Mapping Change Display

Model elements are created and modified during mapping. It depends on the selection of existing model elements as to what is created or modified.

Prerequisites

You have started the Mapping editor with a mapping between the database schema and the conceptual model.

An engineering action with the Update tag is defined.

You have selected elements and the target model is set.

Context

You want to carry out the mapping and make changes to the model.

The model elements are highlighted in color in the structure of the target model.

Font Color	Meaning
Cyan	Linked model elements The existing target element has been linked with the source element using a mapping dependency and has not otherwise been changed.
Blue	Modified model elements The existing target element has been modified and linked with the source element using a mapping dependency.
Green	Newly-created model elements A new model element has been created in the target, the properties have been set according to the rules and it has been linked to the source element using a mapping dependency.
Red	Model elements which can be deleted Model elements that can be deleted. The model elements are not deleted automatically. You can verify and delete them here.
Black	Unmodified model elements

How to proceed

Select Mapping>Map Model>Execute.

You can see the changes made to the model on the right-hand side of the mapping area. The model elements are highlighted in the model structure.
Select Mapping>Filter>Show All.

The unmodified model elements are shown in Black.