what is the difference between Record type and Data Store entity, I am having a really hard time understanding the difference between them, and when to use each one , a real-world examples would be great
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Record Types are for presenting data to users in an Appian application, whereas Data Store Entities represent database tables used to manage the underlying data.
Displaying and interacting with business data in a user friendly way
Both record type and data store entity supports CRUD operations. But record type provides more features, ease of configuration, ease of development than data store entity which requires considerable knowledge on database concepts
It is recommended to start moving towards record types than traditional CDT approach to utilize the full potential of data fabrics.
so, we can say that Data store Entity are similar to typical database tables?
Yeah, database tables or views which are mapped in Appian specific format, so that we can work on it inside the application.
also I read somewhere that data store entity is for data to out-lives the application life cycle, is that true ?
I am not sure what you mean, but
"Data Store" is similar to "Database"
"Data Store Entity" is similar to "Table in the Database"
ok , thank you for you time