SmartMapper ER Model Overview
A SmartMapper ER Model defines a set of entities and the relationships where the entities participant in.
An entity-relationship model (ER model) is a systematic way of describing and defining business process. A SmartMapper ER Model represents a logical data model that contains a set of applications, relationships, and storage services.
- Applications
An Applications folder contains one or multiple applications as well as subordinate folders. An application must contain at least one entity. An application groups the entities based on logical systems.
- Relationships
A Relationships folder contains one or more relationships as well as subordinate folders. A relationship is a collection of entities that you want to bind together in a particular way, such as a sales relationship between sales orders and accounts.
- Storage Services
A Storages folder contains one or more storage services. A storage service specifies whether the data is stored in a file or a database.
- Entity
An entity represents something that is being referenced. - Relationship
A relationship captures how entities are related to each other. Two relationship types are available in TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks Plug-in for SmartMapper, association and identity. - Storage Service
A storage service defines the back-end implementation and storage characteristics of a SmartMapper ER Model.