Icon Explanations

In the Elements tree of Information Designer, the following icons may appear. Click on a link in the table below to find out more about each element type. In the Data sources tree only the items belonging to a database are visible.

Icon	Element type
	Folder
	Information link
	Filter
	Boolean column
	String column
	Integer column or LongInteger column
	Real, ShortReal or Currency column
	Date column
	DateTime column
	Time column
	Procedure
	Binary Large Object
	Character Large Object
	Join
	Database instance.
	Database link/catalog - a link to another database.
	Schema - a collection of tables and/or procedures.
	Table - a set of columns.
	Table alias. You can create a duplicate reference to a database table from Information Designer. This duplicate is called a Table Alias.
	Unknown column. Must be set manually to one of the accepted column types (above) before it can be saved as a column element.