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Step 4. Configure the Relationship Properties (Optional)

You can configure the relationship properties, such as the relationship line color and additional relationship attributes for a relationship. The relationship line color represents the relationship in a network. The relationship attributes are fields that appear in the

Data Director

user interface when creating or viewing the relationship.

Before you begin, you must configure a network with network relationships between business entities.

Click

Business Entity

Modeling

, and then select

Network

Select the network relationship you want to configure.

In the properties panel, from the

Line Color

field, select the icon, and then select a color.

A preview of the color appears in the icon.

In the tree view panel, select

Fields

, and then click

Create

Specify the following properties:

Property

Description

Name

Name of the field.

Label

Display name of the field in the user interface.

Read Only

Indicates whether the field is read only.

Required

Indicates whether you must specify the field when you create a relationship.

URI

URI for where your custom data types are defined, if you want to associate a custom data type with the business entity field,

Type

Name of the custom data type that you define in the URI. Used with the URI property.

Display Format

The display format for the date fields.

Filter

Regulates the data that users can enter in the field. If you enable the

Filter

property, the following properties appear:

Operator

. Controls whether the specified values are allowed or not allowed in the field.

Option	Description
In	Displays the values to the user. If you add a list of comma-separated values as allowed values, Data Director users can choose a value from a lookup list. If you also configure a field filter on the same field, the displayed values reflect the intersection of the static filter and the field filter. For more information about field filters, see Field Filter Rules and User Roles.
Not In	Does not display the values to the user.

Value

. Add values that match the data type of the field.

Requirement	Description
Add multiple values	Comma-separated list of field values. Based on the operator you select, Data Director determines whether to display these values. For example, Person,SecurePerson,Employee.
Allow null value	To allow NULL data values for fields within a particular business entity, enter empty double quotes ("") as a value. For example, Person, "". For example, you can configure the firstName field of the Person business entity to match NULL values. When a Data Director user performs a search, the search results include the records where the First Name field is empty.
Allow date and time values	Specifies whether records with the field that matches the date and time appear in Data Director search results. Add the date and time values in the following format: yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssTZD. For example, 2021-06-18T00:00:00Z

The Provisioning tool does not validate the values. If you add a value of the wrong data type, the value does not appear in

Data Director

Column

Business entity field.

Click

Apply

Repeat step 3 to 6 for each additional relationship attribute that you want to configure.

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Step 4. Configure the Relationship Properties (Optional)