Setting Up Entity Models

This topic describes the settings used to configure entity models used when implementing Oracle Intelligent Advisor for use with the permits application.

Adding an Entity Model

Note: Most of the data displayed on the pages within the Policy Modeling menu folder are read-only. In the current release, you do not create or update the definitions such as entity models, metadata models, or enumerations. These definitions are provided for your implementation in the form of delivered seed data. This documentation is provided to describe the visible information related to the policy modeling feature. Only the Metadata Models page contains fields that can be updated.

1. Select Policy Modeling > Entity Models.

2. Click Add.

3. On the Entity Model Details page, enter these values:

   Page Elements	Description
   Name	Enter a name to identify the model within the application.
   Description	Provide additional information regarding the purpose of the model.
   Enabled	Use to enable or disable a model by turning the control on or off.

4. Click Add in the Entities grid.

5. On the Entity Details page, enter these values:

   Page Elements	Description
   Name	Name of the entity.
   Description	Additional information to identify the entity and describe its purpose.
   Hidden from Policy Modeling	If set to true, then this entry will not be present in the Get MetaData response to Oracle Intelligent Advisor.
   Top-Level Entity	Indicates if the object is the highest level entity object.
   Policy Modeling Name	The functional name for an entity or attribute as it appears within Oracle Intelligent Advisor.
   Use as Mapped in Entity	Defines if the entity object can be selected as an input entity.
   Use as Mapped Out Entity	Determines if the entity object can be selected as an output entity.
   Parent Entity Name	The name of the parent entity object of a child object.
   Cardinality with Parent Entity	Indicates the cardinality relationship with the parent entity object, such as one-to-one, one-to-many, many-to-one, or many-to-many.
   Policy Modeling Relationship Name	The name of the relationship between two entities as it appears in Oracle Intelligent Advisor.
   Supports Attachment	Determines if attachments can be collected for rows of the entity object.

6. Click Add in the Entity Attributes grid to add attributes for the entity.

7. On the Entity Attribute Details page, enter these values:

   Page Elements	Description
   Name	The system name of the entity attribute.
   Data Type	The data type of the attribute as it is defined in Oracle Intelligent Advisor. For example: java.lang.String java.lang.Long
   Primary Key	The primary key of the underlying view object.
   Policy Modeling Name	The functional display name for an entity or attribute as it appears in Oracle Intelligent Advisor.
   Hidden from Policy Modeling	If set to true, then this entry will not be present in the Get MetaData response to Oracle Intelligent Advisor.
   Mandatory	Determines if the field must be mapped from an attribute in a policy model.
   Policy Modeling Data Type	Describes the data type of the field defined in Oracle Intelligent Advisor. It must be specified if no enumeration-type attribute is provided, and it cannot be specified if an enumeration-type attribute is provided. Options are: String Boolean Decimal Date Date-time Time-of-day
   Use as Mapped In Attribute	Determines if the field can mapped from an attribute for the purpose of submitting data.
   Use as Mapped Out Attribute	Determines if the field can mapped from an attribute for the purpose of submitting data.
   Default Value	Enter a default value for this attribute. If added, the application includes the value in the load response to Oracle Intelligent Advisor.
   Enumeration Name	Specifies the ID of the enumeration that defines a field's data type.

8. Click Save.

9. Click Save on the Entity Details page.

10. Click Save on the Entity Model Details page.