Non-Database Entity

A Non-Database Entity is an Entity that has its Database Behavior property set to F. It can be used to model a group of controls, constant data, derived data, or non-persistent data that do not need to be stored in a database. It cannot be mapped to a database table.

Characteristics

Characteristics
Object type code:	ent
Main Development Object?	No
Part of:	—, Component
Contains:	Key, Relationship, Property, Code Container
Generalization:	Entity
Specializations	Modeled Entity, Derived Component Entity, Non-Derived Entity
Compilation Output:	—
URI format:	`ent:EntityName.ModelName` `cpt:ComponentName:ent:EntityName`

Specialization

Non-Database Entity specializes Entity in the following ways:

Its Database Behavior property is set to N (Not in Database)
It cannot be used to generate SQL scripts