View Integration: Creating an Enterprise-Wide REA Model The view modeling process described in the

previous section produced an individual REA model of the revenue cycle for Apex Supply. This section
explains how multiple REA diagrams, each created in its own view modeling process, are integrated into
a single global or enterprise model. The section then explains how the enterprise model is implemented
into a relational database and user views constructed. The view integration process involves three basic
steps: 1. Consolidate the individual models. 2. Define the primary keys, foreign keys, and attributes. 3.
Construct the physical database and produce user views. STEP 1. CONSOLIDATE THE INDIVIDUAL
MODELS Because Apex is a wholesale supply company with no production facilities, model consolidation
for them will include the previously developed revenue cycle model (Figure 10-8) and the expenditure
cycle models for purchases/cash disbursements and payroll illustrated in Figures 10-10 and 10-11,
respectively