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Defining Entity Types

You specify a number of details about entity types, most of which supplement the graphical representation of the Entity Relationship Diagram, or which is defined using the Data Model List, or the Data Model Browser.

CA Gen records this information about an entity type:

• Name
• Description
• Properties
• Expected number of occurrences
• Expected growth rate
• Identifiers
• Aliases
• Relationships (see Defining Relationships)
• Mutually exclusive relationship memberships (see Additional Data Modeling Topics)
• Attributes
• Partitioning
• Action blocks (see Analyzing Interactions)