September 2017
Beginner to intermediate
562 pages
13h 46m
English
book
Implementing Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations
by Rahul Mohta, Yogesh Kasat, JJ Yadav
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What is a data entity?
A data entity is an abstraction over underlying tables, and a simplified projection of the schema, which is more conceptual in nature than the physical tables underneath. All business logic resides in the entity or in the underlying tables. Entities can expose both relational as well as aggregate data.
To summarize, data entities provide conceptual abstraction and encapsulation (denormalized view) of the underlying table schema to represent key data concepts and functionalities.
The following diagram shows the current normalized model for customer data in Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations and the corresponding denormalized customer entity:
Listed here are the key highlights of data entities in Dynamics 365 for ...