Entity Explorer

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Introduction Each Hornbill application is delivered with access to its database schema and entity relationships. This is useful when trying to understand where to identify tables, table columns, primary keys, and suitable fields for making your table joins. This functionality is intended to make your quest for information that little bit easier when constructing those all important analytics and management reports. Accessing the Entity Explorer in the Administration Tool is only open to users who are assigned a role that provides the Get Database Schema system right. Apart from high security roles, other default roles having this system rights are Reporting Admin and Advanced Reporting Admin roles. A custom role can also be created where the necessary system right is allocated.

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Features

• Entity Information - Provides a visual interface to explore the application tables and how they relate to each other. A quick way to identify extended tables and the columns that create table links. Click on a table and use the "Description" and "Information" buttons to the top right of the graphical user interface to explore each table in more detail.

• Database Schema Information - a simple description of each application table. Understand more about the columns contained in the tables including a supporting description, type, and information on which columns are indexed.