Name

The name for the ERD.

 Table

To create a new table, drag the icon from the toolbar onto the canvas.

To add an existing table, click to list the tables available in the repository. Drag a table from the list into the ERD canvas.

 Screen

Create a new application screen using data from the selected table. 

In the Create Screen window:

• Name: Enter a name for the screen

• Open Maximised: Tick for a maximised screen. Untick for a popup screen.

• Description: Optionally enter a description for the screen.

• Select a Template: PhixFlow shows the screen designs available to your application. These depend on the template packages/palettes you have.
  see Understanding Template Packages and /wiki/spaces/HELP11/pages/9711229273.

 Help

Open the help topic with details about working with ERDs.

 Arrange Selected Items

Options to arrange the selected components:

 Align Objects to Left: Align the left edges of all the selected components to the component that is furthest to the left.

 Align Objects to Right: Align the right edges of all the selected components to the component that is furthest to the right.

 Align Objects to Top: Align the top edges of the selected components to the component that is positioned highest.

 Align to base: Align the bottom edges of the selected components to the component that is positioned lowest.

 Distribute Objects Horizontally: Equally distribute the selected components horizontally in the available space.

 Distribute Objects Vertically: Equally distribute the selected components vertically in the available space.

 Properties

Open the properties tab for the ERD.

 Zoom Out

Zoom out to see more of the diagram, with smaller text.

 Zoom In

Zoom in to see a smaller area of the diagram, with larger text.

 Refresh

Update the ERD to the last saved diagram layout. This clears any unsaved layout changes. 
Your ERD should automatically show an changes elsewhere in PhixFlow.  For example, if someone adds a new attribute to a table in your ERD, the attribute will appear on the list. If changes are not appearing, click this icon.

 Edit

Open the properties for this table to make changes.

 Remove

Remove the selected item(s) from the diagram.

 Show many-to-one relations

Tables may have relationships to other tables not represented on the current ERD. Use these options to add all related tables to your ERD so that you can see the full relationship set; see Show Relationships From Other ERDs , above.

 Show one-to-many relations

 Delete

Delete the selected item(s) from the ERD and from everywhere it is used.

 Show or Hide Attributes

Toggle the tables between expanded to show all attributes or collapsed to show only the table name, primary key and any foreign keys. This is useful if your table contains many attributes.

 Screen

Create a new application screen using data from the selected table.

Make/Unset Primary Key

Make: set the current attribute to be a primary key. A table can have only one primary key.

Unset: unset this attribute so it is no longer the primary key for the table. 

  Make/Unset Foreign Key

Make: set an attribute to be a foreign key.

Unset: unset this attribute so it is no longer a foreign key.

 Unset/Make Display Name

Make: set an attribute to be the display name for the primary key

Unset: unset this attribute so it is no longer the display name for the primary key.

 Add Attribute

Create a new attribute for the table. PhixFlow opens the properties where you can add a name and set the data type.

 Delete Attribute

Delete the attribute from the table. PhixFlow prompts you to confirm.