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| Click Add to Create new entity type. Complete the following on the Create a new entity type dialog to create a new entity type:
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| Click to Edit the selected entity type. | |||||
| Click to make a Copy of the selected entity type. | |||||
| Click to Delete the selected entity type. | |||||
| Click to move the selected entity type a level up. | |||||
| Click to move the selected entity type a level down. |
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This tab enables you to define settings required for creating a new entity type.
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The following definition fields are available:
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Name | A name for the entity type |
Group | This field can be used to organize entity types. |
Description | A description of the entity type |
Color | Set the color assigned to an entity, which are used to aid identification in the diagram. Click |
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Entity icon | Keep the existing icon or change to another icon. | |||||
Query template | Optionally, assign a template to the entity definition.
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DW query template | Optionally, assign a template to the entity definition.
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Behavior | Used to tag if entities of this type should have changes tracked. | |||||
Characteristic | Select if this entity functions as a Terminal or Hub. | |||||
Keywords | A list of keywords to be assigned to entities of this type | |||||
Assign attribute types to pk | A list of attribute types that will be assigned to the primary key attribute(s) in entities of this type | |||||
Prefix and Suffix | A custom prefix and/or suffix to be added to the entity, all attributes in the entity, all foreign keys to and from the entity, and/or all indexes on the entity. |
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This tab enables you to define attributes and indexes to be automatically created when this entity type is assigned through entity type robots. You can create a new robot by clicking REPLACE WITH THIS IMAGE: Images/Common_Icons/addqueryicon.png 
or by clicking REPLACE WITH THIS IMAGE: Images/Common_Icons/copyqueryicon.png 
to copy from an existing entity type. Select Attribute or Index from the drop-down list to change whether the currently selected robot creates an attribute or an index.
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Robot name | Attribute robot's name. | |||||||
Positioning | Enables you to define whether the attribute should be created above or below all existing attributes in the entity. Select one of the following options:
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Attribute name | The name of the attribute.
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Comment | A comment on the attribute. | |||||||
Data type | Enter the attribute's datatype. | |||||||
Data type size | Enter the datatype's size parameter. | |||||||
Data type scale | Enter the datatype's scale parameter. | |||||||
Character set | The attribute's character set. | |||||||
Default value | The default value for the attribute. | |||||||
Primary key | Select the checkbox so the attribute is contained in the primary key for the table. | |||||||
Auto increment | Select the checkbox so the attributes's value is automatically generated. | |||||||
Unique | Select the checkbox so the attributes's values must be unique. | |||||||
Nullable | Select the checkbox so the attribute may contain null values. | |||||||
Attribute types | Select an attribute type from the drop-down list. |
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Robot name | Index robot's name. | |||||||||||
Index name | The name of the index.
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Description | A short description of index robot. | |||||||||||
Index types | Select a type of index from the drop-down list. | |||||||||||
Indexed attributes | You can choose any of: primary key attributes, foreign key attributes, selected attributes being created by robots, or all attributes of particular types | |||||||||||
Attribute types | Click
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If any model conversion in the repository references any of the entity types that were renamed in the previous step, you then need to update them to continue to use them.
To do this:
- Click REPLACE WITH THIS IMAGE: Images/Common_Icons/renamequeryicon.png to rename the selected entity type. The Renamed entity type dialog is displayed.
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Options in the Resolution pane vary depending if the model conversion was created by the user or was supplied with WhereScape 3D. |
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Options
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Description
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Do not change
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Select to make no changes made to the current model conversion.
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Add type
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Select this option to add the new renamed entity type to the selected model conversion.
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Replace type
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Select this option to replace the entity type with the new entity type (renamed) for the selected model conversion.
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Copy model conversion
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Select this option to make a copy of the selected model conversion and replace with the new entity type (renamed). When you select this option, no changes are applied to the selected model conversion.
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Show category model conversions
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Select the checkbox to display category model conversions.
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Set all to:
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Do not change
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Select to make no changes to all the listed model conversions.
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Copy model conversion
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Select to make a copy of all the model conversion and replace with the new entity type (renamed). When you select this option, no changes are applied to the selected model conversions.
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