Concepts : Adding Concepts and Concept Relationships

Adding Concepts and Concept Relationships
This section explains how to work with concepts, and how to set up relationships between concepts.
Adding a Concept
See Concept Resource Reference for details on completing values.
To Add a Concept
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In Studio Explorer, right click the folder where you want to store the concept and select New > Concept. You see the New Concept Wizard.
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You can’t change the name in the editor. To change the name of any project element, right-click the element in Studio Explorer and select Refactor > Rename. See Chapter 4, Element Refactoring Operations for more details.
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Click Finish. You see the Concept Editor.
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If you need to set metadata properties relating to backing store or database concept configuration, complete the metadata fields as needed. Entity level metadata is shown in the Metadata section. To access metadata for a property, right click the property and select Metadata. Documentation is provided in TIBCO BusinessEvents Administration, in the section Entity-Level Configuration for Cache and Backing Store. For more information about database concepts, refer to the TIBCO BusinessEvents Data Modeling add-on documentation.
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Adding Concept Relationships
See Concept Relationships in TIBCO BusinessEvents Architect’s Guide for information about concept relationships.
To Create an Inheritance Relationship
In the child concept resource’s Configuration section, identify the parent concept in the Inherits From field.
Note that inheritance is set at the concept level. Other relationships are set at the concept property level.
To Create a Containment Relationship
A concept can be contained by only one concept at a time.
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Name: Provide a helpful name. For example, "wheels" could indicate that this concept is contained by a "car" concept (in an appropriate project).
Multiple: Check the checkbox if this property is an array.
Policy: Changes Only or All Values.
History: The number of historical values to keep.
To Create a Reference Relationship
A concept can refer to itself, and can be referred to by more than one concept.
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Name: Provide a helpful name such as is a lineitem of to express the relationship.
Multiple: Check the checkbox if this property is an array.
Policy: Changes Only or All Values.
History: The number of historical values to keep.
See Concept Property History in TIBCO BusinessEvents Architect’s Guide for more on this topic.
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 in the Concept Editor.