How to Hide columns in ERD

Hi @ahuntertate, please have a look at our Create an Entity Relationship Diagram article to learn more about its features. Since only 3 columns can be created in an ERD table, could send us a screenshot of the issue you are experiencing so we can get a better understanding of it? Thanks!

I don’t need to hide the “Columns “ like Key or Data Type.   I need to hide the attribute list so I can display the relationships effectively on a single pane.   The screen shot is from my 24” HD monitor.

The Entities were imported  from the DB. 

Here is what the ERD currently looks like with only about ½ of the entities in the model.

I am not trying to hide the “Column” like Key or data type . I need to display the Entity/Tables without the Attributes  all listing. in the block. It wont even let me resize the objects. .    

This screen shot is from my 24” HD monitor.  The model has only ½ of the entities/tables and is already unreadable and unmanageable.  Being able to have some entities. show full details and some only show the key columns is basic functionality in ERD diagrams.

@Zuzia S pls explain why my last 2 replies do not show here.  

Trying this again,  this is the current state of the document

Hi @ahuntertate, 

Lucidchart draws relationship lines automatically when you drag related tables onto the canvas and have properly set up the primary and foreign keys. 

You can manually edit an ERD by adding and removing fields, selecting the shape or clicking the Context Panel icon in the upper-right corner of the canvas to open the Entity Contextual Panel. In Advanced Options drop-down, you can indicate the number of fields needed.

I still don’t completely understand what you are trying to achieve: are you trying to collapse the shapes panel or the rows of the tables on your canvas? If you could provide an image of what you have in mind exactly regarding the layout, it would be very helpful.

Hope this helps!

@Zuzia S ,

 what you describe is fine if I  am building the Entities from scratch and I only have 5 or so attributes in the table.  When I import my data structures  I do not have option of limiting the number of attributes in the entity.   Below are the layout of the same 3 entities.  1 is unreadable ,  1 is not. How do I get the initial view with has all the attributes 100+  to only show the top  4 or 5 with  out losing the attribute definitions that came from the imported schema.   Feel free to reach out via email and I can demonstrate this.  

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@Zuzia S  I created the new “Idea”.  “Add the option to Hide attributes of an entity without removing them from the model.”  pls make this a priority. 

+1 - I totally agree. There are some contexts where you just want to show the entity names and their relationships to eachother (e.g. the cardinality between entities).

For example, when I do a High-Level Solution Design I typically just want to show the data entities. Defining a list of attributes normally comes later in the project, and is not significant to the high-level design. This level of detail is usually incomplete during High-Level Design, and including it at this stage usually creates distractions for the reviewers who get caught up in debates about its completeness or accuracy which aren’t known at this stage of the project.

Hi @Nick.Hynes, thank you for providing your detailed feedback in our community!

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