Appacitive Entities

The building blocks of Appacitive

What are the minimum requirements for creating a Relation?
 To create a Relation, the minimum requirements are -  It must have a name It must have a description A relation can exist between exactly two Typ...
Thu, 9 Jan, 2014 at 5:41 PM
Is it possible to have unidirectional Relations?
Relations in Appacitive are always bidirectional. It is not possible to create a unidirectional relation.
Tue, 10 Sep, 2013 at 2:32 PM
Can a Relation have Properties?
Relations have full support for Properties. In a graph an edge can have data associated with it. Similarly in Appacitive, since a Connection may ha...
Mon, 23 Sep, 2013 at 11:43 AM
What are Attributes?
 Attributes Attributes are essentially sets of key value pairs which a user can add to his data. Attributes are used to save additional information or da...
Thu, 9 Jan, 2014 at 5:42 PM
What is an Object?
In Appacitive, an Object represents a single instance of an item of a specific Type in the system. Each Object must be of a type defined by an existing Type...
Thu, 9 Jan, 2014 at 5:44 PM
Can I create an Object without a Type?
You cannot create Objects before creating Types. While Types describe what the structure and nature of data will be, an Object is defined by the act...
Thu, 9 Jan, 2014 at 5:49 PM
What is a Connection?
Connections Connections are instances of Relations. Connections are used to connect data points (articles). A connection can also contain additional data ...
Thu, 26 Sep, 2013 at 11:13 AM
What is the minimum requirement for creating a Connection?
Connections can only be created when a relation exists between the two types. The relation gives the definition of the connection. To create a connection...
Fri, 24 Jan, 2014 at 11:48 AM
What is the minimum requirement for creating a Canned List?
There are no prerequisites for creating a canned list. A user just has to enter the name of the canned list, while in the edit mode and press enter to creat...
Tue, 10 Sep, 2013 at 11:43 PM
What are the different types of Aggregates?
Appacitive supports 5 types of Aggregates - 1. Count Gives the number of nodes connected to the node containing the aggregate definition. 2. M...
Fri, 24 Jan, 2014 at 11:50 AM