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Binding Entities to Business Components


After you have created an ERD that includes entities, you can bind those entities to Siebel business components. When binding business components, the Entity Relationship Designer filters the list of business components to choose from so it includes only those with characteristics that fit the context described in the ERD.

To understand which business components are available to bind to entities, consider the example shown in Figure 9.

Figure 9.  Example ERD

Suppose that you want to bind Entity C to a Siebel business component. The Entity Relationship Designer filters the business components available to bind based on the context described in the ERD. Table 9 lists several possible situations and the business components that would be available to bind to Entity C, shown in Figure 9.

Table 9.  Business Components Available for Binding
Entity A
Relationship
Entity C
Business Components Available for Binding

Unbound

Any

Unbound

All business components

Bound

1:1

Unbound

Business components with joins to the primary tables of the business component bound to Entity A.

Bound

1:M

Unbound

Business components with a link to the business component bound to Entity A, where the business component bound to Entity A is the parent.

Business components with joins to the primary table of the business component bound to Entity A.

Bound

M:1

Unbound

Business components whose primary table is the table joined to the business component bound to Entity A.

Business components that have links with the business component bound to Entity A, where the business component bound to Entity A is the child.

Bound

M:M

Unbound

Business component that belong to the intersection of the 1:M and M:1 examples above.

This task is a step in Process of Creating and Binding Entity Relationship Diagrams.

To bind entities to Siebel business components

  1. Navigate to an entity relationship diagram.

    For instructions, see Navigating to Entity Relationship Diagrams.

  2. In the ERD canvas, select an entity.
  3. Right-click and then choose Bind Business Component.
  4. In the Bind Business Component dialog box, choose the Siebel business component that you want to bind to the entity on the ERD.

    If no business component meets your needs, you can click New to launch the New Business Component Wizard to create one. For more information, see Creating Business Components.

    After you click OK, the names of the business component and the underlying base table appear in the ERD.

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