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  1. Preface
  2. Introduction
  3. Configuring the Data Director Application
  4. Establishing a Root Node
  5. Defining the Business Entity Model
  6. Configuring Business Entity Properties
  7. Configuring Reference Entity Properties
  8. Transforming Business Entities and Views
  9. Managing Many-to-Many Relationships
  10. Configuring Search
  11. Configuring Workflow Tasks and Triggers
  12. Configuring Security and Data Filters for Business Entities
  13. Integrating Data as a Service
  14. Configuring External Calls
  15. Designing the Data Director User Interface
  16. Localizing Data Director
  17. Provisioning Tool Frequently Asked Questions

Adding a Field to a Node

Adding a Field to a Node

After you create a node in the business entity model, you can add fields to the node. The fields correspond to columns in the base object that is associated with the node. For example, you want to add the City field to the Address node. The Address node is associated with the C_ADDRESS base object, which has a CITY_NAME column.
  1. In the tree view, expand the node to which you want to add a field.
    For example, expand the Address node.
  2. Under the expanded node, select
    Field
    .
  3. In the tree view, click
    Create
    .
  4. In the properties panel, select the base object column to associate with the field from the
    Column
    list.
    For example, select
    City_Name
    .
    You created the base object columns in the MDM Hub.
  5. Enter a field name and a field label name.
    For example, enter
    City
    for the field name and field label name.
  6. Optionally, configure the other field properties. See Field Properties.
  7. Optionally, configure default values for user roles.
    If you also configured a filter with allowed values, the picklist in
    Data Director
    defaults to this value for the specified user roles.
    1. Beside the
      Default Value
      heading, click the
      Add
      icon.
    2. Enter a default value that matches the data type of the field. If you configured filters with allowed values, the default value must match one of the allowed values. When entering dates, use the GMT format, such as
      2018-06-06T09:34:25.801-04:00
      .
      The Provisioning tool does not validate the values. You can test the default values from Data Director.
    3. From the
      User Role
      list, select user roles.

        To select a user role, select the role and then click the
        Add
        icon.

        To select multiple user roles, hold the CTRL key, select the roles, and then click the
        Add
        icon.

        To specify all user roles, select the asterisk (*) and then click the
        Add
        icon.

        To remove a user role, click the
        Delete
        icon beside the role.

    4. Optionally, to use this default value with the user roles that have no other default values configured for this field, select
      Apply this value to the user roles that have no default value assigned
      .
    5. To configure more default values, repeat these substeps.
  8. Optionally, configure field filters by user role. See Adding Field Filters.
  9. Click
    Apply
    .
    The changes are saved. When you are done all your changes, remember to publish the changes.

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