Describing Event Concepts
An event concept represents an event occurring during concept life, for example a change of season. An event concept marks the impact on a concept of a phenomenon internal or external to the concept. Concept events can be distinguished as concept start events, end events and intermediate events.
Accessing the event concept list
To access event concepts of a business dictionary in HOPEX Data Governance:
1. Click the Glossary > Business Dictionaries navigation menu.
2. Click the relevant business dictionary.
The dictionary properties appear.
3. Click the Business Information page.
4. In the drop-down list select Event Concept.
The list of event concepts of the business dictionary appears.
Creating an event concept from a business dictionary
To create an event concept from a business dictionary:
1. Open the properties of the business dictionary.
2. Click the Business Information page.
3. In the drop-down list select Event Concept.
4. Click New.
5. Specify its name.
The Existing Terms section lists terms with the same name as the new event concept.
A term is a word or word group, that is used for a specific meaning in a specific context.
If a term has already been created with the same name as the new event concept, this term is automatically connected and appears in the Term section.6. In the Definition field, enter the text of the event concept definition and click OK.
The name of the event concept appears in the tree under the business dictionary.
You can also create an event concept in a concept domain.Event concept properties
The Characteristics tab of event concept properties enables access to its main characteristics.
The event concept is described by:
• A Definition
• Its designation, which is represented by one or several Terms
To modify the name of a concept in the corresponding language, you must access concept properties and modify the name of the term in the specific language. For more details, see Concept and Term.• Its Synonyms
A synonym is a term interchangeable with another term in the context of a concept of this term that has the same or almost the same meaning.For more details, see Concept and Term.The Realization section enables association of an application architecture element to the concept.
For more details, see Connecting the Business Concepts to the Logical and Physical architecture.Connecting an event concept to its concept
The relationship between a concept and its event concept is described by:
• a Start Event,
• an End Event,
• or an Intermediate Event.
To connect an event concept to its concept in a diagram associated with a concept domain:
1. In the insert toolbar, click the Link button.
2. Click the concept to which the event concept is attached.
For example, "Person"
3. Click the event concept to be connected.
For example, "Birthday".
A wizard proposes selection of an event type:
• Concept Start Event
• Concept End Event
• Concept Intermediate Event
4. Select the event type and click OK.
The creation wizard of the selected concept event type opens.
5. Indicate its name.
6. If no term is to be created, select the "Creation without term" check box.
7. Click OK.
The link between the concept and the event concept appears in the diagram with an icon representing its type.