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TOPICA Basic Class DataDictionaryTable

[This is preliminary documentation and is subject to change.]

The DataDictionaryTable class models one dynamically generated database table.

DataDictionaryTable properties

Property

Type

Description

ToString

String

String representation for debugging etc.

TableName

String

The table name.

Caption

String

The caption displayed in the user interface.

Type, StructureType

String

The "structure type" of this table (defined in The Structure File).

This value is used to group tables logically. Tables with similar purpose should be given same value in this field.

For example, if the data model contains the tables "EncounterX" and "EncounterY" (both used as encounters), these tables should have the type "Encounter".

ChildTables

DataDictionaryTableCollection

All the child tables.

ChildTablesUnique

DataDictionaryTableCollection

The child tables that have a 1:1 relation from the current table.

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