Defining the Model

The first key dimension to a Dynamic Evidence Type Version is its Model, which describes its structure and behavioral characteristics. The Model defines its attributes and their datatypes, its relationships to other Dynamic Evidence Types, its validations, how a Case Evidence record of this Type is to be summarized in descriptions, and various other functional aspects.

After launching the Editor in the previous step, the 'Model' tab will be opened by default. Here we will create the two attributes that were specified in the requirements above - Income Amount and Income Type.

Finally, save your work by clicking on the following icon: . There are many other options available in the Model section of the Dynamic Evidence Editor, and these are described in detail in Model Definition. Next, we turn our attention to defining the User Interface for this Dynamic Evidence Type Version.