The View button allows adding, editing and deleting entity members. Click the Members button on the desired entity row as shown,
The list of current members is displayed.
To add a new item: type the code and description using the grid with a white background. Note that you can key-in several lines (adding several members).
To edit an existing item: double click on the desired field.
To delete an item: click the Clear icon.
Example
Note that there are two ways of loading members into an entity
Through the above described Entities / members function. This allows you to manually key-in the code and description. This function is useful for adding some items to an entity or for populating small entities, which do not exist in your source data systems.
Through a Datareader protocol that loads data from an external source (from a file or a database). This method is the most common and appropriate for populating large entities.
Note:
When an entity member is created, Board creates an internal unique identifier (UID), which is used to reference it. All selections (stored into Capsules, procedures, and security) use the entity member’s UID therefore changing the code or the description does not affect existing Capsules (and its reports and procedures) and security profiles.
Note:
Deleting an occurrence does not reduce the saturation level of an entity. The saturation of an entity is determined by the number of occurrences created. For example, inserting and deleting 10 items for 5 times causes the creation of 50 items; if the entity’s max item number is of 100 then the saturation is 50%. The saturation is reset only when the entity is cleared using the Entity / Clear function.