Name Abbreviations
Hello All,
I am struggling a little with the "Name Abbreviations" stuff and I have some questions. I am sure that part of my difficulty is that I come from using ERwin and I am trying to wrap my head around this tool. I think I like it so far, but I am just struggling and need some help.
1. Can I specify that a particular CSV file always be used instead of having to select it each time? This is important to me from a team environment perspective so that we can all know that we are using the same one and additionally it helps me be consistent for each project.
2. Do the name abbreviations only take place when you click "OK" on the Name Abbreviations dialog?
3. If you are working on a project that involves existing data structures that don't comply to the naming standards, but you want the naming standards to apply to anything "new" how do you make sure that the old names do not get changed? ERwin calls this "Name Hardening" which allows this to take place. I am assuming that this can be done with this tool, but I think I may be overlooking it.
4. Sometimes I work from Relational to Logical and sometimes the other way around, it just depends. No matter which way I go when I click on the "Engineer" button will the tool look at the name abbreviations CSV file and translate on the fly or is this an extra step to done after the engineer step?
Thanks for your patience.
Craig