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Edit an entity type

Learn how to edit an entity type.

Create entity types in the Data Modeler. For more information, see topic Create an Entity type.
You may want to modify the details of an existing entity type. Depending upon the abstract entity type that was used for creating an entity type, the system allows you to edit the entity type details.
To edit an entity type:
  1. In the Console, select Data Modeler.
  2. In the left navigation pane, select Entity types. You will see the existing entity types on the right pane.
  3. Hover over the entity type you want to edit, which displays two icons.
  4. Select the Edit icon. You will see the Edit entity type page.
  5. Edit the image, Display Name, Data label pattern , Group and other details that appear in the More Options section.
    1. Edit the Group dropdown by selecting more groups.
      Note: An entity type can be clubbed under a group based on your business requirement. For more information, see topic Entity type grouping.
    2. To create a new group, type the name of the group and click the Create new button to create the group.
    Note: After you have added an icon, you can select the remove icon (cross symbol) on the image to remove the selected image. The selected icon is removed and the first character of the Display Name is shown as the image, by default.
  6. Select SAVE to update the entity type details.