After you promote an entity business rule to a library entity, you then associate the real entity that contains the rule with a new or existing library entity. During the associating process you also map attributes in the library entity to attributes in the real entity.
You can also create an association to a library EBR (and any promoted EBRs) from a real entity, adding a derived EBR to an entity and retaining the connection.
Note: Associations are made at the entity level; associations for a library entity create
associations for all rules and attributes contained in the entity.
Guidelines: Note the following when
associating library entities:
- You can associate a library entity to one or more entities available in the Control Center, including entities used in Quality processes.
- If a derived EBR's Status column reads mapping reqd, this indicates the entity has been promoted but not yet associated.
- You can associate a library entity to a real entity, and vice versa.
Note: You must promote a business rule to at least one library entity before you can
associate entities.
Associate a real entity
To associate a real entity
Associate a library entity
To associate a library entity
- In the Navigation View, click the Library tab.
- Expand Business Rules, right-click Entity Business Rules, and select Open or Open in new window. The Library Entities window displays.
- Right-click the library entity with which you want to work, and select Associate. The Associate Entity window opens.
- Select one or more entities to which you want to associate, and click Next. The Map Attributes window displays.
- Map each library attribute to a real attribute by accepting the default attributes or selecting other attributes in the drop-down list.
- Click Finish to save the entity associations and attribute mappings.
- Re-analyze any derived rules as needed to view the results against the target entity. For more information about running rule analysis, see Running Business Rule Analysis.