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Hierarchy Parent Key

The Hierarchy Parent Key is used for integration objects that have a homogeneous hierarchy. This key should only have the Parent Id. The Hierarchy Parent Key is used for maintaining the hierarchy and keeping the data normalized.

For example, when you insert quotes, each quote item in turn can have more quote items. In this case, the very first quote item inserted by EAI Siebel Adapter has the Parent Id set to blank, but for each child quote item, EAI Siebel Adapter checks the keys to figure out which fields are to be set. If Hierarchy Parent Key is not defined, then the child quote item is inserted as a new quote item without a link to its parent (denormalized).


 Integration Platform Technologies: Siebel eBusiness Application Integration Volume II 
 Published: 18 July 2003