MDM Hierarchy Configuration Tutorial

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Step 2. Create the Entity Types

We will create a Product entity type and a Product Group entity type. The Product entities will be the product records that contain the product data. The Product Group entities will be used to classify the products into groups. For example, the Webcams product group will contain all the webcam product records. When you create the entity types, you configure the foreign key and how the entity types appear in the Hierarchy Manager.

You can configure the following entity type parameters:

Code: Unique code name of the entity type.
The following image shows the Product foreign key code as it appears in the cells of a webcam product record:
Display Name: Name of this entity type that is displayed in the Hierarchies tool.
The following image shows the Product display name as it appears in the Hierarchy Manager search window:
Color: Color of the entities associated with this entity type as they appear in the Hierarchy Manager tool.
The following image shows the colors that the entity type color affects in the Hierarchy Manager tool:

Outline color of entity in the hierarchy view.
Color of the entity in the overview of the hierarchy.
Background color of the entity in the entity table.
Small Icon: Icon for entities associated with the entity type as the icons appear in tables in the Hierarchy Manager.
The following image shows the small Product entity type icon as it appears in a Hierarchy Manager table:
Large Icon: Icon for entities associated with this entity type as the icons appear in the hierarchy view pane of the Hierarchy Manager.
The following image shows the large Product entity type icon as it appears in the hierarchy view: