https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Viya/Hybrid-Entity-Design-in-Visual-Investigator-Viya-4-External/m-p/969172#M2885 <P>Hello,</P><P>I'm working with SAS Visual Investigator on Viya 4 and I have a design question. I would like to create an entity where the first field (e.g., organization name) is sourced from an external data source, but the remaining fields should be editable by users within the application.</P><P>Is it possible to design such a hybrid entity that combines a reference to an external data source with internal, user-editable attributes? If so, what would be the recommended approach to implement this kind of structure?</P><P>greatly appreciated.</P><P>Thank you!</P> Tue, 17 Jun 2025 10:07:56 GMT Akiva 2025-06-17T10:07:56Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Viya/Hybrid-Entity-Design-in-Visual-Investigator-Viya-4-External/m-p/969172#M2885 <P>Hello,</P><P>I'm working with SAS Visual Investigator on Viya 4 and I have a design question. I would like to create an entity where the first field (e.g., organization name) is sourced from an external data source, but the remaining fields should be editable by users within the application.</P><P>Is it possible to design such a hybrid entity that combines a reference to an external data source with internal, user-editable attributes? If so, what would be the recommended approach to implement this kind of structure?</P><P>greatly appreciated.</P><P>Thank you!</P> Tue, 17 Jun 2025 10:07:56 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Viya/Hybrid-Entity-Design-in-Visual-Investigator-Viya-4-External/m-p/969172#M2885 Akiva 2025-06-17T10:07:56Z