Set Preferences for Case Conversion of Physical Model Object Names

In the physical model, you can set the preferences you use to name physical model objects. If you use naming standards, you must set these preferences for each model that you create. If you do not use naming standards, you can have modeling design problems that can produce errors when you run queries to extract particular sets of data.

The physical model objects for which you can set naming preferences are: Tables, Columns, Domains, Relationships, Indexes, and Validation Rules.

You can only select a case setting option for domains you created using the Domain Dictionary. You cannot change the case setting for the system-defined domains (<default>, Blob, Datetime, and Number).

To set preferences for case conversion of physical model object names

1. Click Names, Model Naming Options on the Actions menu.

   The Model Naming Options dialog opens.

2. Click the Physical tab.

   The Physical tab opens.

3. Click in the Case row for each physical model object type, select one of the following options from the Case list, and click OK:

   None

   Preserves the case settings that you enter for physical model objects.

   Upper

   Changes all lowercase letters in physical model object names to uppercase letters.

   lower

   Changes all uppercase letters in physical model object names to lowercase letters.

   Initial

   Changes the first letter in physical model object names to uppercase and all other letters to lowercase.

   The preferences are set and the Model Naming Options dialog closes.

More information:

Set the Maximum Length for Physical Model Object Names

Allow Special Characters in the Physical Model Object Name