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A Business Entity is a logical grouping of data that that tends to move together between systems or used in process activities.
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| Name | Documentation | Type | Values Allowed | Number Allowed | Assumed Value |
| Description | A Documented Item is an item that requires descriptive text above and beyond what the reader may gain from looking at the other attributes individually. |
String VTYPE | 0:1 | ||
| Item_Source | This is the source for the information in this item. |
Instance VTYPE | Source | 0:* | |
| Related_Business_Entities | These are all of the business entities that are related to this one. |
Instance VTYPE | Business_Entity_Relationship | 0:* | |
| Business_Entity_Related_to | This is all of the Business Entities that this Business Entity is related to. |
Instance VTYPE | Business_Entity_Relationship | 0:* | |
| Standards | These are any industry standards to which this item complies. |
Instance VTYPE | Standard | 0:* | |
| Attributes | These are all of the individual components that describe the Business Entity. |
Instance VTYPE | Attribute | 0:* | |
| Business_Entity_Used_By | This relationship depicts all Process Activities that collect, process, transform, diseminate, or upon which it makes a decision. This relationship also depicts all of the Transaction Steps transmit Business Entities. |
Instance VTYPE | Item_Uses_Business_Entities | 0:* | |
| Aliases | These are all of the other names by which this item goes. |
Instance VTYPE | Alias | 0:* | |
| Item_Categories | These are all of the categories for this item. |
Instance VTYPE | Category | 0:* | |
| Name | This is an item that readers can identify for one another by referring to a single word, or phrase. |
String VTYPE | 1:1 | ||
| Item_Review_Status | This is the review status of the item. |
Instance VTYPE | Review_Status | 0:1 | |
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| Item_Source | This is the source for the information in this item. |
Instance | Business Modeling With UML: Business Patterns at Work |
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| Aliases | These are all of the other names by which this item goes. |
Instance | Class Business Object Structure Table |
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| Modeling Value | This is value of including this item in the Enterprise Architecture. |
String | Understanding where business entities are used is critical to understanding ripple effects stemming from changes to the enterprise. |
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| Examples | These are examples of instances of this class. |
String | Customer Profile Patient Account |
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