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Electronic Reporting Models and Mappings what does " (*) " mean in front of various entities?

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Posted on by jt1024

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Hey,

Does anyone know what the / (*) / means in front of various entities, e.g.:

Does it mean that branch is a complete clone of that branch from another section? Or does it have some other meaning?

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Electronic Reporting Models and Mappings what does " (*) " mean in front of various entities?

Hello Kevin,

That notation may be relevant to other software things, but what I'm reading at:

https://dynamicsmanuals.com/2019/09/15/electronic-reporting-in-depth-data-models/

and at

https://erconsult.eu/blog/electronic-reporting-er-cookbook-5-references/

shows this is a Reference.

For instance in the Microsoft Invoice Line Data Model we see:

and if we select:

Go to refreenced item:

We are taken to this parallel node in the tree;

So I think that's it.

Microsoft walks us through an example of using this here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/fin-ops-core/dev-itpro/analytics/tasks/er-design-domain-specific-data-model-2016-11?context=%2Fdynamics365%2Fcontext%2Fcommerce
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Electronic Reporting Models and Mappings what does " (*) " mean in front of various entities?

Hi,

(*) means that the entity is a required component. It indicates that the entity is essential and must be configured and set up accordingly for proper usage.

For example, when you see something like " (*) Line base (LineBase)," it means that the "LineBase" entity is mandatory, and you must include it in your electronic reporting models and mappings.

Best regards,

Kevin

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