Editing Data Flows

The “Entity Pool” provides a choice of Objects which can be moved to the left via drag-and-drop.

Entity pool and two objects in the Data Flow

Objects can be connected by dragging the little rectangles to another object (only visible with mouse-over).

Rectangles at the top and bottom of the object

If required, new Layers can be added to the Data Flow with the help of the “Add Layer”

-button. Via right click Layers can be deleted, renamed or re-colored. The position of a Layer can be moved above or below another Layer using the cursor.

Layer Properties Window with Layer Name and Color

The Data Flow window offers a Grid function which can easily be turned on and off. Further settings can be made regarding the size and the behavior of Objects within the gridlines.

Grid settings including visibility, snapping to grid and grid size

The Objects Name, besides the Technical Name, can be displayed by the
button.
Using
planned Look-Ups are shown.
The
button visualizes Object Subtypes, if applicable.
Comments can be seen and modified in the “Comments” section on the right by pressing
.
Existing Layer templates can be reutilized for Data Flows
.