Use other connections in model types

To change the set of assigned connections, proceed as follows.

Prerequisite

Procedure

  1. Click Application launcher Application launcher > Administration Administration. The Configuration Configuration view is shown.

  2. Click Conventions.

  3. Click Model types.

  4. Click the entry that you want to change. You cannot modify entries of the Default (not configurable) type. Use the Filter filter to find a list entry.

  5. Click Connections and decide how objects should be connected to each other in models of this type. For detailed information about how to connect object symbols and object types, click Information and use the required view.

    You can either select the connections from a list, or you can decide which object symbols or which object types are connected.

  6. If you want to select connection types that are available for a model type, click from all available connection types.

    If you just created the model type but you have not yet assigned any connections, the Show only types assigned view displays all mandatory connection types that are locked. Locked items # Locked items are mandatory items. That means that you cannot remove or modify them.

    1. Select the Show all view to select the required types.

    2. To assign the required connections,Selected items enable the controls in the Assigned column.

    3. Use the Filter filter to quickly find connections or sort the columns.

  7. If you want to select connections that are available between distinct source object symbols and target object symbols, click between object symbols. This action is appropriate when object types provide multiple object symbols. In this case, you can decide how to connect objects that use a specific object symbol.

    1. Selected items Enable the source object symbols from which the connection should point. Use the Filter filter to find a list entry.

    2. Selected items Enable the target object symbols to which the connections should point.

    3. Selected items Select the required connection types. If you just created the model type but you have not yet assigned any connections, the Show only types assigned view displays all mandatory connection types that are locked. Locked items # Locked items are mandatory items. That means that you cannot remove or modify them.

    4. Select the Show all view to select the required types.

  8. If you want to select connections that are available between source object types and target object types, click between object types. In this case, users can connect objects using the selected connections regardless of which object symbols are displayed.

    1. Selected items Enable the source object type from which the connection should point. Use the Filter filter to find a list entry.

    2. Selected items Enable the target object types to which the connections should point.

    3. Selected items Select the required connection types. If you just created the model type but you have not yet assigned any connections, the Show only types assigned view displays all mandatory connection types that are locked. Locked items # Locked items are mandatory items. That means that you cannot remove or modify them.

    4. Select the Show all view to select the required types.

  9. Click Assign # s_icon_conn_assign.png Assign. In the Show only types assigned view, all selected connections are listed and shown as Assigned items assigned.

  10. Check the assignment. Click Remove assignment # s_icon_conn_remove_assignment.png Remove to delete selected connections from the model type.

  11. If the assignment is OK, click Apply.

All selected connections are available in models of this type.