Source

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Represents the ID of the source class type in a relationship type.

Schema Hierarchy

ManagementPack
  TypeDefinitions
    EntityTypes
      RelationshipTypes
        RelationshipType
          Source

Syntax

Xml
<Source>Company.Product.SourceClass</Source>

Attributes and Elements

The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and the parent element of the Source element.

Attributes

None.

Child Elements

None.

Parent Elements

Element	Description
RelationshipType	Represents a relationship type definition in a management pack.

Text Value

The value of the Source element, while always being an ID of some predefined class type, follows certain restrictions depending on the base class of the parent RelationshipType element.

Relationship Type Context	Source Value Restrictions
Containment	No restrictions. The value of the Source element’s relationship to the Target can be reciprocal, reflexive, or neither. The relationship between the Source element and the Target is a many-to-many relationship.
Reference	No restrictions. The value of the Source element’s relationship to the Target can be reciprocal, reflexive, or neither. The relationship between the Source element and the Target is a many-to-many relationship.
Hosting	The value of the Source element’s relationship to the Target can be neither reflexive nor reciprocal. The Source class type cannot be abstract.

Remarks

For examples of how the Source element is expressed in a management pack, see RelationshipType.