Inactivation of Linked Relation Crosswalks
An entity may be inactivated by setting the endDate attribute or by
setting a deleteDate to one of its crosswalks.
If the current date is after the endDate of an entity, the entire entity
is marked as Inactive. However, the entity may have relations and reference
attributes. Relations are inactivated based on multiple factors. A relation may have
crosswalks of different types, and may or may not be linked with the entity's
crosswalks. A relation crosswalk is linked with the entity crosswalk if it was created
uisng the entity crosswalk. For example, you can create a relation by specifying the
entity by using the startObject object URI. In this case, the entity is
identified by its URI and not by the crosswalk. Therefore, the relation crosswalk is not
linked with the entity. However, if you reference the entity by its crosswalk, the
crosswalk gets linked to the entity.
In case of a crosswalk deleteDate action, only that crosswalk data is
inactivated (it becomes ov=false and is not displayed in Hub).
Setting the End Date of the Activeness Parameter
activeness parameter can be set by using any
of the following methods: - Updating an entity by using the
partialOverrideoption - Setting the
endDateattribute - Executing an explicit
PUT /entities/{{id}}/activeness/endDaterequest on an entity
END_DATE_RELATION for the relation type, the same
endDate value is set for the relation, unless it already has a
value. For more information, see Retrieve or modify the entity startDate and endDate.endDate attribute is set for both start and end entities
at the same time, the minimum value is chosen for the relation.Setting the End Date of an Entity Crosswalk
To end date an entity crosswalk, add a deleteDate to an entity's
crosswalk as follows:
PUT /entities/{objectId}/crosswalks/{crosswalksId}/deleteDate- The relation's crosswalk is linked with the entity's crosswalk being end-dated.
- The relation's crosswalk already has a
deleteDate. - The relation's crosswalk type is same as that of the entity's crosswalk.
- The relation's crosswalk is not linked with another entity's crosswalks of the same type that is not end dated.
Deleting an Entity Crosswalk
An entity and its crosswalks are deleted based on the end date. But, if some crosswalks of the entity are not deleted, then use the following API:
DELETE /entities/{objectId}/crosswalks/{crosswalkId}The platform searches for all the relations of the specified entity and deletes all the relation crosswalks that are linked with the deleted entity's crosswalk. If a relation is linked with more than one crosswalk, only one reference is removed and the crosswalk remains active.