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  1. Preface
  2. Part 1: Introduction
  3. Part 2: Samples and Examples
  4. Part 3: Tools and Utilities
  5. Part 4: SDK Resources

Adding Subject Area Children

Adding Subject Area Children

To enable a user to drill-down on customer record information in the
Data Director
application, you want to add child views to the Person subject area. Examples of child views include addresses, telephone number, email address, and notes.
  1. Select the
    Person
    node in the Subject Areas tree.
    The
    Add Subject Area
    button changes to an
    Add Subject Area Child
    button.
  2. Click
    Add Subject Area Child
    .
    The
    Subject Area Child
    window appears.
  3. In the
    Name
    field, enter
    Addresses
    .
  4. For Display Name, enter
    Addresses
    .
  5. Because Person to Address is a many-to-many relationship, select
    Part of
    as the child type.
  6. Select
    Address
    as the match path to child.
  7. Select
    Table
    as the default view.
  8. Click
    Change Column Selection
    .
  9. Select the available columns that you want to display for this subject area child and click
    Add
    .
  10. Click
    OK
    .
    The fields that you selected appear in the Layout tab.
  11. Click
    OK
    .
    You have added the child Addresses to the subject area Person.
  12. Repeat steps 1 to 11 to add a telephone number child tab.
    Select
    1-Many
    as the child type and
    Telecom
    as the match path to child.
  13. Repeat steps 1 to 11 to add an email address child tab.
    Select
    1-Many
    as the child type and
    Electronic Address
    as the match path to child.
  14. Repeat steps 1 to 11 to add a Person Details child tab.
    Select
    1-Many
    as the child type and
    Person Details
    as the match path to child.
  15. Click
    Save
    to commit the changes.
    The following image shows the Addresses child view that you created.

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