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[. . . ] Business ViewsTM Administrator's Guide Business Views Administrator's Guide Patents Business Objects owns the following U. S. patents, which may cover products that are offered and sold by Business Objects: 5, 555, 403, 6, 247, 008 B1, 6, 578, 027 B2, 6, 490, 593 and 6, 289, 352. Business Objects, the Business Objects logo, Crystal Reports, and Crystal Enterprise are trademarks or registered trademarks of Business Objects SA or its affiliated companies in the United States and other countries. All other names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners. [. . . ] The Linking Diagram tab displays the selected table. To select Locate Table · On the Linking Diagram menu, select Locate Table. Alternatively, on the Linking Diagram tab in the main Data Foundation window, right-click anything but an existing link and select Locate Table. You can also click the Locate Table button on the toolbar. Business Views Administrator's Guide 129 8 Managing Data Foundations Working with Data Foundations Rearrange Tables When you select Rearrange Tables, the data tables are rearranged by existing links. To select Rearrange Tables · On the Linking Diagram menu, select Rearrange Tables. Alternatively, on the Linking Diagram tab in the main Data Foundation window, rightclick anything but an existing link and select Rearrange Tables. You can also click the Rearrange Tables button on the toolbar. Select Visible Tables When you click Select Visible Tables, the "Choose Visible Tables for Linking Diagram" dialog box appears. Using this dialog box, you can highlight which tables you want to be visible. The tables that are not highlighted will not appear on the Linking Diagram tab of the main Data Foundation window. You can click the Select All button to select all of the tables, or the Clear button to clear any tables that are highlighted. To specify which tables are visible · On the Linking Diagram menu, click Select Visible Tables. (You can also click the Select Visible Tables button on the toolbar. ) Fetch Table Indexes When you select Fetch Table Indexes, the Business View Manager retrieves the indexes for the tables. You can then select Index Legend to view the key to the index indicators. Index Legend When you select Index Legend, the Index Legend dialog box appears. This dialog box displays a key to the index indicators that are used in the visible tables on the Linking Diagram tab area. To select Index Legend · On the Linking Diagram menu, select Index Legend. Alternatively, on the Linking Diagram tab in the main Data Foundation window, right-click anything but an existing link and select Index Legend. 130 Business Views Administrator's Guide Managing Data Foundations Working with Data Foundations 8 Change Linking View To select Change Linking View · On the Linking Diagram menu, select Change Linking View. Alternatively, on the Linking Diagram tab in the main Data Foundation window, right-click anything but an existing link and select Change Linking View. You can also click the Change Linking View button on the toolbar. When you select Change Linking View, the view changes to display only the names of the tables. Inserting data tables When you first create a Data Foundation, you select which tables you want to include. After you have created your Data Foundation, you can continue adding and removing tables as needed. This section provides steps on inserting additional data tables. For more information on removing existing tables, see "Remove Table" on page 129. [. . . ] In addition, object rights are dependent on folder rights. If you set a right on a folder, all of the Business Views objects in this folder inherit the same security rights. For more information on the inheritance model as it pertains to security, see "Using inheritance to your advantage" on page 218. Business Views Administrator's Guide 229 13 User Scenarios Security applications 230 Business Views Administrator's Guide Business Objects Information Resources appendix A Business Objects Information Resources Documentation and information services Documentation and information services Business Objects offers a full documentation set covering its products and their deployment. Additional support and services are also available to help maximize the return on your business intelligence investment. [. . . ]