Synchronizing Column Comments from Relational Model to Data Dictionary?

I've changed/added column comments to a table in my Relational Model. When I try to sync the changes to the Data Dictionary of the Database the new/changed column comments are never included. I can actually see that the values in the Field "Comment in RDBMS" are different in the Compare Models Preview Window but the line is not highlighted in red as I expect, in fact it is even grayed out. I also can't check the corresponding checkbox "selected".
Is there a way to get the comments to synchronize? Do I miss any option I have to set first? Ist this a bug or expected behaviour?
I'm using version 4.0.3 x64 of Data Modeler.
Any help would be much appreciated,
Charlie

Hi Charlie,
The greying out of the "Comment in RDBMS" property would suggest that you have filtered out this property for Column objects in a previous Compare.
To unset the filtering, repeat the sync, and when it displays the Compare Models dialog, select the Options tab and then the Properties Filter tab below it.
Select "Columns" in the left pane, and then find the entry for the "Comment in RDBMS" property in the right pane. The "Included" check box should be set.
You can then select the Refresh Trees button below these two panes.
If you then go back to the Details tab, any differences in the "Comment in RDBMS" property for Columns should now be highlighted in red.
David

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