Information Catalog Manager Administration Guide

ACTION.RELATION

Identifies the action to perform on the relationship that is described with the tags that follow ACTION.RELATION.

Context

ACTION.RELATION is used to create or delete information catalog relationships.

ACTION.RELATION is followed by one or more RELTYPE and INSTANCE tags, which define the relationships being acted on.

Syntax

:ACTION.RELATION(option)

Options

The following options are valid with ACTION.RELATION:

ADD

DELETE

ACTION.RELATION(ADD)

Defines an ATTACHMENT, CONTACT, CONTAIN, or LINK relationship.

Context

Figure 40. Using the ACTION.RELATION tag when adding relationships

:ACTION.RELATION(ADD) :RELTYPE.TYPE() SOURCETYPE() TARGETYPE() :INSTANCE.SOURCEKEY(UUI_short_name()...) TARGETKEY(UUI_short_name()...)

Rules

• If the specified relationship does not exist, the relationship is added. If the specified relationship exists, the Information Catalog Manager writes an informational message and continues processing.
• A RELTYPE tag and one or more INSTANCE tags must immediately follow the ACTION.RELATION(ADD) tag.
  • The RELTYPE tag defines the type of relationship that is being added and specifies the object types of the objects to associate.
  • Each INSTANCE tag specifies the UUI property values that identify the two objects that are being associated.

ACTION.RELATION(DELETE)

Deletes a relationship.

Context

Figure 41. Using the ACTION.RELATION tag when deleting relationships

:ACTION.RELATION(DELETE) :RELTYPE.TYPE() SOURCETYPE() TARGETYPE() :INSTANCE.SOURCEKEY(UUI_short_name()...) TARGETKEY(UUI_short_name()...)

Rules

• The relationship is deleted if it exists; otherwise, the Information Catalog Manager writes an informational message and continues processing.
• A RELTYPE tag and one or more INSTANCE tags must immediately follow the ACTION.RELATION(DELETE) tag.
  • The RELTYPE tag defines the type of relationship that is being deleted and specifies the object types of the associated objects.
  • Each INSTANCE tag specifies the UUI property values that identify the two associated objects.