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addedValues Entity

Q. What is an addedValue Entity?

A. In a Manila website there are 3 collections of like objects

the discussion group contains a sequence of messages, distinguished by their msgnum
the membership group contains a set of member records, distinguished by their member key (typically an email address)
the GEMs, a sequence of uploaded files, distinguished by the gem number

In addition addedValues allows web developers to define their own glossaries - a set of short cuts with properties; user transactions, audit tables and more. Any item from these collections is an addedValues Entity, they are the atomic items that you work with. When you define a form, a report, a variable etc. , the first thing you do is declare which collection you are working with by choosing a value of Applies To property.

Throughout this website, we use the term addedValues Entity to stand for a message, a member record, a gem etc.