In this tab, you complete the fields of the User Entity
whose structure is defined in the Meta Entity it is related to.
About this task
There are several possibilities to complete the fields of
the User Entity. You can either add all the fields in a Data Element
description or add the fields one by one. You can also enter the required
fields only with a cardinality
1-1.
Procedure
- Open the Description tab of a User
Entity.
- When you open a new User Entity, the structure table is
empty. You must then carry out one of the following actions:
- Insert all the fields at once. Click Add all Fields to
duplicate the structure that is defined in the Meta Entity. The root
Data Aggregate is then displayed at the top level of a tree structure.
The other Data Aggregates are displayed at lower levels with all their
Data Element descriptions.
- Insert the fields one by one as follows:
- Click Add Field to display the root Data
Aggregate.
- Click Add Field again. It opens a selection
box in which you can select the child Data Element Aggregate of your
choice.
- Click Add value. Then, click either Add
all Fields to add all the fields that are defined in the
Meta Entity for this Data Aggregate description, or click Add
Field to select one field in the selection box. If mandatory
fields are defined in your Meta Entity, click Add Required
Fields to display them in your Data Element Aggregate.
Otherwise, an error is notified.
Note: You can duplicate a Data Aggregate
and the fields it contains by using Copy and Paste in
the menu.
- Enter values that fit the description of the Meta Entity
to prevent errors. To do so, click the field and then the value column,
and enter a value.
- A table is displayed in the Description detail section
for each Data Aggregate Description that contains multiple values.
Simple fields only are displayed (integer, decimal, date, string,
float, byte, timestamp, reference with a maximum cardinality to 1)
in the Data Aggregate Description. Each column corresponds to a description.
If you click a column cell, the default value that is indicated in
the Meta Entity is displayed. However, it can be modified by entering
directly another value or by opening a dialog box for longer values.
Click + to add other lines in the table or − to delete them.
Results
Figure 1. Example of Description Detail table with multiple
values for simple fields in a Data Aggregate Description 