Lens structure form

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title: Lens structure form
description: Learn about the fields of the Lens structure form. Use this form to define a structure for your lens in the Portfolio Planning application.
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product: Portfolio Planning
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last_updated: "2026-09-10"
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# Lens structure form

Learn about the fields of the Lens structure form. Use this form to define a structure for your lens in the Portfolio Planning application.

<table id="table_hvj_25t_fvb"><thead><tr><th>

Field

</th><th>

Description

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>

Entity

</td><td>

Source table for your lens entity. An entity represents a planning level in the perspective of your lens.

 Select the entity that is relevant for your planning persona from the perspective of this lens. For example, Department, Product Model, or Business Objective.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Entity filter

</td><td>

Conditions to filter data from your entity source. The filtered data is shown on the workspace for your planning persona to select and plan for.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Top entity

</td><td>

Indicates if this entity is the top-level entity of your lens structure.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Parent entity

</td><td>

Entity that is one level above this entity in your current lens structure.This field is available only if the **Top entity** field isn’t selected.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Reference to parent entity

</td><td>

Column in the current entity table that references the parent entity table.For example:

-   Entity is **Strategic Program \[sn\_align\_core\_program\]**
-   Parent entity is **Department \[cmn\_department\]**

Then the field of the Strategic Program \[sn\_align\_core\_program\] table that references the Department \[cmn\_Department\] table would be **Department**.

 This field is available only if the **Top entity** field isn’t selected.

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