Visualize the ontology

Learn how to open the ontology view in the integrated development experience to see the entity types in your configuration and the relationships between them.

The ontology view in the integrated development experience displays entity types and the relationships between them. Use the ontology view to understand how your entity types relate to each other after you create or change configuration objects. The ontology view reflects your local configuration file, not the live tenant configuration.

To open the ontology view

Open the ontology view by right-clicking an object type (such as an entity type, relation type, and so on) in the RELTIO IDE view, and selecting Show in Ontology.
The ontology view displays your entity types as labeled nodes and shows the relationships between them.
Figure 1. Ontology view
In the ontology view, review each entity type node, which shows its name, the number of attributes (Attrs), the number of connections (Conn), and the number of match rules.
Review the labeled arrows connecting entity types. Arrows show the relation type name, inheritance connections labeled extends, and reference attribute connections showing the number of reference attributes between entity types.
To reset the ontology view to its default arrangement, press Cmd+Shift+P on macOS, or Ctrl+Shift+P on Windows and Linux, to open the Command Palette, and then run Reltio: Reset Ontology Layout.

Result

The ontology view displays your entity types and the relationships between them, based on your local configuration file. The ontology view is for visualization only. You cannot edit objects or export the diagram from it.

Validation

To confirm that the ontology view opened correctly:

Confirm that the ontology view panel opens alongside the editor.
Confirm that your entity types appear as labeled nodes with their attribute and connection counts.
Confirm that the relationships between entity types appear as labeled arrows.

Unify and manage your data

Visualize the ontology

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