Consolidation combines objects at the definition level in one object, the master object, and reduces the number of database items. This process consolidates all individual object relationships to other objects, models, etc., into the object definition of the master object in a way that is methodically consistent.
Consolidating objects has the following effects:
Attributes
You can specify whether attributes of redundant objects that are not specified in the master object are to be transferred to the master object.
Attribute values will be transferred from redundant objects to the master object only if they are unique in the redundant objects. This means: If two different values are specified for an attribute in two redundant objects, neither of these values will be accepted and the attribute will not be specified in the master object.
Relationships
The relationships of redundant objects will be added to the master object. You can specify whether multi-relationships are also to be consolidated into the relationship of the master object. If the method does not allow multi-relationships, consolidation will always take place.
For information on object types supporting several relationships of the same type (multi-relationships) please refer to the ARIS Method Manual - Tables stored on your ARIS installation media.
Assignment relationships
The assignment relationships of redundant objects will be added to the master object.
Please refer to the ARIS Method Manual to determine which and how many assignments are possible for a specific object type.
If the method does not allow assignments of a redundant object to be added to the master object and you have enabled the Delete after consolidation check box to handle redundant object definitions, the assignment relationships will also be deleted.