Entities in OutSystems correspond to which of the following database components?

Entities in OutSystems directly correspond to tables in a database. In the context of relational database management systems, an entity is a way to model and represent a data structure that holds information. When you create an entity in OutSystems, it generates a corresponding table in the underlying database to store the instances of that entity.

Understanding that entities reflect tables is important for several reasons. First, every time you define an entity, you are implicitly defining the shape of the data that will be stored and accessed. This structure is critical for ensuring data integrity and efficient querying. In OutSystems, when you manipulate entities, you are fundamentally working with the rows and columns of the associated tables in the database.

The other components—indexes, columns, and constraints—are related but serve different specific roles within the database schema. Indexes are used to improve the speed of data retrieval operations, columns represent individual fields within a table, and constraints enforce specific rules regarding the data that can be stored. However, entities themselves represent the larger structure, making the correct connection to tables.