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Configuring Siebel eBusiness Applications > Working with the Entity Relationship Designer >
Binding Relationships to Links or Joins
After two entities are bound to Siebel business components, you can bind the relationship between them to a Siebel Link or Join objects. For more information about Links and Joins, see Configuring Links. The Entity Relationship Designer filters the list Links and Joins available for binding based on the context described in the ERD. To understand which Links and Joins are available to bind to entities, consider the following example (Figure 10):
Suppose that Entities A and C are bound to Siebel business components and that you want to bind the relationship AC to a Siebel Link or Join. The Entity Relationship Designer filters the list of objects available for a particular relationship. Table 10 lists the possible situations and describes the objects that would be available to bind to Relationship AC.
Table 10. Links and Joins Available for Binding
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Objects Available to Bind |
1:M |
Joins originating from the business component bound to Entity C to the primary table of the business component bound to Entity A. Links between the business component bound to Entity A and the business component bound to Entity C, where the business component bound to Entity A is the parent and the business component bound to Entity C is the child. |
M:1 |
Joins originating from the business component bound to Entity A to the primary table of the business component bound to Entity C. Links between the business component bound to Entity C and business component bound to Entity A, where C is the parent and A as the child. |
M:M |
All links between business components bound to Entities A and C. |
This task is a step in Process of Creating and Binding Entity Relationship Diagrams. To bind relationships to links or joins
- Navigate to an entity relationship diagram.
For instructions, see Navigating to Entity Relationship Diagrams.
- In the ERD canvas, select a relationship between entities.
- Right-click and then choose Bind Entity Relation.
NOTE: The two entities that the entity relationship line joins must be bound to Siebel business components.
Existing joins or links between the two business components are displayed in the Bind Relationships dialog box.
- Select the join or a link that best represents the relationship described in your ERD.
After the binding is complete, the line turns to a bold line in the ERD canvas.
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