You can create a relationship from the Toolbox, Browser, or Model menu.
Tool |
Description |
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One-Many Relationship
- Link one instance of the first entity to multiple
instances of the second entity. In this example, each
department can contain many employees and each employee
can belong to one department: |
|
Many-Many Relationship - Link
multiple instances of the first entity to multiple
instances of the second entity. In this example, each
employee can work on multiple projects and each project
can have multiple employees working on it: |
|
One-Many Dependent
Relationship - Link one instance of the
first entity to multiple instances of the second entity
and specifies that each of the many second entities is
dependent on and is partially identified by the first
entity. In this example, each project can contain
multiple tasks and each task must belong to one
project: |
Select Add a Row tool.
to access the List of Relationships, and click theRight-click the model (or a package) in the Browser, and select
.For general information about creating objects, see Core Features Guide > Modeling with PowerDesigner > Objects.