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| <h1 class="title topictitle1">Creating an Entity Type</h1> | |
| <div class="body taskbody"><p class="shortdesc">This section guides you to create an Entity Type</p> | |
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| <p class="p">The Entity Type describe the structure of data in an OData Model. Entity types | |
| represent a specific type of data, for example an item or a concept. Entity type | |
| OData Model Element comprises of:</p> | |
| <ul class="ul" id="loio12526533ccd3464b87542a9527c1b780__ul_flz_dzz_fj"><li class="li">Entity name-Unique name</li> | |
| <li class="li">Entity Sets</li> | |
| <li class="li">Properties<ul class="ul" id="loio12526533ccd3464b87542a9527c1b780__ul_owq_mtw_yj"><li class="li">Key, which can be defined by one or more properties (Is Key)</li> | |
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| <li class="li">Navigation Properties (optional to navigate between associations)</li> | |
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| <p class="p">To create an entity type in your project, proceed as follows:</p> | |
| <ol class="ol" id="loio12526533ccd3464b87542a9527c1b780__ol_sz1_jzz_fj"><li class="li">Select <span class="ph pname">Entity Type</span> under <span class="ph pname">Objects</span>in the palette, | |
| press and hold down the left mouse button, drag the element onto the graphical | |
| editor region.</li> | |
| <li class="li">Drop the element by releasing the mouse button. A graphical representation of | |
| the entity type (OData Model Element) is created on the OData Model | |
| Editor.<p class="p">Alternatively, you can also click on the Entity Type in the | |
| palette and click inside the OData Model Editor to create the entity | |
| type.</p> | |
| <div class="note note" id="loio12526533ccd3464b87542a9527c1b780__note_N10048_N10042_N10032_N10012_N10001"><span class="notetitle">Note</span> Every new | |
| entity will have a unique name at the time of creation.</div> | |
| <p class="p">The Entity | |
| name field is in editable status immediately.</p> | |
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| <li class="li"> Enter a name for the Entity and press "Enter" in the keyboard or click outside the entity | |
| name field. <p class="p">The following elements are updated for the selected entity with | |
| new entity name:</p> | |
| <ul class="ul" id="loio12526533ccd3464b87542a9527c1b780__ul_zgj_5zz_fj"><li class="li">Entity Set</li> | |
| <li class="li">Key Property ID</li> | |
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| <div class="note note" id="loio12526533ccd3464b87542a9527c1b780__note_N1006E_N10066_N10054_N10036_N10015_N10012_N10001"><span class="notetitle"><b>Note</b></span> Renaming the | |
| entity type will rename the corresponding entity sets, navigation | |
| properties and the default key properties.</div> | |
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