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Relation lines
Relationships correspond to foreign key constraints in the physical data model. There are three different types of lines possible in a logical model: one for parent/child relations (Identifying and Nonidentifying), one for Super-sub relations, and one for Non-specific relations.
Definition properties for the three different types of relation lines are slightly different.
Relation lines can be named, but names are not required. The fully qualified name for a relationship definition is:
<relation name>.<source entity>.<target entity>.<model name>
where:
•relation name is the name you provided when drawing the line
•source entity is the name of the parent entity/supertype/source entity
•target entity is the child entity/subtype/target entity
•model name is the name of the Project Model.
See also
Defining super-sub (ERD) or categorization (IDEF1X) relationships
Defining identifying and non-identifying relations
Defining non-specific relations
Deleting relation lines from diagrams
Consistency checks applied during relation line placement
Roles
Triggers
Objects in an ERD