Impact Analysis Content Tool Window

Purpose

Use the Impact Analysis Content tool window for setting how elements should be treated when structuring analysis graphs.

For user-defined elements, stereotypes, element types and relationship properties, you can use the dialog Set conditions for content configurationto set whether and how elements should be used in the graph.

Content configuration can be stored specific for each user and appears in a drop-down list.

Call

Open the Impact Analysis Content tool window with Impact Analysis>Configuration>Edit Content.

Structure

The Impact Analysis Content tool window consists of the Elements, Stereotypes, Element Types and Relationship Properties tabs; these are split into the Default and User-Defined areas. You can limit both of these using a <Filter> filter field.

You can move entries between the areas using the Enter user-defined behavior and Reset to default buttons.

In the User-Defined area, each entry to the right has a button for editing the entry's content configuration in the Set conditions for content configuration dialog.

You can use this dialog to set how an element or a relationship property should be used for the graph for user-defined elements, stereotypes, element types and relationship properties.

You can choose whether you use an element as a node, an edge or not at all.

You can choose whether you use a relationship property as an edge or not at all.

For a node you have the option of carrying on the analysis after the node or stopping it.

For an edge you have the option of following the edge in the analysis direction or in the opposite direction or in both directions.

Model elements which have a data, control or sequence flow, a process, operation or behavior call or something similar as an element type are shown as edges. All other model elements are shown as nodes. Concept connections are shown as an edge if the source and target exist as nodes and no other nodes point to the concept connection.

If you set the Apply even if there are edges to the path option, then the selected behavior is also used if there is an edge which points to the concept connection. By default, user-defined behavior does not have an affect in this case as the element is in the graph as a node.

Model elements that are not shown in diagrams are not used as default when structuring the graph, e.g. specification texts.

Icons in the list of user-defined entries allow you to determine which evaluation is selected.

Icon	Meaning
	Do not use
	Use as node
	Use as edge
	Stop analysis or Stop analysis afterwards
	Continue analysis afterwards
	Allow analysis in both directions
	Allow analysis only in direction of definition (source -> target)
	Allow analysis only in reverse direction of definition (target -> source)

Content configuration can be stored as user-specific and then (using the Edit Model-Wide Configurations privilege) made available for all model users throughout the models.

Editing Content Configuration

Prerequisites

The impact analysis diagram is open in the Edit Mode (F6).

Context

Set how model elements should be treated when structuring analysis graphs.

How to proceed

To open the Impact Analysis Content tool window, select Impact Analysis>Configuration>Edit Content.

The tool window is opened below the diagram by default.
To change the use of the graph's structure for an element, a stereotype, an element type or a relationship property, select the element in the Default list and click on Enter user-defined behavior.

Alternatively, you can select the element in the graph and select Filter Stereotype, Filter Element Type or Filter Properties in the Filter Element context menu.

The entry is moved from the Default list to the User-Defined list.

The entry is no longer used for structuring the graph.
Click in the right-hand area after the entry on Set conditions for content configuration.

The dialog of the same name appears.
Set the desired content configuration in the dialog.
Confirm your content configuration with OK so that it can be used on the graph.

The graph is then updated automatically Impact Analysis>Refresh>Automatically or manually Impact Analysis>Refresh>Refresh graph depending on which one is activated.
Select Impact Analysis>Configuration>Save to store this configuration as user-specific.

Preparing Content Configuration for All Users of the Model

Prerequisites

Your role currently being used has the Edit Model-Wide Configurations privilege.

You have stored the content configuration as user-specific.

Context

You want to prepare a user-specific content configuration under an appropriate name for all model users (throughout all models).

Model-wide configuration is used as follows:

Drop-down list in the Impact Analysis>Configuration ribbon group.

The selected content configuration is used immediately for the analysis graph.

You can recognize model-wide configurations by their icons and appear next to the user-specific configurations that are marked with the icon.
Content Configuration (model-wide) property in the Properties tool window under Properties

The selected content configuration is saved as a property of the analysis diagram. This content configuration is used when the diagram is opened.

Only model-wide configurations are offered as properties for impact analysis diagrams.

How to proceed

Select Impact Analysis>Configuration>Manage-

The Manage Content Configurations dialog appears.
Select your user-specific configuration.
Click on Deploy so that the content configuration is available in all models.

Another entry appears in the list.
Exit the dialog with Close.

All users in the model can use the content configuration.

Model-wide content configuration is provided in the Properties tool window for the Impact Analysis diagram.

Alternatively, configuration selection is also possible in the Impact Analysis>Configuration group's respective drop-down list, as is the case with user-defined content configuration.