Creating an object structure

You must create two object structures to enable integration, one for the FEATURES object and another for the RELATIONSHIPS object.

1. Click the New Object Structure icon in the Object Structures application.
2. Specify a name for the object structure, either MXFEATURE or MXRELATIONSHIP.
3. Specify INTEGRATION in the Consumed by field.
4. Check the Support Flat Structure check box to enable processing of data provided in flat files.
5. Click New Row in the Source Details section and specify the name of the object, either FEATURE or RELATIONSHIP.
   The object structures are now configured but you must perform two additional steps to add the FEATURESPECS object to the MXFEATURES object structure.
6. Optional: In the MXFEATURES object structure only, click New Row in the Source Details section and specify the following values:
   1. Specify FEATURESPECS as the object.
   2. Specify FEATURES as the parent object.
   3. Specify FeatureSpecClass in the Relationship field.
   4. Specify 2 in the Object Order field. to indicate that this object is the second to be processed during integration.
      Object structures can contain many child objects. The number is this field determines the order in which child objects are processed during integration.
7. Save the object structure.
8. Optional: In the MXFEATURES object structure only, click Add/Modify Alias in the Select Action menu.
   1. Select FEATURESPEC.
   2. Add FS_ as a prefix to FEATURESID, to create an alias of FS_FEATURESID
   3. Add FS_ as a prefix to CLASSSTRUCTUREID to create an alias of FS_CLASSSTRUCTUREID