Database Properties for Category to Child and Relationship shapes (Name)

Role text is read in the direction of parent to child. The verb phrase describes the parent's role; the inverse phrase describes the child's role.

You can also specify the physical name of this relationship and provide descriptive text.

Verb phrase

Type the parent's role.

The text is not used to name any database objects.

Inverse phrase

Type the child's role.

The text is not used to name any database objects.

Physical name

Type the name of the relationship as it appears in the physical database.

This value is used differently depending on the target database management system (DBMS). For many systems, this value is the name of the foreign key constraint, as defined in an SQL ADD CONSTRAINT clause.

Notes

Type notes about the relationship.