If a modified source model is transformed into an already existing target model, it may happen that an existing object is embedded in a different container. The graphic illustrates this case:
In the original source model, the three functions F1, F2, and F3 were connected with the same organizational unit Alice. After the alignment, function F2 is connected with organizational unit Bob. If the changed source model is transformed, not all functions can be placed in the same lane Alice. Lane Bob is created for function F2. If the changed source model is transformed and the original resulting model is specified as the target of the interactive merge, a model is displayed after this interactive merge with task F2 placed in the original lane Alice and also in the new lane Bob (at the right side in the graphic).
Task F2 and the connections from F1 to F2 have remained unchanged, but are marked as added () and deleted (
) by the transformation, which is due to the change in the organizational unit which results in the move to lane Bob. If the complex conflict is such a container change, simple, subordinate conflicts are created:
If the complex conflict consists of a new container object having been created and objects needing to be placed there, the simple conflicts are generated in the original container as subordinate conflicts representing a deletion.
Conflict resolution can either be carried out in lane Alice or in lane Bob, as the graphic shows:
Regardless of the decision, the simple conflicts caused by function F2 must be resolved manually.