Examining and leveraging predefined entities

Wait, didn't we talk about predefined entities at the beginning of the chapter? Up to now, it was about the understanding of the structures and the objects. But the major benefit of using CDM is the collection of predefined entities that you can use and extend to support your application and your analytical estate.

The collection of entities is grouped into so-called sub-folders:

• applicationCommon
• industryCommon
• operationsCommon

There you will find a multitude of predefined entities with their structures ready for you to use in your system.

Let's double-click on applicationCommon, for example. You will find the following entities there:

Figure 13.1 – Entities of applicationCommon

You will find another sub-folder too: foundationCommon. This holds 3 more sub-folders with 22 entities related to Customer Relationship Management (CRM), 5 entities related to financial topics...