Reference: Synonym Editor Options Settings

When you click Options from the Tools group, the options dialog box appears. It enables you to set preferences and customize the look of the Metadata Canvas.

The Synonym Editor settings page has the following fields and options:

Use application directory name with synonym

If this check box is selected, an application directory name is used when you select a synonym name for both referencing an existing synonym and a transformation with db_lookup.

Undo/Redo Limit

Specifies the maximum number of undo and redo operations allowed in the Metadata canvas.

Support extended options

If this check box is selected, both the Sort objects and Styles folders appear when you edit a synonym.

Automatically detect new segment relations

When you create a new synonym in the Modeling View with the Automatically detect new segment relations option selected and select or drag these three tables into the work area (modeling view), the relationships (joins) will automatically be created for you based on the foreign key information in the Access File.

Automatically arrange segments/folders in Modeling View

If you select or drag multiple or individual tables while in Modeling View, they will be automatically arranged for you.

Show parent segments in Join Editor

If this check box is selected, it controls whether or not columns in parent segments are displayed in the Join Editor for a cluster join or a synonym that references or includes, other synonyms.

Default Join Type

Sets the default Join type.

Modeling View Line Colors

Allows you to set colors for connector lines in the Modeling View.

Default. Changes the color lines in the Modeling View.

Highlighted. Changes the color of the highlighted lines in the Modeling View.

No Keys. Changes the color of lines with no keys in the modeling view.

Reset Colors

Restores the default colors.