# Enterprise Communication Interface (ECI)

## Dialogue Objects

The relevant dialogue objects of DataView for ECI are:

- Widgets:
  Widgets contain masks.
- Masks:
  Masks contain records. In masks records can be read, updated or searched. There are two types of masks:

  - list: displays several records in a table

  - form: displays one record in a form

To open a widget in Agile e6 via ECI following parameters are necessary: entity-name, widget-name, widget-mode (list/form). For type widgets you need also entity-type-name, for relation widget you need additionally name of second entity, name of view and kind of relation (ref/agg).

The parameter widget mode can have value 'bvb'.In this case it depends on the defaults (Option/Configuration/EDB Description) if a list or form is opened. As widget name you have to mention the list and the form name in syntax: "/EDB-L=listname /EDB-F=formname".

In DataView you can also display the system fields of the access form. If parameter wdg_ext has value "on" these fields are also displayed in lists opened via ECI.