Creating a table

Use the Table Properties window of the Create a New Infor LN Software Component wizard to initialize and create a new table in your local workspace. This window is the wizard's second dialog box.

For more general information about the wizard, see Create a New Infor LN Software Component wizard.

Creating a table

  1. Start the wizard and select the component type.
    1. Start the wizard.
    2. Specify the software development activity for which you want to create the new table. Select Table as the component type.
    3. To go to the Table Properties window, click Next.
  2. Specify the required table properties.

    In the Table Properties window, specify the following properties for the table.

    Name
    The name of the table.
    Table names must have this format: <package code><module code><table number>.
    This table shows an example:
    Package Code tt (tools)
    Module Code adv (application development)
    Table number 001 (sequence number of table)
    After you created the table, you cannot change its name.
    Description
    LN Studio automatically stores the description in a label. If you want to change the description after the table is created, edit this label in the label editor.

    All fields of the Table Properties window are mandatory.

    For more information about the table properties, see Table Editor.

  3. Create the table.

    To create the table in your local workspace and to exit the wizard, click Finish. The created table appears in the Activity Explorer view of the Application perspective.

    You can now edit the new table in the Table Editor.

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