Table Descriptors and Generator Preferences Compensating for Meaningless Primary Keys

Default Links and Descriptors It’s time to run the Generate Default Links utility. You can do more with this tool LOV Angela Joni Sue LOV Make lookups more descriptive

Descriptors Add Clarity Titles Title Number Foreign Key Values LOV Users would like to see the titles instead of meaningless numeric primary key values LOV Gone with the Mask The Little Conan... Title describes Title Number, the primary key. Title is said to be a... Descriptor Gone with the Mask The Little Conan The Magnificent 8 1/2 LOV

Setting a Descriptor HOLLYWOOD: Column Properties Default Display - Descriptor Sequence... 1 Set a column as a descriptor

Setting More than One Descriptor LOV Descriptor Sequence Department Column: 2 Descriptor Sequence Name 1 Education Consulting Sales Location 2 Aylmer Rotterdam London Location 1 Education Consulting Sales Name 2 Aylmer Rotterdam London

Generate Default Links... Lookup Links Create Table Usages for Descriptor Columns Descriptor Columns and the Default Link Utility EMPLOYEES DEPARTMENTS

Setting Descriptors for Employees and Departments

Database has changed So Regenerate it with the Generate Database from Server Module Utility just in case.

Create a New Module

Module Component Data Wizard

Module Component Display Wizard

Generate Default Links

Module Diagram

The Generated Form

Layout Problem Generator Preferences Steep Learning Curve Example: this layout is a problem because of the item group’s “tab table usage” or GRPUTT

Generator Preferences

Item Group Preferences

Tab Table Options

Regenerated Form BONUS: Every vertical item group will line up this way by default!