There are two processes for configuring evidence sharing between case types: one for identical evidence and one for non-identical evidence. For both processes, it is necessary to select a source and target. The evidence broker will broadcast shared evidence from the source to the target. The two processes differ in how the source and target evidence types are configured.
For identical evidence, it is only necessary to select the evidence types that will be shared between the source and target. This is because the evidence types are identical. For non-identical evidence, it is necessary to select both the source evidence type and the target evidence type because the evidence types are different and the source evidence type may affect the target evidence type.
Evidence broker allows for the sharing definition to be tightly or loosely defined. Where tightly defined, the configuration specifies the exact case on both source and target. Where loosely defined, the wildcard ('*') feature can be used. This supports sharing specifications such as; share the specified evidence type with any product delivery containing this evidence type, share the specified evidence type with any integrated case containing this evidence type, share the specified evidence type with any application case containing this evidence type. Therefore this is a more open specification as the exact case type does not need to be specified.