Rational Programming Patterns for System z

New Meta Entity (Type) or Meta Data Aggregate wizard

This wizard is used to create Meta Entities, Meta Entities Type or Meta Data Aggregates according to the type of entity chosen in the menu of the Design Explorer. Some of the fields in this wizard are specific to the type of entity created.

Package
Select a package in the list or enter the name of a new package.

A package corresponds to a logical group of information.

The logical resources contained in a package can be distributed into various projects.

The packages represent the branches of the projects. Each package contains its own instances.

For the resources transferred from Pacbase, the naming convention of a package is: {location name}.{Library path}.{Library name}. To reflect the Library hierarchy, you can enter the Library names (starting from the highest-level Library), and separate each with a period (example: COM.CIF). This way, there will be a first-level branch (COM) with its instances, and a second-level branch (CIF) with its own instances.

Project
Select a project in the list or enter the name of the project in which the instances are to be saved.

A project represents the physical distribution of your instances in your workspace. It groups directories and files. It is used to organize resources which can be built, shared, or stored as a version.

A Pacbase project contains a subset of files which correspond to the models and the generated sources which make up an application.

There can be various projects for each location (a location is the equivalent of a database).

Name
Enter an alphanumeric character string that identifies the Meta Entity
Label
Enter the label, which identifies the new instance. It constitutes a search criterion for a subsequent search.
Entity
This field is only in the Meta Entity Type creation wizard. You must select the entity which the Meta Entity Type applies to. For example, if the Meta Entity Type must extend a Program entity, you must select 'Program' in the menu.
When you click Finish, the name of the new instance is displayed in the Design Explorer view, in the project and package indicated in the wizard, and you find at the entity level, the name of your:
  • Meta Entity Meta Entity,
  • Meta Entity Type Meta Entity Type,
  • Meta Data Aggregate Meta Data Aggregate.

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