Entity Hierarchy

DescriptionA group of objects that form a tree structure in which parent concepts on higher levels branch out into child concepts on lower levels.

For example:
Balanced hierarchy: Concept types within a level are logically consistent. All branches have the same depth and no levels are skipped. For example a calendar hierarchy with years, quarters, months, weeks and days as levels.
Unbalanced hierarchy: Levels are not consistent across branches. Branches can have different depths. For example an organization chart with managers and employees where not all the employees reporting to the same manager have functionally equivalent positions.
Ragged hierarchy: Concept types within a level are logically consistent. Branches can have different depths and levels can be skipped on some branches. For example an administrative division hierarchy with country, state, county, and city.

Attributes
Depth Level NumDepth Level Num
Effective From DtEffective From Dt
Effective To DtEffective To Dt
Group SkGroup Sk
Hierarchy DescrHierarchy Descr
Hierarchy NmHierarchy Nm
Load Info SkLoad Info Sk
Source Code SkSource Code Sk
Tenant SkTenant Sk
Type Code SkType Code Sk
Valid From TsValid From Ts
Valid To TsValid To Ts

Relationship
Hierarchy_Group_FKHierarchy_Group_FK

Primary Key
Hierarchy PKHierarchy PK

Dependencies
 

Reverse Dependencies
 

Attribute Details

 Depth Level Num
DescriptionIndicates the number of levels in the hierarchy.
Data TypeStandards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Number Integer [INTEGER]
Is Part Of PrimaryKeyfalse
Is Requiredfalse
Is Derivedfalse
Is Surrogate Keyfalse



 Effective From Dt
DescriptionEstablishes a period where a set of attributes are true according to the business.
Data TypeStandards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Date [DATE]
Is Part Of PrimaryKeyfalse
Is Requiredtrue
Is Derivedfalse
Is Surrogate Keyfalse



 Effective To Dt
DescriptionEnds a period of effectivity.
Data TypeStandards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Date [DATE]
Is Part Of PrimaryKeyfalse
Is Requiredfalse
Is Derivedfalse
Is Surrogate Keyfalse



 Group Sk
DescriptionAnchor surrogate key for the Group data.
Data TypeStandards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Surrogate Key Large [LONG]
Is Part Of PrimaryKeytrue
Is Requiredtrue
Is Derivedfalse
Is Surrogate Keyfalse



 Hierarchy Descr
DescriptionIndicates a description of the group.
Data TypeStandards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Description [VARCHAR(250)]
Is Part Of PrimaryKeyfalse
Is Requiredfalse
Is Derivedfalse
Is Surrogate Keyfalse



 Hierarchy Nm
DescriptionIndicates name of a group.
Data TypeStandards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Name [VARCHAR(30)]
Is Part Of PrimaryKeyfalse
Is Requiredfalse
Is Derivedfalse
Is Surrogate Keyfalse



 Load Info Sk
DescriptionThe surrogate key of the load information entry describing the details regarding the loading of the row.
Data TypeStandards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Surrogate Key Large [LONG]
Is Part Of PrimaryKeyfalse
Is Requiredtrue
Is Derivedfalse
Is Surrogate Keyfalse



 Source Code Sk
DescriptionThe origin of the data identifying the actual load source, vendor, manual key entry, or context of the data in a specific row in the database.
Data TypeStandards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Surrogate Key [INTEGER]
Is Part Of PrimaryKeyfalse
Is Requiredtrue
Is Derivedfalse
Is Surrogate Keyfalse



 Tenant Sk
DescriptionThe surrogate key of the entry identifying the legal owner of the data.
Data TypeStandards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Surrogate Key [INTEGER]
Is Part Of PrimaryKeyfalse
Is Requiredtrue
Is Derivedfalse
Is Surrogate Keyfalse



 Type Code Sk
DescriptionIdentifies the actual type of the entry based on the entity type hierarchy defined in the business data model.
Data TypeStandards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Surrogate Key [INTEGER]
Is Part Of PrimaryKeyfalse
Is Requiredtrue
Is Derivedfalse
Is Surrogate Keyfalse



 Valid From Ts
DescriptionEstablishes a period where a set of attributes are true in the source system. This would be populated with the transaction timestamp and would be used for the snapshot date.
Data TypeStandards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Timestamp [TIMESTAMP]
Is Part Of PrimaryKeytrue
Is Requiredtrue
Is Derivedfalse
Is Surrogate Keyfalse



 Valid To Ts
DescriptionEnds a period of validity.
Data TypeStandards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Timestamp [TIMESTAMP]
Is Part Of PrimaryKeyfalse
Is Requiredfalse
Is Derivedfalse
Is Surrogate Keyfalse

Relationship Details

 Hierarchy_Group_FK
Is Identifying Relationshiptrue
Child TableHierarchy
Child Role Namehas anchor
Child MultiplicityZERO_TO_MANY
Child Referential Integrity: On DeleteNONE
Child Referential Integrity: On InsertNONE
Child Referential Integrity: On UpdateNONE
Parent TableGroup
Parent MultiplicityONE
Parent Referential Integrity: On DeleteNONE
Parent Referential Integrity: On InsertNONE
Parent Referential Integrity: On UpdateNONE

Primary Key Details

 Hierarchy PK
Key AttributeGroup Sk
Key AttributeValid From Ts