Chapter 6 Working With Concepts : Working With Concepts and Concept Relationships

Working With Concepts and Concept Relationships
This section explains how to work with concepts, and how to set up relationships between concepts. See Understanding Concept Relationships to understand rules governing behavior at designtime and at runtime.
For details on database concepts, see Chapter 7, Working With Database Concepts.
Creating a Concept
See Concept Resource Reference for details on completing values.
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Open the folder in which you want to store the concept, right-click in the design panel, and select Add Resource > BusinessEvents Workbench > Concept.
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Click Apply and save the project.
Creating Concept Relationships
See Understanding Concept Relationships for details about the behavior of concept relationships.
To Create an Inheritance Relationship
Do one of the following:
To Create a Containment Relationship
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Do one of the following to add the ContainedConcept property:
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Name: Provide a helpful name such as "is a part of" to express the relationship.
IsArray: Check the checkbox if this property is an array. (Note that this field is labeled Multiple in the Properties tab of the concept.)
Policy: Changes Only or All Values. See History Policy
Size: The number of historical values to keep. See History Size.
To Create a Reference Relationship
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Name: Provide a helpful name such as "is a lineitem of" to express the relationship.
IsArray: Check the checkbox if this property is an array. (Note that this field is labeled Multiple in the Properties tab of the concept.)
Policy: Changes Only or All Values. See History Policy
Size: The number of historical values to keep. See History Size.
Editing or Deleting Concept Relationships
You can’t edit or delete the relationship using the concept view graphical user interface. Instead, work with the concept properties directly. Select the concept in the concept view or in the project tree, and edit or delete the property in the Properties tab.