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Help specifying data source relationship

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Posted on by flangepiece 26
Hello,
I don't seem to be able to specify a data source relationship correctly so that my extended data entity project builds.
I'm getting error:
      .../DataSources/HcmWorker/DataSources/HcmWorkerEntity/Relations/QueryDataSourceRelation1/JoinRelationName]:Relation 'WorkerEntity' does not exist.    

I have an existing data entity BCPWorkerUpdatesEntity with one of the data sources the HcmWorker table, I want to expand the entity to include the identityemail column which I can find in the HcmWorkerEntity entity.
I couldn't see a relationship between the two. Even so when I added HcmWorkerEntity to the data sources and left the Use Relations property = Yes it didn't complain. However,r when I went to export records in F&O it was incorrect and way too many records were exported.

So I think I need to set Use Relations=No and specify manually how to link the two entities. I think this would be on PersonnelNumber but am not getting it to compile.

Here is what I am trying:



This is my first attempt at extending a data entity and adding a data source. Any advice gratefully received.

Thanks
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    Martin Dráb Profile Picture
    Martin Dráb 237,965 Most Valuable Professional on at
    The entity already includes HcmWorker, DirPersonBaseEntity, HcmWorkerTitle and HcmWorkerRelationTypeView. Adding HcmWorkerEntity would mean loading all these things again, which sounds like a waste of resources to me.
     
    Instead, look at HcmWorkerEntity to see where IdentityEmail field comes from and do the same in your entity extension. You'll need to add DirPersonUser and UserInfo data sources.
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    flangepiece 26 on at
    Thank you Martin for your advice, it led me to the right solution and I learnt some things along the way, including how to set a range. 

    I did get an error with unmatched data types initially and found looking at the data entity and querying data in sql server management studio helped solve it.

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