Making Data Elements Modular and Reusable

You can copy a data element, and any children, to the root level of the same data schema or to a different data schema. The new data element created is defined as the base type for the original element. For example, if you make a structure reusable, references to the original location do not change. However, Design Studio changes the original child structure to a reusable base type structure in the Data Dictionary. You can now use this structure as a base type from which you can derive other structures.

To make modular, reusable structures:

From an editor data tree area, select a data element.

See "Design Studio Common Editor Tabs" for more information about editor data tree areas.
Right-click and select Refactoring, and then select Make Reusable.

The Open Source dialog box appears, displaying a list of all data schemas in the workspace.
Select a schema from the list and click OK.
Review all impacted entities.
Click Next.
Click Finish.

Design Studio moves the child structure to the root level of the selected entity.