Common Child Class

The common child class is common to all referenced classes in the export field mappings and is determined based on the classes provided from the export field mappings, together with the class relations defined in the model.

Example of model fragment:

model fragment

Possible scenarios:

  • Reference is provided for the following classes:
    • Suppliers
    • Supplier Allocations

    The common child class is ‘Supplier Allocations’ since Suppliers is a parent of Supplier Allocations.

  • Reference is provided for the following classes:
    • Products
    • Locations
    Note: Allocation classes can be referenced by their related component classes.

    The common child class is determined as ‘Products At Locations’. Products and Locations are component classes of Allocation class ‘Products At Locations’.

  • Nested Allocations (Allocation of an Allocation). Reference is provided for the following classes:
    • Suppliers
    • Products
    • Locations

    The common child class is Supplier Allocations, because:

    • Products and Locations classes have Products At Locations as the common child.
    • Products At Locations and Suppliers are parent classes of Allocation class for Supplier Allocations.