Overview of Menu Commands

The backstage view shows recent logins and list of documents recently-edited in the current model.

The backstage view contains commands for managing change sets. Change logging can be activated in the Administrative Tasks backstage view.

The backstage view displays available model servers for models in the network or available templates for model files. You can create a model in the network using the model wizard or create a model file by selecting a template.

The backstage view shows the active model servers, available models and information about the models. You can select a model and log-in from here or jump to the model.

Show own company-specific login data.

In this backstage view you can specify the model language and the display languages, and you can create and import translation files.

If you have opened a model file, this command then saves the current model file.

If you have opened a model file, this command opens the standard dialog for saving a file; you can then select the directory and name for the copy of the current model file.

The backstage view provides you with information about the model and contains commands for quality control and data exchange (import and export of model fragments).

The backstage view contains commands for version management of the model.

The backstage view contains commands for previewing and printing documents.

The backstage view contains commands for publishing model contents, meaning non-Innovator users can also access the models.

This command opens the dialog for selecting the role.

This command logs the user out and closes the active model. This does not close the Innovator model editor.

This command closes the active model editor for a local model file. Other model editors are not closed.

This command closes all model editors.

The backstage view contains commands for administration and configuration of models that can only be accessed by a model administrator or a user with special privileges.

This command opens the Options dialog where you can make workspace-based settings for various areas of the interface.

The backstage view contains helpful links, information about the program and the event viewer.

Paste elements as copies from the clipboard to the model.

The buffered elements are added below the selected element.

Copies of all elements that are nested within the copied model parts are also pasted.

Connects elements via model-external references. References to the clipboard's elements are being inserted at the selected position.

Model references are used in the various mapping types to create associations between elements of different models.

Successful completion of this commend requires a General Mapping model configuration in the system model.

Cut the selected elements and paste them in a different location; it is also possible to paste in a different Innovator model.

Copy the selection to the clipboard.

The copied elements can be inserted into all similar models, i.e. they can even be inserted into a different model of any repository as long as this model's type matches the initial model (Enterprise Edition only).

Copy the diagram or a section of it to the clipboard as a graphic.

Create a diagram by selecting a create template.

If the desired diagram type is not allowed in the area selected in the model structure, alternative storage locations are provided.

Create a model structure sub package by selecting a package type.

If the desired package type is not allowed in the area selected in the model structure, alternative storage locations are provided.

Create a model element by selecting a create template.

If the desired element type is not allowed in the area selected in the model structure, alternative storage locations are provided.

Delete the selected elements from the model.

The deleted elements may be restored if actions of other users do not prevent this.

Re-sort the content according to the model element list's current sort order.

Move the selected elements to another container.

Set bookmarks for the selected element.

Change the name of the selected element.

Convert the selected element to an element of a different type.

Create or edit a file attachment.

Open this document in edit mode.

Other users can only open this document in read-only mode while it is being edited.

View the document without editing it.

Any number of users may simultaneously open this document in read-only mode.

Open and edit the textual specification of the selected element.

Open subordinated requirements, use cases, technical terms or concepts in a table.

Open the content of processes as a table.

Show the change history of the selected elements.

This command requires the privilege 'View Change Logs'.

Edit relationships to model elements which are dependent on the selected elements.

Privilege 'Use Dependency Editor' is required.

Edit relationships to the model elements which the selected elements are dependent on.

Privilege 'Use Dependency Editor' is required.

Look for model elements within the current model.

Go to an occurrence of this model element or elements linked with the model element in the model structure or in diagrams.

Check the model (or parts of it) for errors and inconsistencies using the verification wizard.

Use one of the preconfigured verification routines to check the consistency of the selected model part.

Look for or within annotations.

Show or hide the annotation window.

Add an annotation to the selected elements.

Delete the selected annotation.

Reply to the selected annotation.

Set up notifications for the selected elements. These can be edited in the Properties area.

Delete the notifications from the selected elements.

Conditions for the notification

Edit the selected elements exclusively.

Other model users cannot change these elements while this mode is set for an element.

Remove exclusive edit mode set by user for the selected elements.

Remove all exclusive edit modes set by user in this model.

Activate the tool window where model elements and diagram content may be translated into various display languages.

Find model elements in the selection for translations which should be checked-in in the current display language.

These commands require a selection and are only available if a display language is specified.

Activate the editor for comparing and merging model elements.

The 'Compare Models' privilege is required.

The window contents is updated to the information saved on the server.

All changes made in other windows or by other users are added.

All graphic modifications made since the last server update are lost.

Show the document region in full screen mode to maximize the available space for reading or editing.

Show or hide the diagram content in all diagrams.

Display diagram elements with colors of configured element types.

Display diagram elements with color labels in colors of label values.

Display diagram elements to which individual colors have been assigned with individual colors.

Mark elements in the model structure which notifications are specified for.

Show smart icons for access rights in diagrams.

Show smart icons for edit modes in diagrams.

Show smart icons for specification texts in diagrams.

