Overview of data entities

Data entities are the high-level business objects used by PolicyCenter, such as a Policy, PolicyLine, or Coverage. An entity serves as the root object for data views, rules, Gosu classes, and most other data-related areas of PolicyCenter. Guidewire defines a set of data objects in the base PolicyCenter configuration from which it derives all other objects and entities. For many of the Guidewire base entities, you can also create entity extensions that enhance the base entities and provide additions required to support your particular business needs. In some cases, you can even define entirely new entities.

If you plan to archive data entities in your PolicyCenter installation, you must define your data entities in such a way as to facilitate the archiving process. An incorrect data entity definition can cause the archive operation to fail.