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Entity is a placeholder for mastered run-time data. It contains the instructions on how to connect to the entity table and configure mappings between mastered and associated data in the hierarchy.
You can define an entity using the Entity wizard. This wizard allows you to specify the entity name, data source information, description, and configure dependencies.
The Dependencies pane opens, as shown in the following image.
This pane contains three columns:
In Design view, the entity placeholder will be displayed under the last leaf node in the branch for which dependencies between attributes and entity columns were configured.
In Run Time view, the actual mastered data will be associated with its parent(s) based on configured Parent dependencies and each Parent branch will result in a unique result set while previewing the hierarchy. Entities will always be the last leaf nodes in the hierarchy. Skip level will be computed respectively based on the parent(s) branch and the lowest associated parent in the hierarchy.
Any unmapped Parent Property will not influence filtering of mastered data. If the last leaf node in the Design view does not have a mapped attribute to entity reference, then no entity will be depicted for this branch in Design or Run Time view.
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