Create Data Objects and Configure Value Help for Scenario

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Create Data Objects and Configure Value Help for Scenario

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Create Data Objects and Configure Value Help for Scenario

Vandana Vasudevan

September 16, 2020

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September 19, 2019

Beginner

10 min.

Create data objects that hold employee and equipment details, and configure value help for the data object to choose the values while modeling rules.

You will learn

How to create data objects for a scenario
How to configure the value help for a data object

Data objects are the building blocks of a project. It can hold the input as well as output information of a business rule.

In this tutorial, we will create data objects which hold the employee details and the details of the equipment assigned to the employee.

Step 1: Create data objects

Choose Data Objects > Local Data Objects.
In the Local Data Objects section, choose +.

In the New Data Object screen, provide the following details for the output data object as shown:

Field Name	Value
Name	`EquipmentInfo`
Label	`EquipmentInfo`
Description	`Equipment Information`
Type	`Structure`

Choose Attributes tab, then choose + to create a new attribute for the data object EquipmentInfo.

Similarly, create five new attributes with the following values:

Name	Label	Description	Business Data Type
`ProducDesc`	`Product Desc`	`Description of the product`	`String`
`Price`	`Equipment Price`	`Price`	`Number`
`EquipmentType`	`Equipment Type`	`Type of equipment`	`String`
`ProductID`	`Product ID`	`Unique ID of the product`	`String`
`Currency`	`Currency`	`Currency`	`String`

Then, choose Activate.

Activating will save, validate and activate the data object.

Similarly, create and activate EquipmentApproval data object and its attribute with the following values:

Data Object:

Field Name	Value
Name	`EquipmentApproval`
Label	`EquipmentApproval`
Description	`Approval required for the equipment list selected for the new hire.`

Attribute:

Field Name	Value
Name	`ApprovalNeeded`
Label	`ApprovalNeeded`
Description	`Is approval needed for the equipment`
Business Data Type	`String`

Then, choose Activate.

Similarly, create and activate Equipment data object and its attribute with the following values:

Data Object:

Field Name	Value
Name	`Equipment`
Label	`Equipment`
Description	`Details of the equipment opted for the new hire.`

Attributes:

Field Name	Value
Name	`TotalAmount`
Label	`TotalAmount`
Description	`Total amount of all the selected equipment`
Business Data Type	`Number`

Then, choose Activate.

Similarly, create and activate Employee data object and its attributes with the following values:

Data Object:

Field Name	Value
Name	`Employee`
Label	`Employee`
Description	`Details of the employee`

Attributes:

IsFullTimeEmployee:

Field Name	Value
Name	`IsFullTimeEmployee`
Label	`IsFullTimeEmployee`
Description	`True if the employee works full time or else false.`
Business Data Type	`Boolean`

countryofCompany:

Field Name	Value
Name	`countryofCompany`
Label	`Country or Region of Company`
Description	`Country or Region of company`
Business Data Type	`String`

company:

Field Name	Value
Name	`company`
Label	`company`
Description	`Company name`
Business Data Type	`String`

jobTitle:

Field Name	Value
Name	`jobTitle`
Label	`jobTitle`
Description	`Job title of the recruit`
Business Data Type	`String`

Then, choose Activate.

Employee data object

Navigate to the Local Data Objects tab to view the list of data objects.

Done

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Step 2: Configure value help for Employee data object

Choose Employee data object.
Choose Edit and then choose countryofCompany attribute.
Choose Value Help tab and then choose Edit.
Choose +.
Choose Value List from the dropdown list.

Select the newly created Value List.