Ah, good catch! I can't wait for reporting to be able to follow this as well ;-)
On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 12:06 PM, laurent matheo <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > > And just to add something cool, you can "query" the association using rest > apis for example. This way for example with the association between > incident and Incident workinfos you can fetch in one rest api call the > incidents WITH their related workinfos at the same time... No need for a > join in this case. > And of course you can do this with your own custom forms. > > Mobilis in Mobile. > > Le 14 mai 2015 à 20:57, Mueller, Doug <[email protected]> a écrit : > > ** > > Thad, > > > > Yes, the Association feature is a major new feature. And, the 9.0 release > has introduced the basics and the possibilities and leverage of the feature > are just getting started. > > > > The 9.0 release uses the Association feature in two major ways: > > > > 1) To delete child records when the required parent record is > deleted. So, if you have a master record and then have other forms with > additional details, the association will automatically delete the children > when the parent is deleted. Associations have a configuration for whether > they enforce this flow or not. > > 2) For archiving. So, archiving the parent, takes all the children > with it automatically. > > > > Now, the base feature is about defining the relationships and > interconnections of forms – directly and through association tables. You > can follow the associations for any number of reasons. > > > > Think about some other things: > > > > Producing an diagram of the relationship of forms to form an application > is now a simple matter of following relationships AND you know whether the > association is a dependent relationship or not. > > > > What if DSO could be configured to “follow associations” so that > transferring the parent record would transfer all children records too? > > > > What if we could configure the system to have row level security flow to > children from the parent so any change to a row level security field on the > parent flows that change to all children records as well? > > > > What if you could define table fields to just “follow the association” > rather than having to define the target form and qualifications on it? > > > > What if you could export data by just specifying the parent record and all > children record are exported along with it (or imported..). > > > > What if… > > > > There is a lot more that this feature can do and will allow. > > Working with applications that involve collections of forms with > inter-dependent or just inter-related data will be much easier and will be > able to be done in a more global, consistent, and systematic way rather > than custom logic for each set of interaction. > > > > > As an aside, there is also much more that is possible with archiving now > that this is in place and you should see some very cool new features > related to archive still to come in releases post 9.0. > > > > > > I am glad that you are seeing some of the possibilities that this feature > opens up within the system – some available already (archiving and delete) > and others to come. There are additional features – both with 9.0 and some > coming beyond that will also provide basic capability that can then be > leveraged in many different ways. (One of my favorites by the way is the > dev-to-production or packaging or deployment manager – whatever name they > settled on – feature. It has a lot of value in 9.0 and there is much more > coming that will help transform how promotion of change is done within the > environment.) > > > > As always, we would love to hear what you are doing with the features, how > you are leveraging them beyond the defined uses. And, what is missing from > them that would make the functionality even more powerful. > > > > Doug Mueller > > > > *From:* Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [ > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On Behalf Of *Thad > Esser > *Sent:* Thursday, May 14, 2015 9:38 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* ARS v9.0 - New Server Object - Associations > > > > ** > > Has anyone else taken a look at the new "Association" server object for > version 9.0? I've only read the docs (haven't played with it yet), but > this seem like a huge new feature, with possibilities way beyond just > archiving (which is what the docs say its being used for). > > > https://docs.bmc.com/docs/display/public/ars9000/Associations+overview > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4v0X2SimKY > > > > Just curious what others thought, or if I'm nerd-ing out too much. > > > > Thad > > _ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" and have been for 20 years_ > _ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" and have been for 20 years_ > > _ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" and have been for 20 years_ > _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org "Where the Answers Are, and have been for 20 years"
