For models that contain a repeating group within a repeating group, an output group can include a column called the primary key. A foreign key is a column in another output group that points to the primary key of the first output group. You identify the relationship between a row in one output group and a row in another output group using the keys.
Before
Intelligent Structure Discovery
adds keys, you must assign a nested repeating node to its own output group.
Intelligent Structure Discovery
adds a primary key to the parent and a foreign key to the child group.
The following image shows the model created with the JSON input. The
Employees
repeating group is highlighted:
In this model, the
Employee
group is part of the
DepartmentItem
output group, the second group displayed in the Table tab.
You can promote a nested group in the Visual Model tab. You can view the primary and foreign keys in the Table tab.
The following image shows the output groups after you promote the
Employee
group:
Intelligent Structure Discovery
generates two separate output groups, the
DepartmentItem
output group, and the
Employee
output group.
Intelligent Structure Discovery
added a primary key named
DepartmentItem_PK
to the
DepartmentItem
output group, and a foreign key named
DepartmentItem_PK
to the
Employee
output group.
You can select a different node as the primary key by defining it as a record ID. When you change the record ID,
Intelligent Structure Discovery
creates a corresponding foreign key in the nested group.
