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<Session ID="/baanerp/tg/erm/tgerm1130s000" xml:lang="en">
   <Header>
      <Title>Entity Types (tgerm1130s000)</Title>
   </Header>
   <HelpTopic>
      <AimSection>
         <Paragraph>Use this session to maintain <Link href="/baanerp/tg/glossary/glossary#000088" role="glossary">entity type</Link> details.</Paragraph>
      </AimSection>
      <GeneralSection/>
      <RelatedTopics>
         <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
         <RelTopic>
            <Link href="/baanerp/tg/onlinemanual/tgerm" role="manual">Entity Relationship Modeling</Link>
         </RelTopic>
      </RelatedTopics>
   </HelpTopic>
   <Fields>
      <FieldHelp ID="tgerm130.erid">
         <Header>
            <Title>Entity Rel. Diagram</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>A graphic design of the relational data model structure. The
		diagram shows a (multilevel) structure that consists of entity types and entity
		type relationships.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="erid.desc">
         <Header>
            <Title>Entity Rel. Diagram</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>the description or name of the <Link href="/baanerp/tg/glossary/glossary#000119" role="glossary">entity-relationship</Link> diagram.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="tgerm130.vers">
         <Header>
            <Title>Version</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>A group of model items that share some characteristics, such as
		the customer, owner, and effective date.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="tgbrg100.desc">
         <Header>
            <Title>Version</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The description or name of the <Link href="/baanerp/tg/glossary/glossary#000001" role="glossary">version</Link>.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="tgerm130.nent">
         <Header>
            <Title>Entity Type</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>An object (person, place, thing, or concept) for which you must
		record information.</FuncDesc>
         <SimpleSection>
            <List>
               <ListIntro>ERP Enterprise provides the following entity types:</ListIntro>
               <ListItem>Logical entity type: a
			 meaning to the real world and is comprised of one or more physical entity
			 types.</ListItem>
               <ListItem>Physical entity type:
			 database tables in the ERP Enterprise application packages.</ListItem>
               <ListItem>Associative entity
			 type: an entity type that is used to link other entity types.</ListItem>
            </List>
         </SimpleSection>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="ennt.desc">
         <Header>
            <Title>Description</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The description or name of the <Link href="/baanerp/tg/glossary/glossary#000088" role="glossary">entity type</Link>.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="tgerm200.expi">
         <Header>
            <Title>Expired</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>If this check box is selected, the <Link href="/baanerp/tg/glossary/glossary#000088" role="glossary">entity type</Link> has expired as
		the <Link href="/baanerp/tg/glossary/glossary#000001" role="glossary">version</Link> it is in is no
		longer valid.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="tgerm200.cpac">
         <Header>
            <Title>Owner Package</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The ERP package to which the <Link href="/baanerp/tg/glossary/glossary#000088" role="glossary">entity type</Link> is related.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="cpac.desc">
         <Header>
            <Title>Owner ERP Package</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The description or name of the ERP package.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="tgerm200.cmod">
         <Header>
            <Title>Owner Module</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The ERP module to which the <Link href="/baanerp/tg/glossary/glossary#000088" role="glossary">entity type</Link> is related.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="cmod.desc">
         <Header>
            <Title>Owner ERP Module</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The description or name of the ERP module.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="tgerm200.ectg">
         <Header>
            <Title>Entity Type Category</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>A division within a system of classification. Most model items
		can be categorized.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="tgerm250.desc">
         <Header>
            <Title>Entity Type Category</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The description or name of the <Link href="/baanerp/tg/glossary/glossary#000210" role="glossary">category</Link>.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="tgerm200.nent">
         <Header>
            <Title>Decomposed Data Model Diagram</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The <Link href="/baanerp/tg/glossary/glossary#000119" role="glossary">entity-relationship diagram</Link> into which an <Link href="/baanerp/tg/glossary/glossary#000088" role="glossary">entity type</Link> is decomposed.
