Provider Function Editor Relationship Types Tab

Use the Relationship Types tab to define how the conceptual model entities that the provider function requires as input can be related to the conceptual model entities that the provider function generates as output.

The relationship types that you define here will determine how conceptual model entities are associated with the components in the conceptual model entity editor Components tab, Derivation tab, and Other Relationships tab.

Field	Use
Default Relationship	Displays the default relationship between the input conceptual model entities and the generated output conceptual model entities. For example, the Calculate Service Order provider function recognizes products as input, and generates actions associated with customer facing services as output. The relationship between a product and a CFS entity is derivational, meaning that the CFS entity has a primary relationship to one product. Typically, Calculate Service Order generates a CFS entity (it can also generate resources, but that scenario is less common). Therefore, the default relationship is defined as Primary. See Design Studio Concepts for more information.
Relationship Types	Displays all of the relationship types that can exist among the input conceptual model entities and the generated output conceptual model entities. Do one of the following: Click Open to open the entity in Relationship Type editor. Click Add to create a new entity and to include the new entity as an additional relationship type. Click Remove to remove the relationship type from the provider function. Click Select to add an existing relationship to the provider function.

Field

Use

Default Relationship

Displays the default relationship between the input conceptual model entities and the generated output conceptual model entities.

For example, the Calculate Service Order provider function recognizes products as input, and generates actions associated with customer facing services as output. The relationship between a product and a CFS entity is derivational, meaning that the CFS entity has a primary relationship to one product. Typically, Calculate Service Order generates a CFS entity (it can also generate resources, but that scenario is less common). Therefore, the default relationship is defined as Primary. See Design Studio Concepts for more information.

Relationship Types

Displays all of the relationship types that can exist among the input conceptual model entities and the generated output conceptual model entities. Do one of the following:

Click Open to open the entity in Relationship Type editor.
Click Add to create a new entity and to include the new entity as an additional relationship type.
Click Remove to remove the relationship type from the provider function.
Click Select to add an existing relationship to the provider function.