Entity Management

Entity Types allow you to model custom business objects across multiple data domains in Knowde’s Multi-Domain MDM platform. These configurable structures define the data, behaviors, and governance rules for user-created objects such as Competitor Products, Raw Materials, Customers, Vendors, etc. Entity Types allow you to design flexible models tailored to your organization’s needs and the desired 360° view of all interlinked master data.

Once Entity Types are defined, you are ready to start maintaining entities of those types.

In this article, you’ll learn how entities are managed in the system.

For more info, also refer to this Video Demo

Menu (Left Nav) Structure

Entities will show up in the left nav menu based on the Data Domain the type belongs to

Entities of Product Information data domain will show up under the Product Information section along with Products, SKUs, and Brands.

Entities of Organization data domain will show up under the Organizations section. This section only shows up if any Active entity types exist under this data domain.

Entities of Asset data domain will show up under the Assets section. This section only shows up if any Active entity types exist under this data domain.

Entities Grid

When clicking on the entity type name in the left nav menu, e.g. Companies, you will be taken to a standard grid showing the entities of this type. The grid has all the standard features that are available for Products etc, including, Create, Search, Filter, Column selection, Sorting, and applying Saved Views.

Entity Details

When clicking on an entity in the grid, you will be taken to the entity detail page.

The detail page will show a set of tabs, depending on the configuration of the related Entity Type.

• Details - This is where you see and edit the most key data points for the entity, such as name, subtype, and any other data points you added to the overview tab during entity type setup
• Attributes - This is where you show all attributes on the entity. With an attribute template defined on the entity type, you will see a "forms" layout with all the standard attributes already added and ready to edited.
• Categories - Optional tab if Categories is enabled on the entity type. On this tab you can manage the entity's linkage to Knowde or custom category trees.
• Documents - Optional tab if Documents is enabled on the entity type. On this tab you can manage any documents linked to the entity.
• Media - Optional tab if Media is enabled on the entity type. On this tab you can manage any media assets linked to the entity.
• Relationships - Optional tab if Relationships is enabled on the entity type. On this tab you can view relationships from or to the entity and manage relationships where the current entity is the source/parent.