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Types of Entity Views

An entity view can be any of four types:

The following illustration of the Entity Relationship Diagram fragment for the process Take Order shows the four entity types used by the Take Order process depicted in the illustration of the manual Take Order process. The following illustration includes the names of attributes.

Types of Entity Views

The following table lists the entity types for which views are required for Take Order.

Entity View

Entity Type

 Import

 

 

CUSTOMER

 

PRODUCT

 

ORDER ITEM

 Export

 

 

ORDER

 Entity Action

 

 

CUSTOMER

 

ORDER

 

ORDER ITEM

 

PRODUCT