Create configuration objects in Reltio IDE

Learn how to create configuration objects in Reltio IDE by adding them manually or through natural language prompts with AI-assisted authoring.

Reltio IDE adds objects to the local configuration file in both Reltio tenant-connected and Git-connected workspaces. In a tenant-connected workspace, apply the changes to the tenant when you are ready. In a Git-connected workspace, save the file, then commit and push your changes in your editor's Source Control view..

Reltio IDE supports two ways to create configuration objects such as entity types, relation types, and others:

Add an object using the context menu, then complete its definition in the configuration file.
Describe the object you want using natural language in your editor's AI assistant and have it generate the object for you.

AI-assisted authoring also creates supporting resources intelligently, such as the relation type required for a reference attribute.

To add an object through the context menu

Right-click your connected tenant or cloned Git repository in the RELTIO IDE view, depending on your configuration source, then select the object you want to create, such as:
- Add a new Entity Type
- Add a new Relation Type
- Add a new Grouping Type
- Add a new Graph Type
- Add a new Source
- Add a new Hierarchy Type
Locate the new object in the configuration file. Reltio IDE adds the object with default values.
The following image shows a new entity type added to configuration with default values.
Figure 1. Add a new Entity Type through context menu
Edit the object in the editor to complete its definition.
Reltio IDE validates your changes and highlights errors in the editor so that you can fix them before applying the configuration to a tenant or committing the changes to Git.

To create an object with AI-assisted authoring

Open the AI assistant in your editor: Cursor or VS Code.
Describe the object you want to create. For example, Create an Employee entity type with the relevant attributes and a reference attribute to Organization.
Review the configuration that Reltio IDE generates. In this example, Reltio IDE creates the Employee entity type, adds relevant attributes, adds the reference attribute to the Organization entity type, and creates the required relation type that connects Employee to Organization.
When a reference attribute requires a relation type, Reltio IDE creates the relation type automatically, so you do not have to create it as a separate step.
Figure 2. Proposed changes in business configuration
Review and manually edit the generated object to complete any remaining details, then select Yes to apply the generated changes to the local configuration file.
Selecting Yes applies the generated changes only to the local configuration file. In a Reltio tenant-connected workspace, use Apply Configuration to Tenant to send the changes to the Reltio tenant. In a Git-connected workspace, save the file and use Source Control to commit and push the changes.

Result

Your new configuration objects appear in the RELTIO IDE view under their object type, and their definitions are added to the local configuration file.

If you are connected to a Reltio tenant, you are ready to review and apply the changes to the Reltio tenant. If you work from a Git repository, review, commit, and push the changes through Source Control.

Validation

To confirm the objects were created:

Expand your tenant or configuration in the RELTIO IDE view and confirm that the new objects appear under their object type.
Confirm that the configuration shows no validation errors for the new objects.
For a reference attribute created with AI-assisted authoring, confirm that the supporting relation type appears under Relation Types.

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Create configuration objects in Reltio IDE

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