Diagram as well.  See Diagram Relation Display Options.

Status - The state of the Oracle constraint.

Generate - indicates whether or not the Relation should be generated to the database.