Defining the Components of a Concept Domain
You can update your business dictionaries using Concept Domains and dictionary elements that already exist: Term, Concept, State Concept, Event Concept or Concept View.
The components of a concept domain
A concept domain includes or references a set of concepts or sub-domains.
You can display the elements that belong to the concept domain in the properties window of the domain in question, in the Components page.
Adding a concept to a concept domain
To add a concept to a concept domain:
1. Open the properties window of the concept domain.
2. Select the Components page.
3. Click New.
The business information creation wizard appears.
4. Select the object type “Concept” and enter its name.
5. Click Next.
The concept is added to the list of concept domain components.
You can also drag the concepts in question from the hierarchical view of the business dictionary into the section.Connecting or deleting a component from a concept diagram
To connect a dictionary element to a list of components for a concept domain:
1. Open the concept diagram associated with the concept domain.
2. Add the dictionary element that interests you in the diagram.
3. Right-click on this element to open its pop-up menu.
4. Select Add to “Current concept domain name".
The element is added to the list of concept domain elements, in the Component page of the domain properties window. The shape changes in the diagram.
To delete a dictionary element from a concept domain:
1. Right-click the dictionary element concerned to open its pop-up menu.
2. Select Delete from “Current concept domain name".
The element is deleted from the list of concept domain elements.
Defining the CRUD for the components of a concept domain
You can specify the access rights to each of the components of a concept domain through the CRUD of the component in question (Create, Read, Update Delete).
To define the CRUD on a component of the concept domain:
1. Open the properties window of the concept domain.
2. Select the Components page.
3. Select the line of the component in question.
Commands are added, including the CRUD button.
4. Click this button.
5. In the window that appears, select or deselect the check boxes associated with the actions: Create, Read, Update, Delete.
The content of the Data access column is calculated automatically according to the selected actions. This result appears in object form in the concept diagram associated with the concept domain.