Expansion and unique ID
Posted: 12 Nov 2012, 10:50
Hey guys,
I've got some questions about the Meta Model.
1) I read a lot about the External Repository Instance Reference. Is this the unique ID to which it is possible to refer to when importing data into essential? I already managed to import data through mapping an excel file into a xml file using the essentialreportxml.xsd.
When I try to connect an Application to a Business Process it looks like this:
<own_slot_value>
slot_reference>supports_business_process_app</slot_reference>
<value value_type="simple_instance">BusinessPro1</value></own_slot_value>
By doing that I get an error that the Instance Reference doesn't exist, although it does.
I'm not sure if I'm doing anything wrong but at the moment I create the External Repository Instances Reference myself. Applications, for example, look like App_0001 and so on. I do that in the excel files and finally map it to xml. Is App_001 my unique ID within essential?
Why does Essential not create unique IDs automatically?
2) Is it possible to create fields manually? When you look at the Application class, you see Stakeholders, Synonyms and so on.
Now I want to add some more fields for myself, like internal attributes or so. Is that possible? Where do I have to look at?
Hope you can help me. Thanking you in anticipation.
I've got some questions about the Meta Model.
1) I read a lot about the External Repository Instance Reference. Is this the unique ID to which it is possible to refer to when importing data into essential? I already managed to import data through mapping an excel file into a xml file using the essentialreportxml.xsd.
When I try to connect an Application to a Business Process it looks like this:
<own_slot_value>
slot_reference>supports_business_process_app</slot_reference>
<value value_type="simple_instance">BusinessPro1</value></own_slot_value>
By doing that I get an error that the Instance Reference doesn't exist, although it does.
I'm not sure if I'm doing anything wrong but at the moment I create the External Repository Instances Reference myself. Applications, for example, look like App_0001 and so on. I do that in the excel files and finally map it to xml. Is App_001 my unique ID within essential?
Why does Essential not create unique IDs automatically?
2) Is it possible to create fields manually? When you look at the Application class, you see Stakeholders, Synonyms and so on.
Now I want to add some more fields for myself, like internal attributes or so. Is that possible? Where do I have to look at?
Hope you can help me. Thanking you in anticipation.