Getting Started with InfoSphere Data Architect

134 Getting started with InfoSphere Data Architect
e. Select the Create from reverse engineering radio button, then click Next.
3. On the Source page, make sure the Database radio button is selected, then click Next.
4. On the Select Connection page, select the SAMPLE database connection profile, then click Next.
5. On the Select Objects page, select the STUDENT_LIFE schema, then click Next.
6. On the Database Elements page, keep the default selections, then click Next.
7. On the Options page, click Finish.
The new physical data model is created in the Data Project Explorer (as shown in Figure 7.3) and opens
in the editor view.
Figure 7.3 – A new physical data model, reverse-engineered from an existing database
7.3 Making changes to the new physical data model
Let's modify the NEW_SDT_INFO_SYS.dbm physical data model file to include some new columns and
an index. In this scenario, the business process owners have asked you to include columns to store the
main phone number of each instructor of each course and the phone numbers of students. They've also
requested an index to help sort student names to make accessing the data easier.
After you make these changes, you can use the compare and merge features of the workbench to
generate DDL to deploy the changes to the SAMPLE database.
To make changes to the physical data model: