| # Entity Types (tgerm1130s000) Use this session to maintain entity type details. Related topics Entity Relationship Modeling Entity Rel. Diagram A graphic design of the relational data model structure. The diagram shows a (multilevel) structure that consists of entity types and entity type relationships. Entity Rel. Diagram the description or name of the entity-relationship diagram. Version A group of model items that share some characteristics, such as the customer, owner, and effective date. Version The description or name of the version. Entity Type An object (person, place, thing, or concept) for which you must record information. LN provides the following entity types: Logical entity type: a meaning to the real world and is comprised of one or more physical entity types. Physical entity type: database tables in the LN application packages. Associative entity type: an entity type that is used to link other entity types. Description The description or name of the entity type. Expired If this check box is selected, the entity type has expired as the version it is in is no longer valid. Owner ERP Package The ERP package to which the entity type is related. Owner ERP Package The description or name of the ERP package. Owner ERP Module The ERP module to which the entity type is related. Owner ERP Module The description or name of the ERP module. Entity Type Category A division within a system of classification. Most model items can be categorized. Entity Type Category The description or name of the category. Decomposed Diagram The entity-relationship diagram into which an entity type is decomposed. At a different level in the DEM-Tool you can see the entity-type relationship between the current entity type and other entity types. Example In the entity-relationship diagram "business function categories" you can view the relationships of the entity type "business function categories" with other entity types. The entity type "business function categories" is however only related to the entity type "business functions". From this diagram you can zoom to the diagram "business functions" where the relationships of the entity type "business functions" with other entity types are shown. In this diagram you can see that the entity type "business functions" is related to the entity types versions, performance indicators by business function, business diagram annotations, and of course business function categories. Note The new entity-relationship diagram must be created before an entity type can be decomposed. Decomposed Diagram The description or name of the decomposed diagram. Entity Type If this check box is selected, the entity type is a physical entity type or a logical entity type related to an ERP package. Associative Entity Type If this check box is selected, the entity type is an associative entity-type. Owner The login of the owner. Owner The name of the owner. Generation Date By default, the date when the entity type was generated and linked to the entity-relationship diagram. However, every authorized user can change the date into another date. User Last Change The login of the user who made the latest change to the entity type details. User Last Change The name of the user who made the latest change to the entity type details. Last Change The date when the latest change was made to the entity type details. Entity Type Text If this check box is selected, text is available that provides you with further information about the entity type. Note This text is accessable from every entity-relationship diagram in which this entity type is used. Entity Type Diagram Text If this check box is selected, text is available that provides you with further information about the entity type in the current entity-relationship diagram. |