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Extending Design Studio for Inventory Entities

You can define entity-level characteristics for Managed Project Extension, Channelized Connectivity Extension, or Property Location Extension entities. The characteristics you define extend a single Managed Project Extension, Channelized Connectivity Extension, or Property Location Extension specification. When you define characteristics for these entities and deploy the cartridge to the UIM run-time environment, those characteristics apply to all instances of the entity.

Note:

You must import the ora_uim_basespecifications cartridge (which includes the specifications for the extension entities) before you define characteristics for the extension entities. See UIM Cartridge and Technology Pack Guide for information about the ora_uim_basespecifications cartridge.

To extend Design Studio for Inventory entities:

1. From the Studio menu, select New, then select Inventory, then select Extend Entity, and then select the type of entity to extend.

   You can extend Managed Project Extension, Channelized Connectivity Extension, or Property Location Extension entities. After you make a selection, the Entity Extension Wizard appears.

2. In the Project field, select the name of the project to which the new specification should be added.

3. (Optional) Select a location for the new specification.

   By default, Design Studio saves the entity to your default workspace location. You can enter a folder name in the Folder field or select a location different from the system-provided default. To select a different location:

   1. Click the Folder field Browse button.

   2. Navigate to the directory in which to save the entity.

   3. Click OK.

4. Click Finish.

   Design Studio creates the new entity and displays its information in an Entity Extension editor.

5. In the Entity Extension editor Characteristics tab, right-click and select Add Characteristic or Select Characteristic.

   See "Creating Characteristics from the Specification Editor" for information about creating new characteristics, and see "Adding Existing Characteristics to Specifications" for information about selecting existing characteristics.

6. (Optional) Define the layout for the entity extension.

   See "Specification Editor Layouts Tab" for more information.

7. (Optional) Define user interface hints for the entity-level characteristics for the entity extension.

   See "Specification Editor Layouts Tab" for more information.

8. (Optional) If a characteristic is defined with enumerations, define a set of data values for the entity-level characteristic.

   You can exclude enumerations defined at the schema level or add additional enumerations. See "Characteristics Tab Data Values Subtab" for more information.

9. Click Save.