The User Defined Entity Hierarchy
In the user defined model, the user defines the recursive object levels and the names of
the levels. By doing this, once the framework is regenerated, you will have objects in your model
with the names you selected in the UI.
For example, if your hierarchy consists of regions, countries, states, towns you will see four folders in your framework with these names, query subjects and the appropriate relationships between them.
Note: You must configure your system to include the
entire depth of your hierarchy or the framework model created will
not function properly.
When a user defined hierarchy is created, one query subject is created for each level in the hierarchy. These are advantages and disadvantages of this object structure:
- Each level of the hierarchy is pre-filtered and will only return entities at that level.
- These objects are ideal for creating cascaded entity level prompts.
- They can be used as individual fields on a list report without having to create complex filters.
- The field headers will reflect the names you selected when you defined the hierarchy.