Business Anchor Hierarchy 

Definition

A business anchor hierarchy establishes a dependency between two data sources (business anchors) within an interaction component. At the same time, it creates a data flow between the associated data sources.

Use

By creating a business anchor hierarchy, you can display related data in a tile, tile set and business component of a mobile client application.

Structure

To create a hierarchy, the data sources referenced by the business anchors must be related. The relationship can be a:

·        Relation: The data sources are related in the business object layer. For example, a parent-child relation exists between the customer and order business objects.

·        Query result: While creating the hierarchy, choose a business query as the parent business anchor and a business collection as the child business anchor.

·        Supply Function: The data sources are related by code that you write specific to this business anchor hierarchy.

Example

A tile set comprises two tiles displaying customer details and orders for all customers

You can create a business anchor hierarchy to link a specific customer record located in one tile with the corresponding order (business objects) in the other tile. At runtime, the Orders tile displays orders created for the customer selected in the Customer tile.

See also:

 

Creating an Anchor Hierarchy for a Tile

Creating an Anchor Hierarchy for a Tile Set

Creating an Anchor Hierarchy for a Business Component