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<h1 class="title topictitle1">Basic Layout</h1>
<div class="body taskbody"><p class="shortdesc">This section provides information on setting up the basic layout for your OData model in
the OData model editor.</p>
<div class="section context" id="loiof159edb90e754bd78496eec86c7e66ea__context_N10015_N10012_N10001"><div class="tasklabel"><h2 class="sectiontitle tasklabel">Context</h2></div>
<p class="p">The Basic layout provides the user with only one default option to layout the model in the
OData model editor. But, you can create your own layout by using the extension
points.</p>
</div><div class="tasklabel"><h2 class="sectiontitle tasklabel">Procedure</h2></div><ol class="ol steps" id="loiof159edb90e754bd78496eec86c7e66ea__steps_b5f_v3w_sp"><li class="li step stepexpand" id="loiof159edb90e754bd78496eec86c7e66ea__step_N10021_N1001E_N10012_N10001"><span class="ph cmd">From the Eclipse main menu, select <span class="ph pname">Windows</span> and then
<span class="ph pname">Preferences</span></span><div class="itemgroup stepresult">The <span class="ph pname">Preferences</span> page appears.</div></li>
<li class="li step stepexpand" id="loiof159edb90e754bd78496eec86c7e66ea__step_N10039_N1001E_N10012_N10001"><span class="ph cmd">Expand <span class="ph pname">OData Development </span>and choose <span class="ph pname">OData Model
Editor</span>.</span><div class="itemgroup stepresult">The OData Model Editor Layout options opens in the details region and the Basic
Layout is selected by default. Here is a sample of the basic layouting:
<p class="p"><img class="image" id="loiof159edb90e754bd78496eec86c7e66ea__image_knn_4jj_tp" src="b887226740e74fd2a7d600de0f53abb9.image"/></p>
<div class="p">The basic layout avoids overlapping of the
models and layouts the model in the following order:<ol class="ol" type="a" id="loiof159edb90e754bd78496eec86c7e66ea__ol_f3y_mdw_fj"><li class="li">Self associated entities and non-associated entitites.</li>
<li class="li">Associated entities</li>
<li class="li">Function Imports</li>
<li class="li">Complex Types</li>
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<div class="note note" id="loiof159edb90e754bd78496eec86c7e66ea__note_N1006D_N10052_N10047_N10038_N1001E_N10012_N10001"><span class="notetitle">Note</span> You
can also select a layout by right clicking on the OData Model Editor and
choosing <strong class="ph b">Layout</strong> and selecting a layout of your choice from the
context menu. If there are no extra layouts other than basic, then no
additional layout(s) will be displayed.<p class="p"><img class="image" id="loiof159edb90e754bd78496eec86c7e66ea__image_wth_1kj_tp" src="c8508c807aab4a39b18d485d2ff60d0a.image"/></p>
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<li class="li step stepexpand" id="loiof159edb90e754bd78496eec86c7e66ea__step_N10081_N1001E_N10012_N10001"><span class="ph cmd">Choose <strong class="ph b">Apply</strong> to apply the layout for the OData Model Editor.</span></li>
<li class="li step stepexpand" id="loiof159edb90e754bd78496eec86c7e66ea__step_N1008E_N1001E_N10012_N10001"><span class="ph cmd">Open the OData Model Editor to view the OData model in the selected
layout.</span></li>
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