Set Up Display Folders in the Business Model and Mapping Layer

You can create display folders to organize objects in the Business Model and Mapping layer. Display folders have no effect on query processing.

After you create a display folder, the selected tables and dimensions appear in the folder as a shortcut and in the business model tree as the object. You can hide the objects so that you only view the shortcuts in the display folder. See the information about the Repository tab of the Options dialog in Set Administration Tool Options about hiding these objects.

Deleting a table in a display folder deletes only the shortcut to that object. When you delete a column in a display folder, however, the column is actually deleted.

  1. In the Business Model and Mapping layer of the Administration Tool, right-click a business model and select New Object, then select Logical Display Folder.
  2. In the Logical Display Folder dialog, in the Tables tab, type a name for the folder.
  3. To add tables to the display folder, click Add. In the Browse dialog, select the fact or dimension tables you want to add to the folder and click Select.

    Alternatively, you can drag one or more logical tables to the display folder after you close the dialog.

  4. To add dimensions to the display folder, click the Dimensions tab and click Add. In the Browse dialog, select the dimensions that you want to add to the folder and click Select.

    Alternatively, you can drag one or more dimensions to the display folder after you close the dialog.

  5. Click OK.