Creating a Modeled Data Item

 

The BPM Designer 5 allows you to create modeled data items that use a data model in your solution. A data model can be used by multiple data items and the data item inherits the attributes of the model.

Example:

Consider you have a data model called Person with attributes for FirstName, LastName, and Email. You also have a solution data item called Employee that uses the Person Data Model, and thus the Employee data item also has the attributes FirstName, LastName, and Email. To access these attributes in an express, you may use the following, for example, to get the Employee’s first name: Solution.DataItems.Employee.FirstName

1. Check out the solution that you want to edit.
   
   
2. Click the Create tab. The Solution Items ribbon menu is displayed.
   
   
3. Click New Data Item. The Manage Solution Data Items window is displayed with a new row displayed for you to set the data item’s name, type, and description.
   
   
4. In the Name column of the new row, type a name for the data item. The default name is changed.
   
   

   Note:

   The Rule Engine does not support hyphens in field names.

   
   
   
5. In the Data Item type column of the new row, click the drop-down arrow. A drop-down list is displayed with options for Simple Data, Modeled Data, and Calculation Data.
   
   
6. Select Modeled Data. The selected option is displayed in the Data Item Type column.
   
   
7. In the Properties tab, select the drop-down arrow in the Data Model field. The available data models are displayed.
   
   
8. Select the appropriate Data Model. The selected data model is displayed in the field.
   
   
9. Click the save button. You created a modeled data item.