Select model Dialog

If you need to log-in to an Innovator model for certain processes without the model being opened in the Innovator interface, then this dialog appears; you can then select the user and role for logging-in in and enter a password if required.

Purpose

You need to log-in to an Innovator model for certain processes without the model being opened in the Innovator interface. Login then means that model data is available for e.g. model comparison.

The dialog enables selection of the model. user and role to log-in to the selected model. A password may also need to be entered for successful login.

You may need to enter information into the dialog, depending on whether the model's repository is used in single sign-on mode or not and whether a password is configured for the user in the Innovator user management or not.

Call

This dialog appears following the execution of the Change Model command in the Align Models editor (Review>Align>Align Models), for example.

Structure

The dialog consists of various elements; some of these may be deactivated depending on the situation.

  • Project drop-down list

    The drop-down list appears if multiple servers are available. Projects from the selected license server are shown in the <Models> drop-down list in the tree.

  • Reload Content button

    The button updates the model list of the model server. ({0}.{1} is replaced by the specification of <host name>.<post number>.)

  • <Find Model> input field

    A text pattern constrains the model list.

  • <Models> drop-down list

    The drop-down list on the left-hand side contains the models in a tree structure the user can access.

  • User drop-down list

    The drop-down list contains at least one entry.

  • Role drop-down list

    The drop-down list contains all configured roles of the previously-selected user. There are no roles for the Model Administrator and Guest users.

  • <Password> input field

    A password can be configured in the user management for users, including Model Administrator and Guest; this must then be entered here.

  • Button

    Confirm your information with this button. Innovator verifies the password and shows the message "Password mismatch" if you have not entered the password correctly.

Logging-In to Another Model

Context

If required, change the sorting criteria for the model list and constrain the list by entering a text pattern.

Select the user name and role. A password is managed to the users if necessary.

The drop-down list User contains all user names known in the model. If single sign-on is used, only the name of the authorized user appears in addition to Model Administrator and, possibly, Guest. Only the name of the authorized user appears for model files.

The MID user configurations for the model templates included within the scope of delivery contain the following standard users:

  • The standard user model administrator has all rights for use and configuration of the model.

    A normal user can switch to administrator mode and use the administrator's rights without having explicitly having to log out and log back in as a model administrator.

  • The standard Guest user only has read-only rights and no further rights.

    Multiple users can log-in to the model as guest. Model login as guest is deactivated by default so that the normal user only sees models which they can log-in to to make changes.

    As a guest, you can read the model without the risk of changing something accidentally. You must select a different user to work in the model.

    Note

    The standard user Guest has read rights to intersections of read rights for all roles in the model, i.e. packages that all roles have a read right for. This might mean that a guest can only see the root node of the model.

    Restriction

    As a guest, you cannot use the following functions, since you only have read rights:

    • Export to other formats (XMI, BPMN, Bpanda)
    • Creating annotations in diagrams
    • Generating documentation
    • Verifying models

    However, you can print diagrams and open attachments in order to read them.

A Role also needs to be selected when a user is chosen. The standard users Model Administrator and Guest do not have a role.

If a user is already logged-in, then the user who is logged-in and their role is shown when opening. These cannot then be changed.

If the <Password> input field is active and a password has been assigned for the user, this password must be entered. You do not need to enter the password if you are already logged in as another user or Guest or if you chose the authorized user when logging in for single sign-on. An assigned password must always be entered if you log-in as the model administrator.

Any obstacles that exist for login are shown below the login group.

Following a successful login as a normal user, the model is included in the list of recently used models.

How to proceed

  1. To determine the sort criterion and sort sequence, click on the corresponding column header of the selection list.

  2. To restrict the model list, enter a text pattern into the <Find Model> field.

  3. Select the model you want to log into.

  4. Select a user from the User drop-down list.

  5. If the Role drop-down list is active, select a role.

  6. Enter the user's password in the <Password> field.

  7. Click on .

    The dialog is closed. The connection to the desired model exists.