Object Names Administration

This dialog box is displayed if you click Tools, then Object Names Administration. It lets you make the names of specified objects fixed (unchangeable) or changeable in dialog boxes for the properties of the objects. For example, if the name of the Employees table is fixed, then it appears grayed out (not editable) in the Table Properties dialog box for the Employees table in the relational model.

To see the objects whose names you can specify as fixed or changeable, select each tab for the available types. The page for each tab includes Select All and Deselect All icons, a Filter box, and rows for each available object (including a Fixed box in each displayed row).

Select All icon: Selects all displayed objects.

Deselect All icon: Deselects all displayed objects.

Filter: Lets you enter a string to restrict the display to those objects with names containing that string.

Name: Name of an object of the type associated with the selected tab.

Fixed: If this option is selected, the object name in not changeable in the properties dialog box for the object; if this option is not selected, the object name is changeable.

Apply: You must click Apply to make your specifications effective.