Oracle Designer Model,
Release 6i
Element Type Definition
| Element Type Name | EXTERNAL |
| Short Name | EXT |
| View Name | CI_EXTERNALS |
| Description | An external is a "source" or "sink" of information that is outside the |
| context under analysis, and to or from which dataflows need to be | |
| defined. Examples of an external are an organization, a role, a | |
| specific person or group of people, a computer system or a physical | |
| location (for example a storage facility in which an archive tape is | |
| stored). | |
| Sub-type of | SHAREABLE_ELEMENT |
| Versioning: | Structure of EXTERNAL versionable object |
| Rules: |
API Spec Uniqueness Criteria Deletion Rules |
| Descriptor: |
NAME SHORT_IDENTIFIER |
| Used by: |
Oracle Designer |
| Underlying table: | SDD_EXT |
| Changes: | Summary of changes to EXTERNAL in Release 6i |
| Reference Properties | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Opt ? | Notes | Relationship | In Arc |
| BUSINESS_UNIT_REFERENCE | Y | Prompt: Business Unit | May be the representation of one and only one BUSINESS_UNIT | |
| ENTITY_REFERENCE | Y | Prompt: Entity | May be the representation of one and only one ENTITY | |
| Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Datatype | Opt ? | Notes | Domain | Default Value |
| NAME | VARCHAR2(40) | N | The name of the external.
Prompt: Name Uppercase | ||
| REMARK | VARCHAR2(70) | Y | A comment about the external
Prompt: Comment | ||
| SHORT_IDENTIFIER | VARCHAR2(20) | Y | A short reference to identify this external.
Prompt: Short Name Uppercase | ||
| Multi-line Text | ||
|---|---|---|
| Name | Text Type | Prompt |
| DESCRIPTION | CDIDSC | Description |
| NOTES | CDINOT | Notes |
| Other Properties |
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| EXTERNAL has the 20 user definable properties (USER_DEFINED_PROPERTY_0, _1, _2, _3 etc) for User Extensibility |
The following 'standard' properties are also inherited by all element types:
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Other element types that reference EXTERNAL:
Note: