Configurable entities implementation

[Tianyi Gu]

Hello everyone, 

Why I can't find  "entity_type"  and  "relationship_type"database tables? I have followed the DSpace configurable entity instruction and run the initialize-entities command:

[dspace]/bin/dspace initialize-entities -f [dspace]/config/entities/relationship-types.xml

According to the instruction:

Once imported into the Database, the overall structure is as follows:

• • All valid Entity Types are stored in the "entity_type" database table.
  • All Relationship type definitions are stored in the "relationship_type" database table
  • All Relationships between entities get stored in the "relationship" table.
  • .....

Did I interpret it wrong?

Please advise.

Thank you,

Tianyi

[Tim Donohue]

Just to verify, yes the "entity_type" and "relationship_type" tables should exist already in every DSpace 7.x instance.  By default they are empty tables. But, once you run that "initialize-entities" command, they are populated with the Entities & Relationships that are specified in the file you pass to that command.

If you have other questions, let us know on this list.

Tim

[Tianyi Gu]

Hi Tim, Thank you for answering that. I have verified that and learned that the script will fill the tables. 

Now, when I create a person as an item, the submission form for Person submission form doesn't have a Title and I have to upload a file into the item. After the creation, the new person data entry is displayed as "Untitled" -- Please see the screenshot below. 

I am reading the submission-forms.xml file; From the comments, I learned, for configurable entities, "this is nearly identical to the  'traditionalpageone' form".

How do I modify the configurable item submission form without changing the regular submission?

Thank you, Tim!!

Tianyi

[Tianyi Gu]

Ideally, I could modify:

1. this collection page is more customized for the Person entity;

2. change the search result: display Person's full name instead of "untitled" 

3. change the "item" label.

Thank you,

Tianyi