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A library definition is a collection of objects, attributes, and relations between objects and attributes, where objects can also be attributes of an object (references).

The Library Definition view provides an overview of active and inactive libraries. The detail view displays the corresponding objects, attributes, and the assignment of attributes to objects. You can upload and download libraries to and from the application.

Only one library can be active at any given time. The active library is set up as part of the Customizing project: You cannot deactivate the active library. This means that any new libraries that you upload are assigned the status Inactive and cannot be activated.

Prerequisites

A library definition is configured as the active library during the technical implementation.

Procedure

Displaying a Library Definition

  • Select the library.

    The objects, attributes, and the assignment of attributes to objects are displayed in the detail view.

Displaying Library Definition Details

Choose one of the following tab pages to display the details for a library definition:

  • Objects tab page

    Displays information about the corresponding objects, for example:

    • Editable indicates which objects you can create, change, and delete in the Objects view.

    • Created At and Time indicate when the object was added to the library.

  • Attributes tab page

    Displays information about the attributes, for example:

    • Maintainable indicates which attributes you can create, change, and delete in the Objects view.

    • Reference indicates whether an object has a reference to an object as an attribute.

    • Cardinality indicates how often you can assign an attribute to an object. For example, you can assign just one organization (cardinality = 1) but two mobile telephone numbers (cardinality = 2) to an owner object.

    • Created At and Time indicate when the attribute was added to the library.

  • Objects and Assigned Attributes tab page

    Indicates which attributes are assigned to which objects and also the following, for example:

    • Search Help indicates whether help is available for an object/attribute combination.

    • Search Help Object indicates the name of the search help object. You can specify your own search helps as part of the Customizing project.

    • Obligatory indicates which attributes are mandatory for which objects.

    • Created At and Time indicate when the object was added to the library.

Uploading a Library Definition

You can upload a library definition to the application. Files in library definitions must adhere to the XML format defined in the configuration service.

To upload a library definition, proceed as follows:

  1. Choose Upload.

    The Search for XML File dialog box appears.

  2. Select the XML file and confirm your selection.

    The library definition is uploaded to the system as an inactive library. Only the first library definition that is uploaded is set to active by the system.

Downloading a Library Definition

You can download a library definition from the application as an XML file. This changes the existing library definition that you saved to your file system.

To download a library definition, proceed as follows:

  1. Choose Download.

    The Search for XML File dialog box appears.

  2. Select an existing XML file and confirm your selection.

    You can also specify a new file name.

    The library definition is saved to your file system.

Result

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