● When you create an entity, it automatically appears as an independent entity with square corners. As relationships are drawn associating the entity with others, ER/Studio DA automatically maintains its status as an independent or dependent entity.
● You can name entities as you add them by using on-screen editing. Either type a name for an entity immediately after adding it to the diagram, or press the SHIFT key, click the default entity name to enable the entity name field, and then type a name. Click the diagram background to save the name and deactivate on-screen editing. For information on entity naming rules and conventions, see Best Practices.
● The status bar at the bottom right of the application window displays the number of entities in the selected model.
● You can specify naming rules, such as maximum length, case, and synchronization level between entities and tables on the Logical and Name Handling tabs of the Options Editor, which you can access by choosing Tools > Options > Logical.
● You can specify the display order of the attributes and primary keys of any entity on the Display tab of the Options Editor, which you can access by choosing Tools > Options > Logical.
● You can customize the information that pops up when you hover the mouse over an entity by selecting an option from the list that appears when you choose View > Cursor Popup Help Options > Entity Help.
● By default, ER/Studio DA automatically fits entities and views to display all content selected. However, you can resize any entity to any size by selecting the entity and then dragging the size handles. You can make global changes to how entities display by right-clicking the model, and selecting Diagram and Object Display Options. Then you can choose the display options desired in the Entity and View tabs of the Diagram and Object Display Options editor.
● For information on arranging entities in the Data Model Window, see Changing Data Model Layout.
● For information on changing the colors of entities, see Overriding Color and Font Settings for a Specific Object.