Other Features
ER Diagram
You access this window via the main menu button, the Tools | ER Diagram menu item or from the Schema Browser - Tables page | Right-click menu.
The ER (entity relationship) Diagram works in a similar way to the Code Road
Map. It shows dependencies and selected details. Objects on the arrow end of the line are referenced by objects on the black dot end of the line. The left side contains the treeview object browser list. Right-clicking in the diagram will display the associated Schema Browser right-click menu for that object.
When you create a new diagram you can select what to display: primary keys, foreign keys, unique keys, data type, not nullable, and indexes.
Using the Object Palette window (from the View menu) you can list tables.
Objects can be added to the diagram via drag and drop or double-click.
After you add new objects (tables, views, synonyms) press the Find
dependencies button on the toolbar to find dependencies between the newly added objects and the existing objects.
The Save as... button saves the file as a .erd file. The toolbar includes a button that lets you Load the objects into the SQL Modeler.
Each object in the ER Diagram includes an "X" on the caption bar that lets you remove the object from the diagram.
F2 will toggle full screen.
F4 or double-clicking on an object performs a describe for objects that are supported by the Toad describe feature.
The Create the scripts for the objects in the map button requires the DBA module.
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