HOPEX Database Builder (Web) : MEGA Database Builder : Conceptual Modeling : Building a Data Diagram
   
Building a Data Diagram
 
Creating a Data Diagram
Entities
Creating an entity
Attributes
Defining attributes
Inherited attributes
Associations
Examples of associations
Creating an Association
Defining association roles (ends)
Multiplicities
Aggregation
Composition
Using reflexive associations
Displaying an N-ary Association
Generalizations
What is a generalization?
Multiple sub-entities
Multiple inheritance
Creating a generalization
Discriminator
Constraints
A data diagram is a graphical representation of a model or of part of a model.
In MEGA Database Builder, a data diagram is represented by:
Entities, which represent the basic concepts (customer, account, product, etc.).
Associations, which define the relationships between the different entities.
Attributes, which describe the characteristics of entities and, in certain cases, of associations.
The data diagram also contains multiplicity definitions.
*For SQL generation of entities and attributes, see "SQL Identifiers and Options".