Characteristics of a reference defined as document metadata

Two documents are related if there is a reference from one document to the DocumentID/ID of the other document.

References are defined and stored in the Registry. In Event Management you first choose the documents to be monitored. Then you select the appropriate reference from a list of all possible references between the selected documents. This list is retrieved from the Registry. For details on the Registry, see the Infor ION Development Guide .

A reference is defined as a component in a document definition. Examples of reference components are "SalesOrderReference" and "PurchaseOrderReference".

In Event Management this information is displayed for each reference:

• From Application Document
• To Application Document
• From Path

  This is the path to the reference in the From Application Document.

If you selected more than two documents for a monitor, the references between these documents must not be circular. For example, if you selected documents A, B, and C, only these references are allowed:

• {A->B->C}
• {A->B and A->C}

Multiple references can exist between two documents. In a monitor, you must select only one reference. See the example.