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Relationship model objects

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Relationship model objects are objects within the relationship model that have attributes to further define a relationship. The primary objects in the relationship model are Relationship, Role, Role Object, Key Attribute, and Property.

The following table provides details for the attributes applicable to relationship model objects:

Table 1. Relationship model objects
Model Object Attribute Type Description
Relationship Name String Name of the relationship. This relationship name is mandatory and has to conform to NCName rules. The relationship name must be of type NCName.
  Displayname String Displayname of the relationship. The Displayname can be set in the relationship editor for further use in the relationship service or relationship manager.
  Namespace String Namespace of the relationship. The Namespace is mandatory and has to be a valid URI representation.
  IsStatic Boolean The isStatic flag indicates that the relationship is a lookup relationship. The value can be set by checking the flag "Used to transform data attributes according to a static mapping" in the New Relationship wizard.
  IsIdentity Boolean The isIdentity flag indicates that the relationship is either an identity or an non-identity relationship. The value can be set by selecting the flag "A one-to-one relationship between business objects using the unique primary key" for an identity relationship or "A one-to-one, one-to-many or many-to-many relationship between business objects using any attribute" for a non-identity relationship in the New Relationship wizard.
Role Name String Name of the role. The role name is mandatory and has to conform to NCName rules.
  Displayname String Displayname of the role. The Displayname can be set in the relationship editor for further use in the relationship service or relationship manager.
  Namespace String Namespace of the role. The Namespace is mandatory and has to be a valid URI representation.
  isManaged Boolean The isManaged flag is only set for an identity relationship. There is only one role to be set as the managed role. This flag indicates that the role is representing a generic data type which is managed by the Relationship Runtime Service.
Role Object roleObjectType QName The roleObjectType specifies the reference to the data type which is used for the role. For example, for a simple XSD data type this could be "xs:string".
  Displayname String Displayname of the role object. The Displayname can be set in the relationship editor for further use in the relationship service or relationship manager.
Key Attribute Path String Path to the attribute within the Data Type. Depending on the type of the relationship and the function of the role of the data type, the path can be set to different levels of depth. In lookup relationships the level can be infinite. This means that if you have a customer data type you can specify the following key attribute path: "CompanyAddress/PostalAddress/ZipCode". In non-lookup relationships, only two levels are allowed to be specified as the key attribute path, for example "Address/ZipCode". It is recommended to use only first level key attribute paths like "Id".
  Displayname String Displayname of the key attribute. The Displayname can be set in the relationship editor for further use in the relationship service or relationship manager.
Property Name String Name of the property. The name of the property is mandatory and has to be unique for the object where this user defined property is used.
  propertyType QName The propertyType specifies the reference to the data type which is used for the user defined property. This attribute is mandatory. There are only simple XSD types allowed to be used, for example, "xs:string".
  value String The default value of the user defined property. The type of content for the value is defined by the propertyType. There is a simple type check if the given value makes sense as a value for the given type of the user defined property.