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Design Server
The documentation provided here describes how to use the Design Server.
Schema designer
Use the schema designer to define, modify, and view schemas. A schema describes the syntax, structure, and semantics of your data.
Type inheritance

Design Server
The documentation provided here describes how to use the Design Server.
- Projects
  This documentation describes Design Server projects.
- Schemas
- Maps
- Flows
  A flow node invokes a sub flow within a flow. Sub-flows need not be wired to other nodes; it is valid to have a flow that is comprised of multiple sub-flows that each have listeners.
- Using Design Server
  How to use the HCL Link Design Server.
- Flows
  This documentation describes how Flows can be run from REST API, listeners, or they can be scheduled.
- Schema designer
  Use the schema designer to define, modify, and view schemas. A schema describes the syntax, structure, and semantics of your data.
  - About schemas
    A schema defines the contents of at least one input that you intend to map or one output you intend to map.
  - Subtypes
  - Schema hierarchy
  - Defining data
  - Objects, types, and classes
  - Testing part of a schema
    You can test a schema by generating test data for an item or a group. The schema designer creates source and compiled maps that generate and validate the test data. The test-data-generation map automatically runs and produces a text file with the sample data. After that, the test-data-validation map automatically runs on the sample data file.
  - Type properties
  - Item restrictions
  - Components
  - Partitioning
  - Type inheritance
    - Inheritance of item properties and restrictions
    - Inheritance of category properties and components
    - Propagation of type properties
      Creation time is not the only time type properties can be passed from a type to its subtypes. You can use propagation to pass along certain type properties.
  - Error detection
  - Error recovery
  - Schema analyzer
  - Distinguishable objects
  - Return codes and error messages

Type inheritance

Properties, components, and restrictions of a type can be inherited by the types created as subtypes under it. Some properties of a type can also be propagated to already existing subtypes.

When you create a type, it becomes a subtype of whatever type is selected at the time. Everything that defines a type gets passed down: properties (with the exception of the Partitioned property), components, and restrictions. After a type is created, you can then modify any aspect of its definition.

When a group is created within a category, the item properties do not apply, so they are not inherited. When an item is created under a category, the group properties are not inherited.