The sections in the Overview tab are
common to the Meta Entities, Meta Entity Types, or Meta Data Aggregates
such as the name, label, Keywords, Composition and
the Documentation. However, some of them are
specific to the entity type, such as the list of the User Entities
created from the Meta Entity or the section Entity which
is specific to the Meta Entity type. From the sections with read-only
data, you can access the tabs where the information can be modified
with the use of buttons.
Description of the tab
Three sections
are not tabs. They are displayed in the
Overview tab
only:
Alerts and Action Items,
General
information, and
Generation parameters definition (on
some entities).
All the other sections provide links to the corresponding
editor tabs.
If information is displayed in a section, you
can carry out either of the following actions:
- Click it if it is displayed as a link. You automatically switch
to where the information is specified.
- Click the More button to switch to the
corresponding tab.
If no information is displayed in the section, click
the symbol in front of the section name. It gives you access to the More button.
Click it to access the corresponding tab.
The sections of the tab
- Alerts and Action Items
- Any problem that is related to the current instance is displayed
in this section as a link. If you click this link, you automatically
switch to the Problems view, where the line
that corresponds to the error is highlighted. The error is explained
and you can correct it.
General information displays
the following fields:
- Work context
- The work context is the project from which you open the editor
of the current instance. This project constitutes the starting point
for the resolution of the dynamic links and references between the
instances of the various projects. The projects hierarchy that is
declared in the design build path is explored in an upward direction.
If
you click Hierarchy, you can see a partial
view of the design build path. In this view, the project that constitutes
the work context is the lowest project of the hierarchy.
More
information can be found in the following links: The work context and The design build path.
- Name
- The instance name is displayed in read-only mode. It is entered
when the instance is created, and it cannot be modified later.
- Label
- Enter the label that identifies the instance. It will constitute
a search criterion for a subsequent search.
User entities
In this section, you find
the list of 'User entities' which are instances of the Meta
Entity. If no User Entity has ever been created for this Meta Entity,
the list is empty.
From the other sections, you can switch to the following
tabs of the Meta Entity editor:
- The Composition tab, to describe and define
the structure of a User Entity
- The Documentation tab, to write comments
on the Meta Entity
- The Keywords tab to specify the keywords
for the Meta Entity
Types
This section is specific to the Meta
Entity type only, it is not available for other entities. It contains
the different types of entities extended by the current Meta Entity
Type. To change an entity type by another one, select an entity type
in the list, click Change and select another
type of entity in the selection box displayed. Click OK to
validate.