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June 20, 2024
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How to Hide columns in ERD

  • June 20, 2024
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How do I hide Entity  Attributes in an ERD.

I have tables with 70+columns.  Including column detail makes the ERD unusable.

Best answer by Zuzia S

Hi @ahuntertate

Automatically reducing the number of visible attributes upon importing the database into the Lucidchart document is unfortunately not a feature we support at the moment. 

We’re very interested in your feedback and committed to continually improving our products. Please first search the Product Feedback section of this community (with the filter Topic Type = Idea) to see if it’s already been submitted. If so, please add any additional details you’d like and upvote the request - this consolidation helps to refine feedback and properly capture the popularity of the request. If no one has submitted this idea yet, please create one of your own and be sure to include details about your use case or what you’d like to see in this experience. This will also allow other users with similar requests to discover and upvote it, then add details of their own.

A workaround for your issue could be to manually change the number of rows in the Advanced Options drop-down, using arrows or typing the desired number directly as such: 

Let us know! 

 

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Zuzia S
Lucid community team
October 15, 2024

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

Please make sure to upvote and comment the idea to voice your support as the most popular ideas are surfaced to the product development team for its review. 

Cheers!