Using the Model View

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The Model View tree displays the hierarchical representation of all elements in a model. When you create a new element in the Model View, it does not appear in the Diagram View. Once you have created it, you can then drag that element onto the Diagram View. Each element in the Model View tree has a representative icons.

Note: When you place an element in the Diagram View, a representative icon is automatically placed in Model View tree under the corresponding diagram node.

Model View Hierarchy

Elements appear under the model two different ways.

• An element appears under the Diagram Node as a presentation element. This is indicated by an arrow symbol placed on the element icon (). Incoming and Outgoing Relationship nodes are also shown.

Note: If you have chosen to hide a connection using the Hide command from the shortcut menu in the Diagram, the connection node appears greyed out in the Diagram Node. Also, when you float your cursor over the hidden node the Tooltip displays the information that it is “hidden”.

• The second means of display depends on whether you are creating Business Process Modeling diagrams or Conceptual Model diagrams.

• If you are creating Business Process Modeling elements, all elements are placed either below the Process node, or a pool node. In the following example, the diagram contains a pool with an invisible boundary (named Order Picking Pool) and is indicated by the icon in the Model View tree. The lane, named Order Picking Lane, is “owned” by the pool. The event is owned by the process, but since the process is hidden, it appears under the pool.

• If you are creating Conceptual Modeling elements, all elements are placed below the model node.

Note: You can also display elements grouped by object type.

The table below describes the different nodes in the Model View tree:

Node	Icon	Description
Workspace		Top-level node containing all projects, models, diagrams, and reference objects. You can only have one workspace open at a time in the Model View.
Project		The project is associated with the workspace and is nested one level below the workspace.
Conceptual Model		The Conceptual Model contains diagrams and elements associated with the Conceptual Model type.
Business Process Model	The Business Process Model node can have two different icons depending on the validation setting you select.
		Non-Validated: If you select Off, a Non-Validated icon is displayed.
		Validated: When you select On, the Validated icon is displayed.
Diagram		When you expand the diagram node, presentation elements in the diagram are listed.
Impact Analysis Diagram		When you expand this node, all elements in the Impact Analysis diagram are listed.
Pool with Invisible Boundary		An pool and lane with an invisible boundary are created when first create a diagram.
Elements	There are two different representations of elements in the Model View tree: Regular and Presentation. When you expand an element, associated elements are then displayed, including incoming and outgoing relationships.
		Regular: If the element does not display the directional arrow, it means that it represents the metadata.
		Presentation: When elements are displayed under the diagram node, each icon includes a shortcut decorator. This indicates it is a presentation element only, representing an element on a diagram.
Reference Objects		Top-level node containing all reference elements for the current workspace: External Data Objects, Business Rules, Business Units, and Stewards.

Model View Icons

Listed below are all the icons used in the Model View tree:

Icon	Description
	Workspace
	Project
	Conceptual Model
	Business Process Model - validation on
	Business Process Model - validation off
	Business Process Diagram
	Conceptual Model Diagram
	Process Node
	Impact Analysis Diagram
	Each modeling element is represented by an icon in the tree.
	If the element is a presentation element only it includes a shortcut decorator.
	When the elements are grouped by type, the element icons display a folder indicator.
	Incoming Relationships
	Outgoing Relationships
	Link - Represents links created using the Create Link Wizard.
	Usage - Create usages using the Create Usage Wizard.
	Reference Object - External Data Objects
	Reference Object - Business Element
	Reference Object - Business Rules
	Reference Object - Business Units
	Reference Object - Stewards