Editing a contribution

Details

The Details tab presents basic information about the contribution. You can update Name and Description.

Tables

On the Tables tab, you can:

• Select a core table and add custom columns to it
• Create a new table with columns

You add columns the same way for both alternatives.

Extending a core table

1. In the list of tables, search for, and select, the table you want to extend.
2. Select Add column on the Columns tab at the right-hand side.

Adding a new table

1. Click Add table.
2. In the Add new table dialog, make the following settings:

   Parameter	Description	Comment
   Identifier	Table identifier, used inside DME
   Text tag	Create a new text tag with same name as the identifier, or select an existing text tag from the list.	Only text tags created in the DME contribution are available, which means that this list can be empty.
   Primary key assignment	Select one of these options: Normal (Manual): The primary key must be entered manually, for example when the primary key is a string value Incremental (System-managed): The primary key is assigned by the system, for example by pressing the + key Identity (Database): The primary key value is automatically assigned by the database when a new row is added
   Create as draft	Draft tables can be freely modified until made available

3. Click Save and close.

Now, when selecting the table in the table list, you find the following tabs on the right-hand side:

• Properties: The main properties for the table
• Columns: All columns in the table are displayed, and new columns can be added here. Control columns are automatically added when creating a new table, but by default not visible.
• Relations: Definition of relations between tables/columns
• Indexes: Custom indexes can be defined for the table, to improve performance

Adding columns

Adding relations

Adding indexes

Domains

First you add a domain, and then you can configure domain properties and add members.

Adding a new domain

Domain properties

Domain members

A list of all domain members is shown at the bottom of the screen. To add texts or translations for the domain member, click the pen icon next to the text tag.

Text tags

Text tags are automatically created when adding tables, columns, domains, domain members and relations. On the Text tags tab you can add and update translations for the different entities. The text tags are grouped after entity type (table, column, domain etc.).

You can search and filter for text tags using the Search field, to, for example, only see columns with the same table prefix.

You can import text files for translations by clicking Import, the relevant language is selected in the dialog.

Add tag can be used when you want to create the text tag before adding the entity (like a new column). The correct text tag can then be selected in the Add new column dialog.

Versions

You see the list with all published versions.

When you click Publish version, you will create an immutable snapshot of the current model. The version label for the snapshot is auto-generated. For each version, you can add a description about what has changed.

Under Customer management, you will be informed when a new version is available.

To install a new version, click Manage versions, select a version, and then run Apply changes.