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0239 Reports

Reports described assembled information about a particular topic. It can be linked to the process that created it, the elements it describes, and other related reports.

UML

ReportType entity

The ReportType entity describes a report design. It specifies the schema (structure) of the data that will be assembled in a populated report. It has the following attributes:

  • identifier - Identifier used in an external system.
  • purpose - purpose of the report.
  • author - userId of the report author.
  • creationTime - the time the report type was created.
  • lastModificationTime - the time the report type content was last modified.
  • lastModifier - the userId of the last person to modify the report type.

Report entity

The Report entity describes an instance of a populated report. It has the following attributes:

  • identifier - Identifier used in an external system.
  • purpose - purpose of the report.
  • author - userId of the report author.
  • startTime - the start of the time period that the report's content represents.
  • completionTime - the end of the tim period that the report's content represents.
  • completion message - any message generated by the process creating the report.
  • creationTime - the time the report was created.
  • lastModificationTime - the time the report content was last modified.
  • lastModifier - the userId of the last person to modify the report.

Egeria supports three specialized reports:

  • Connector activity report - description of the activity of a connector during a certain time period.
  • Incident report - description of a particular incident or situation that is affecting the operation of the organization.
  • Survey report - details of a survey of one or more digital resources.

ReportOriginator relationship

The ReportOriginator relationship links a report to the element (typically a process) that created the report.

ReportSubject relationship

The ReportSubject relationship links a report to an element that the report is about.

ReportDependency relationship

The ReportDependency relationship links a report to another related report. There is a sense of time in this relationship. It has the following attributes:

  • label - the label to use when displaying this relationship.
  • description - the description of the relationship between the reports.

Form entity

The Form entity is a structure used to request new data.

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