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Use

You can create internal relations between data objects in your data model. You can rename and delete existing internal relations from the context menu.

Procedure

  1. Right-click a data object, and choose Start of the navigation path Create Next navigation step Create Int. Relation End of the navigation path.

    The Create Relation dialog box is displayed.

  2. Enter the Name of the relation and then press the green checkmark.

    The new relation then appears under the Relations from… folder under the data object in the tree view with a cardinality of 1, and the Properties Editor displays so that you can define the new relation. There are no mandatory fields.

  3. Save your entries.

The following fields are available for editing in the Properties Editor; the other fields are read-only.

Field

Description

Default

Entity Enabled

If selected, the relation is enabled in this data model and will be reflected at runtime. If not selected, the relation is ignored at runtime. Select this checkbox if you want to enable the relation in this data model.

Selected

External Name

Name of relation as represented in the external service, service document, and metadata document.

  

Source Cardinality

Cardinality of the source data object. For internal (parent / child) relations, the cardinality is always 1 (one-to-one relationship). For external relations, it can also be 1:n (one-to-many relationship).

1

Target Cardinality

Cardinality of the target data object or data model. For internal (parent / child) relations, the cardinality is always 1 (one-to-one relationship). For external relations, it can also be 1:n (one-to-many relationship).

1

Title

Language-dependent title in the user's logon language (if available). Enter a suitable title.