Show smart icons for file attachments in diagrams.

Show smart icons for annotations in diagrams.

Show smart icons for placeholders in diagrams.

Show smart icons on elements that are too small for their content.

Show smart icons on elements which are synchronized with other elements.

Show smart icons on derived relationships that have no path.

Apply the current GUI settings for colors and smart icons for the SVG generation.

The privilege 'Edit Model-Wide Configurations' is required.

Mark elements in the model structure which notifications are specified for.

Zoom the diagram to fit the entire diagram into the window.

Enlarge the zoom factor by 10%.

Zoom the diagram to 100% of its original size.

Reduce the zoom factor by 10%.

Set the zoom mode manually.

Create, delete or restore a perspective.

A perspective is a specific layout for tool windows and the document area.

Move the active document to a new vertical tab container.

Move the active document to the next tab container.

Move the active document to the previous tab container.

Activate a tool window.

Activate the start page.

Import a model fragment from a file and add it to the current model.

Import data from a relational database into the model.

Import data from a DDL file into the model.

Calls the wizard which supports you importing files of the ArchiMate Model Exchange format in versions 3.0, 3.1 and 3.2 with standard settings.

Calls the wizard which supports you importing the BPMN data from BPMN 2.0 XML files.

Calls the wizard which supports you importing the DMN XML files of versions 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4 and 1.5. Decision Model and Notation (DMN) is a standard of Object Management Group (OMG) helping you describing and modeling repeatable decisions.

Import Excel file. Excel worksheets are supported from version 12.0 (Excel 2007). The selected model element is owner for a new model element if the owner is not given in the file.

Import classes and interfaces from Java files.

Export the currently-selected model elements as a model fragment to a file.

Export the diagram or a section of it as a graphics file.

Write table content to an Excel compatible XML file (WYSIWYG).

Export selected model contents as DDL to a file.

Export the selected model elements to a file in ArchiMate format. The format is ArchiMate XML. The encoding is UTF-8 without BOM. The Innovator-specific model content, such as e.g. stereotype properties, labels and specification texts are also exported in extensions.

Export the selected model elements to a file in BPMN format. The encoding is Windows-1252. The diagram data conforms to BPMN DI. The Innovator-specific model content, such as e.g. stereotype properties, labels and specification texts are also exported in extensions.

Export the selected model elements to a file in DMN 1.2 format. The encoding is UTF-8 without BOM. The Innovator-specific model content, such as e.g. stereotype properties, labels and specification texts are also exported.

Export the selected model elements to a file in Excel format. The file has format Excel 2007 (Version 12.0). For each stereotype a new sheet is generated with all model elements each in one row. The UUID, stereotype, name, owner and history are output in that row, also all visible properties, stereotype properties, type system options, labels and all texts usable in documentation. The first row contains the names of the properties.

Execute an engineering action.

The menu contains the engineering actions which are configured for the active window.

Open the workspace for a mapping operation. The menu contains the mapping operations which are configured for the active window.

Opens a window which all relevant activity-based costing key indicators of the selected element will be displayed in and can be edited.

Opens a window which all relevant activity-based costing key indicators of all elements in the current process will be displayed and can be edited in.

Evaluates the key indicators set for the activity-based costing and exports the result as an Excel report.

Activate the tool window for role-based mapping themes for the focused derivation of model elements.

A process manual is generated for each selected BPMN process and for each BPMN process realizing a selected concept. The process manual is attached to its BPMN process. You must use Word 2010 or higher and have write access to the process.

Turn on edit mode for this document.

Other model users can only open this document in read-only mode while this mode is active.

Turn off edit mode for this document.

Drag a template from the gallery and drop it into the diagram to create an element of this type.

Create a property for the selected node.

Create a comment about the selected elements.

Redesign the selected part of this diagram.

Create a rectangular frame that encloses the selection.

Color selected diagram element.

An eyedropper that can be used to pick up a color anywhere inside the model editor.

Set the transparency of all selected elements

Show or hide existing connections between model elements in the diagram.

Click on a connection edge to make it visible in this diagram.

Connections which must always remain visible due to the diagram type in use (e.g. in BPMN Process Masters or UML Behaviors) cannot be hidden.

Show or hide comments.

Show connections to model elements not in this diagram.

Mark nodes which exceed the path length and show the header area in the diagram.

Click here to locally modify the preset display rules for this diagram.

Arrange elements in the diagram by changing where they are placed in relation to each other.

The element which is selected first sets the position which the other elements align themselves with.

Change selected elements to their size in the diagram.

The element which is selected first sets the size which the other elements become.

Optimize the size of the elements.

Automatically arrange the selected diagram elements and their interconnections.

Arrange diagram contents grouped. This representation is well suited to displaying interactions between different abstract layers of the model, like the layer arrangement, and it uses the same layer configuration.

Align the nodes of the subordinate hierarchy level.

Positions a diagram's edges and nodes using the Sugiyama algorithm.

The connected concepts of the selected nodes are nested as content according to the configuration. If nothing is selected, then all nodes are nested.

