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There are other components in the complete Account DD file, which can be seen in the JavaDoc for the org.kuali.rice.kns.datadictionary packages.
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The inquiry definition indicates which fields are displayed in what order on inquiry screens. Inquiry screens are used to allow users to drill down and find detailed information about a row in the database. Check out the inquiry documentation for a full treatment of how to specify and customize Inquiries using the data dictionary.
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The lookup definition indicates which fields are used to perform a lookup, as well as which fields are listed in the search results. Lookup screens are those that are used to search for a particular row in a table. Check out the lookup documentation for a full treatment of how to declare and customize a lookup for a business object.
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In the above example, the <bean parent="RelationshipDefinition"> tag is describing the keys of the accountFiscalOfficerUser reference object of the Account BO. This attribute is of type UniversalUser (see the java class definition). The primitiveAttributes property describes the foreign key relationship. In this case, this is saying that the Account's accountFiscalOfficerSystemIdentifierattribute references the personUniversalIdentifier attribute of the reference object, analogous to how it would be defined within a database foreign key. One PrimitiveAttributeDefinition bean is needed for each field of the pseudo foreign key relationship.
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