About relationships between the predefined entities

In Control Compliance Suite, there is defined relationship between the predefined entities of the predefined platforms. The relationship is between the fields of the predefined entities. Such relationships between the predefined entities facilitate broader scope of collecting data for a custom entity. The scope of collecting data broadens whenever a custom entity extends a predefined entity.

You must know the relation between the predefined entities of all the predefined platforms. You can use the relationship between the predefined entities to reference the custom entity. A custom entity can be referenced when being created using the Create new entity schema wizard.

See Creating a new entity schema.

Table: relationship details of the predefined entities for the Oracle platform

Predefined entity	Relation entity
CONFIGUREDDATABASES	CONFIGUREDSERVERS of the Oracle platform
CONFIGUREDSERVERS	The CONFIGUREDSERVERS entity is referenced to the following predefined entities: Machine entity of the Windows platform Machine entity of the UNIX platform

Table: relationship details of the predefined entities for the SQL platform

Predefined entity	Relation entity
Database	Server of the SQL platform
Server	Machine of the Windows platform
Stored Procedure	The Stored Procedure entity is referenced to the following predefined entities: Database of the SQL platform Server of the SQL platform
User	The User entity is referenced to the following predefined entities: Database of the SQL platform Server of the SQL platform

Table: relationship details of the predefined entities for the UNIX platform

Predefined entity	Relation entity
File	Machine of the UNIX platform
Group	Machine of the UNIX platform
Machine	No defined relationship
User	Machine of the UNIX platform

Table: relationship details of the predefined entities for the Windows platform

Predefined entity	Relation entity
Directory	The Directory entity is referenced to the following predefined entities: Machine of the Windows platform Domain of the Windows platform
Domain	No defined relationship
File	The File entity is referenced to the following predefined entities: Machine of the Windows platform Domain of the Windows platform Directory of the Windows platform
Group	The Group entity is referenced to the following predefined entities: Machine of the Windows platform Domain of the Windows platform
IISVirtualDirectories	The IISVirtualDirectories entity is referenced to the following predefined entities: Machine of the Windows platform Domain of the Windows platform
IISWebSite	The IISWebSite entity is referenced to the following predefined entities: Machine of the Windows platform Domain of the Windows platform
Machine	Domain of the Windows platform
Registry	The Registry entity is referenced to the following predefined entities: Machine of the Windows platform Domain of the Windows platform
Service	The Service entity is referenced to the following predefined entities: Machine of the Windows platform Domain of the Windows platform