		At a different level in the DEM-Tool you can see the <Link href="/baanerp/tg/glossary/glossary#000089" role="glossary">entity-type relationship</Link> between the current entity type and other entity types.</FuncDesc>
         <SimpleSection>
            <SectionTitle>Example</SectionTitle>
            <Paragraph>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".</Paragraph>
            <Paragraph>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.</Paragraph>
         </SimpleSection>
         <Note>
            <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
            <Paragraph>The new <Link href="/baanerp/tg/glossary/glossary#000119" role="glossary">entity-relationship diagram</Link> must be created before an entity type can be decomposed.</Paragraph>
         </Note>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="nent.desc">
         <Header>
            <Title>Decomposed Diagram</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The description or name of the decomposed diagram.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="tgerm200.bntt">
         <Header>
            <Title>Entity</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>If this check box is selected, the entity type is a <Link href="/baanerp/tg/glossary/glossary#000121" role="glossary">physical</Link> entity type or a <Link href="/baanerp/tg/glossary/glossary#000123" role="glossary">logical entity type</Link> related
		to an ERP package.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="tgerm200.sstv">
         <Header>
            <Title>Associative Entity Type</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>If this check box is selected, the entity type is an <Link href="/baanerp/tg/glossary/glossary#000120" role="glossary">associative</Link> entity-type.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="tgerm200.user">
         <Header>
            <Title>Owner</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The <Link href="/baanerp/tg/glossary/glossary#000172" role="glossary">login</Link> of the <Link href="/baanerp/tg/glossary/glossary#000077" role="glossary">owner</Link>.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="user.name">
         <Header>
            <Title>Owner</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The name of the <Link href="/baanerp/tg/glossary/glossary#000077" role="glossary">owner</Link>.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="tgerm200.date">
         <Header>
            <Title>Generation Date</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>By default, the date when the <Link href="/baanerp/tg/glossary/glossary#000088" role="glossary">entity type</Link> was generated
		and linked to the <Link href="/baanerp/tg/glossary/glossary#000119" role="glossary">entity-relationship diagram</Link>.
		However, every authorized <Link href="/baanerp/tg/glossary/glossary#000065" role="glossary">user</Link> can change the
		date into another date.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="tgerm200.upus">
         <Header>
            <Title>User Last Change</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The <Link href="/baanerp/tg/glossary/glossary#000172" role="glossary">login</Link> of the <Link href="/baanerp/tg/glossary/glossary#000065" role="glossary">user</Link> who made the
		latest change to the <Link href="/baanerp/tg/glossary/glossary#000088" role="glossary">entity type</Link> details.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="upus.name">
         <Header>
            <Title>User Last Change</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The name of the <Link href="/baanerp/tg/glossary/glossary#000065" role="glossary">user</Link> who made the
		latest change to the <Link href="/baanerp/tg/glossary/glossary#000088" role="glossary">entity type</Link> details.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="tgerm200.cdat">
         <Header>
            <Title>Last Change</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The date when the latest change was made to the <Link href="/baanerp/tg/glossary/glossary#000088" role="glossary">entity</Link> type details.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="repo.txtn.yn">
         <Header>
            <Title>Entity Type Text</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>If this check box is selected, text is available that
		provides you with further information about the <Link href="/baanerp/tg/glossary/glossary#000088" role="glossary">entity type</Link>.</FuncDesc>
         <Note>
            <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
            <Paragraph>This text is
		  accessable from every <Link href="/baanerp/tg/glossary/glossary#000119" role="glossary">entity-relationship</Link> diagram
		  in which this entity type is used.</Paragraph>
         </Note>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="txtn.yn">
         <Header>
            <Title>Entity Type Diagram Text</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>If this check box is selected, text is available that
		provides you with further information about the <Link href="/baanerp/tg/glossary/glossary#000088" role="glossary">entity type</Link> in the current <Link href="/baanerp/tg/glossary/glossary#000119" role="glossary">entity-relationship diagram</Link>.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
   </Fields>
</Session>