Chapter 4 Working with Conceptual Data Models

Inheritance checks

The following CDM model checks are made on inheritances:

Check Description and Correction
Inheritance name and code uniqueness Inheritance names and codes must be unique in the model.

Manual correction: Modify the duplicate name/code

Automatic correction: Appends a number to the duplicate name/code.
Existence of inheritance link An inheritance must have at least one inheritance link, from the inheritance to the parent entity.

Manual correction: Define the inheritance link or delete the inheritance.

Automatic correction: None.

 

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