Creating a Data Entity

This topic describes the procedure to create a data entity.

Create data entities to model the objects that you want to synchronize. The specification of the model involves specifying the structure of data, a sniffer to track the changes and Web services to perform operations on the data.

1. Right-click the appropriate data store and select the <Hub or Spoke> Entity option. The Untitled MDM <Hub or Spoke> Entity - MDM <Hub or Spoke> Entity window appears. Refer to MDM Data Entity Interface for more details on the fields.
   Note: For hub data entity, Enable Business Object Lifecycle option is enabled by default. This option should be used to define states, events and transitions for a business object, using state model. However, you must clear this check box for performing the simple synchronization task; the Sniffer tab appears in place of the Business Object Lifecycle tab.
2. Click the Web Services tab to specify the Web services to perform operations on the data. The Web services that you specify perform necessary operations on the data, at run-time.
3. Click the Sniffer or Fields on the Business Object Lifecycle Tab as per the requirement.
4. Click the Advanced tab to view the default batch size for the Web services to update, insert and delete data, and the name of the sniffer audit table.
5. Click .

A data entity is created and added to the project content tree. You can validate the created data entity.