Common CI and relationship class properties
The following information consists of the common CI and relationship properties that you can define when defining a class.
Common class properties
The class properties defined in the CI Class and Relationship Class dialog boxes are listed in the following table. This table also describes how you should enter information for those properties when creating a new class.
Additional properties for Relationship classes
Relationship classes require additional properties that define how the relationship functions with CI classes.
- Member classes — You must ensure that the CI classes are members of a relationship class. Class 1 is the source member and Class 2 is the destination member. If you need directionless or directionally symmetric relationships, you can create another relationship with Class 1 and Class 2 switched.
- Roles — Refers to the relationship roles of the member classes. You can use the default Source and Destination roles, or you can specify new roles when you create a relationship class. Role names are used as prefixes on the field labels of attributes pertaining to each member class.
The following table lists the properties defined in the Relationship Class dialog box, and describes how you should enter information for those properties when creating a new class.
Common relationship type properties
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