Project: EAKAT

Class: Business_Entity

Parent Class(es): 

  1. Aliased_Item
  2. Categorized_Item
  3. Documented_Item
  4. Export_Items
  5. Identified_Item
  6. Information
  7. Reviewable_Item
  8. Sourced_Item
  9. Standardized_Item

Instances:

  • None

Subclasses:

  • None

A Business Entity is a logical grouping of data that that tends to move together between systems or used in process activities.

Attribute Definitions
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   
Attributes
Name Documentation Type Value
Item_Source 

This is the source for the information in this item.

 
Instance 
Business Modeling With UML: Business Patterns at Work 
 
Aliases 

These are all of the other names by which this item goes.

 
Instance 
Class
Business Object
Structure
Table
 
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.
 
Examples 

These are examples of instances of this class.

 
String 
Customer Profile
Patient Account