Linking Entities inside Enrich

This article explains how to manually link two existing Entities in inriver. 

For an automation of the linking process see Intelligent Linking in Enrich.

What is a Link

A Link describes a relation between two Entities. Entities and their relations, called Links, are the two most fundamental building blocks of an Elastic data model.

Here are some things worth knowing about inriver Links:

• A Link is always associated with a Link type. The Link type defines the source and target Entity types of a Link and also has a unique name.
  

   

  If you need to describe different types of relations between two Entities, you can define more than one Link type for the same source and target Entity types.

• A Link always has a direction from the source Entity (outbound Link from the parent Entity) to the target Entity (inbound Link to the child Entity).
  
  
• A Link can be active (default) or inactive, in which case any target Entities will not be published in Channels or Publications.
  
  
• A Link has an index property that controls the sort order of the Link if there are multiple Links of the same Link type for a source Entity.

How to manually link two Entities in Enrich

In Enrich do the following:

1. Open the Entity you wish to link.
   
   
2. Open the Includes or the Included in tab depending on which way you want the Link to point:
   
   
   • Use Includes if you want the currently open Entity to be a parent.
   • Use Included In if you want the currently open Entity to be a child.
3. Search for the Entity you want to link to the currently open Entity using the Work Area on the left.
   
   
4. Drag and drop the Entity to the correct Link type (for example Items, Related to, etc.).
   
   The two Entities are now linked.

How to manually unlink two Entities in Enrich

In Enrich do the following:

1. Open the Entity you wish to unlink.
   
   
2. Open the Includes or the Included in tab depending on which way the Link you want to remove points (is this Entity a parent or a child).
   
   
3. Click (Entity menu) > Remove relation
   The Confirm remove relation modal appears.
   
   
4. Click OK
   The relation is removed.

How to unlink all Entities to a particular Link type in Enrich

In Enrich do the following:

1. Open the Entity that contains the Link type you want to unlink and navigate to its Includes tab.
   
   
2. Click (Link type menu) > Remove all relations
   

   

   The Confirm remove relation of ALL related entities modal appears.
   
   
3. Click OK
   The relations removal is added on Jobs.

Further reading

Model: Link types

Intelligent linking in inriver Enrich using rules and Queries