To define an entity type within the Data Sources manager
You can define an entity type within the Data Sources manager when you are creating a new data source or copying an existing one. You can also define an entity type by editing an existing Data Source that is not in use.
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Add a new data source.
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Click the Add Entity Type link.
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Enter information in the fields.
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Entity Type Name – Give the entity type a descriptive name.
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Entity Type Code –Give the entity type a single, lower-case alphabetic character code (using the English alphabet, even if you are using multi-byte characters elswhere in Detect). The code should reflect the purpose of a data source. For example, you might create c for customer.
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Click Save to add the entity type to the drop-down list.
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Before the system can process the entity type, you must associate the entity type with a cluster that will run it.
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