Associations

Associations allow you to create a relationship between graphical objects in the 3D viewport and business objects.

The association relationship information is stored so that it can be used in downstream applications to allow user interactions where:

  • You can select or click on an object in the viewport, and the application can use an association API to find the ID of the related business object.

  • The end application can use a service to look up the IDs of associated graphical objects and then use Visual Interaction toolkit APIs to change the appearance of the objects; for example, highlight, opacity.

There’s a separate guide covering the Associations topic. For in-depth information, see Using Associations in Visualization.