SSADM ELH diagrams

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SSADM ELH diagrams

You can use the SSADM entity life history (ELH) diagram to specify the quantitative associative properties of entity relationships, or cardinalities.

When you start a new ELH diagram, the entity is automatically placed; its name is the same as the name of the diagram.

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Note Link, Entity, Normal Node, Iterative Node, Optional Node, and Effect, available in prior software versions, are no longer available. To use a diagram created in a earlier version is displayed, change these symbols to the current supported symbols. Make sure none of the symbols are selected by clicking on diagram white space, and then click Draw > Convert Structure.