Editing Assignments

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When you click edit ICON EDIT PROPERTIES.PNG, an additional tab opens where you can edit the selected assignments.

Property View Description

General

Name

Label that appears for an element both in the Model View tree and in the diagram. You can edit this label.

To

The target for the Assignment must be a Property of the Process or the activity itself.

From

The Expression must be made up of a combination of Values, Properties, and Attributes, which are separated by operators such as add or multiply.

Assign Time

An Assignment may have an AssignTime setting. If the Object is an activity (Task, Sub-Process, or Process), then the Assignment must have an AssignTime. A value of Start means that the assignment shall occur at the start of the activity. This can be used to assign the higher-level (global) Properties of the Process to the (local) Properties of the activity as an input to the activity.

Description

A text box where you can enter information describing or defining the project. Right-click text to open a shortcut menu. You can cut, copy, paste, and delete selected text within the Description text box. You can paste plain text from external applications.   You can undo any action and you can select all text by pressing Ctrl+A.   The following formatting options are available for the text: Bold, Italics, Underscore, and Strikethrough. You can also change the font color as well as the background color.

Notes

A text box where you can annotate the element with additional information. Right-click text to open a shortcut menu. You can cut, copy, paste, and delete selected text within the Notes text box. You can paste plain text from external applications.   You can undo any action and you can select all text by pressing Ctrl+A.   The following formatting options are available for the text: Bold, Italics, Underscore, and Strikethrough. You can also change the font color as well as the background color

Links

Add Link

Opens the Create Link wizard. This wizard allows you to create conceptual or usage links between elements.

Edit Link

Opens the property view for the selected link.

Delete Link

Deletes the selected link (either the link or the link target).

Show Selected Links on Active Diagram

Once you have created a link in the Diagram View, click this icon to display the links for the selected object in the diagram.

Expand All

Expands all the nodes in the tree.

Collapse All

Collapses all the nodes in the tree.

Refresh Links

Updates all the nodes in the Link Report.

Usage (CRUD)

Usage

The header displays the name of the linked element and the status of the filter (on or off). Receivers: Displays a list of the elements with usages (receivers). You can select multiple receivers in this list and delete all the receivers that are selected. Usage: Displays the usage setting (C, R, U, D). You can change the Usage attributes in this column and this change is reflected in the diagram. For example, you can change a C (Create) type to a U (Update) type. Usage Description: Displays the information entered in the Description text field for the target object of the usage. For example, if a usage was drawn between a task and a Data Store object, the description of the Data Store object is displayed. If there are no links or all the links have been filtered out, you are given the information that “No usages have been defined for this element” in the Receivers column.

Add Usage

Opens the Create Usage wizard where you can create a new usage.

Edit Usage

ICON EDIT PROPERTIES.PNGWhen you select a Receiver in the table, the edit option becomes available. Click this to open the Usage edit tab where you can edit the name of the usage. The default name is “Usage”. You can also change the usage settings (Create, Read, Update, and Delete).

Delete

ICON DELETE.PNGWhen you select a Receiver in the table, the delete option becomes available. This action removes the selected receiver from the usage.

Show Selected Usages

When you select a Receiver in the table, the Show Selected Usages option (ICON SHOW SELECTED USAGE.PNG) becomes available. Click this icon to display the usage for the selected receiver in the diagram, including the usage settings.

Filter Receiver Types

Opens the Usage Report Filter dialog where you can select the types of objects you want included in the Usage Report.

Export Usage Report

You can export the Usage (CRUD) reports in the following formats: CSV, HTML, PDF, and RTF

Print

Opens the Print dialog where you can select a printer, set preferences, select a page range and number of copies and then print.

Refresh Usage

Updates all the nodes in the Usage Report.

Impact Analysis

Filter Designation

Indicates whether a Filter has been set for the Impact Analysis Report. Two icons are displayed to the left of the Filter Designation indicator:   Click ICON FILTER TREE.PNG to display the impact analysis information in a tree format.   Click ICON FILTER TABLE.PNG to display the impact analysis information in a table format.

Create Impact Analysis Diagram

Once you create a link you can create a diagram that is a graphical representation of that link.

Filter

Opens the Impact Analysis Filter dialog

Export

You can export and save the Impact Analysis report in the following file formats: CSV, HTML, PDF, and RTF.

Print

Opens the Print dialog where you can select a printer, set preferences, select a page range and number of copies and then print.

Expand All

Expands all the nodes in the tree.

Collapse All

Collapses all the nodes in the tree.

Refresh

Updates all the nodes in the Impact Analysis Report.