Open and edit the textual specification of the selected element.

Open the content of processes as a table.

Go to an occurrence of this model element or elements linked with the model element in the model structure or in diagrams.

Select nodes or edges in this diagram.

Copy the diagram or a section of it to the clipboard as a graphic.

Removes the selected graphical element from this diagram without physically deleting the displayed model element from the model.

Edges without links are also deleted.

Create a copy of a hierarchy (OLAP 2) in the same namespace.

The element will be automatically inserted in the diagram.

Create a copy of the node in the same diagram.

This command is only available in concept diagrams.

Delete the selected elements from the model.

The deleted elements may be restored if actions of other users do not prevent this.

Find in Diagram

Find next element in diagram with name that contains term being searched for.

Check the selected decision or business logic for completeness with regard to typing.

Configure test cases for the selected decision and start the simulation.

Select page orientation.

Select a paper size for the printout.

Edit the page settings.

Add a horizontal page break.

Add a vertical page break.

Delete all horizontal and vertical page breaks.

Adapts the page breaks according to the page settings.

Current page breaks will be overwritten.

Turn on Recording Mode for process paths.

Turn on Play Mode for process paths.

Define a process path for this element and/or starting from this element.

Open the saved process paths for the selected element.

Save the process path.

Move one step forward.

Run path definition until no longer possible.

Step into the subprocess or the call activity.

Step over the subprocess or the call activity.

Delete process path from this node.

Play single step from the path.

Start process path animation.

Pause path animation.

Stop path animation.

The animation is played in a loop. Only the user can stop it.

Set speed which a path should be played.

Show path progress in tree view with inventory of elements and conditions being cycled.

Show or hide attachment preview.

Turn on edit mode for this document.

Other model users can only open this document in read-only mode while this mode is active.

Turn off edit mode for this document.

Create an element based on a configured create template in the table.

Set parentheses to determine the precedence order of combined select statements. At least two select statements must be selected.

Remove parentheses to change the precedence order of combined select statements.

Select two select statements with the opening and corresponding parentheses. These parentheses will be removed.

Alternatively, you can select just one select statement with either at least one opening or at least one closing parenthesis. The innermost set of parentheses is removed.

Analyze From clauses and create view attributes for unused attributes.

Analyze From clauses and create view columns for unused columns.

Adjust attribute or column order in select statements on the basis of name, type and expression. Missing attributes or columns are added.

Analyze From clauses and create view attributes for unused attributes.

Analyze From clauses and create view columns for unused columns.

Go to an occurrence of this model element or elements linked with the model element in the model structure or in diagrams.

Adopt the value of the active cell in all selected rows.

Restore default in the column containing the active cell for the selected entries.

Delete the selected elements from the model.

The deleted elements may be restored if actions of other users do not prevent this.

Open an input field for searching in the table.

Write table content to an Excel compatible file and open.

You can enter a CREATE script which fills an object which has no content with the DDL information.

Show CREATE script in a dialog.

Create an element with the same owner as the entry selected in the table.

Create an element with the entry selected in the table as owner.

Show or hide columns

Selecting a table view applies the respective table layout and stereotype filters to the active table.

Select element types or stereotypes for table views.

Assign current table layout and, if applicable, stereotype filter to the view selected in the ribbon.

Go to an occurrence of this model element or elements linked with the model element in the model structure or in diagrams.

Adopt the value of the active cell in all selected rows.

Restore default in the column containing the active cell for the selected entries.

Delete the selected elements from the model.

The deleted elements may be restored if actions of other users do not prevent this.

Open an input field for searching in the table.

Write table content to an Excel compatible file and open.

Show or hide element types and set their order in the table.

Show or hide columns

Apply hiding of element types and columns as well as table layout as default. The default is used when opening further tables.

Change the table layout and hiding of element types and their order to the default.

Reset a user-defined column order.

Go to an occurrence of this model element or elements linked with the model element in the model structure or in diagrams.

Adopt the value of the active cell in all selected rows.

Restore default in the column containing the active cell for the selected entries.

Delete the selected elements from the model.

The deleted elements may be restored if actions of other users do not prevent this.

Open an input field for searching in the table.

Write table content to an Excel compatible file and open.

Turn on edit mode for this document.

Other model users can only open this document in read-only mode while this mode is active.

Turn off edit mode for this document.

Create a new literal expression.

Create a new context.

Create a new context entry.

Create a new context result.

Create a new filter.

Create a new 'For' iterator.

Create a new 'For' iterator.

Create a new every iterator.

Create a new 'Some' iterator.

Create a new conditional element.

Create a new invocation.

Create a new invocation parameter.

Create a new FEEL function definition.

Create a new decision table.

Create a new input.

Create a new output.

Create a new annotation.

Create a new rule.

Duplicate selected rule.

Create a new list.

Create a new list entry.

Create a new relation.

Create a new relation row.

Create a new relation column.

Modify literal expressions, function parameters or called functions.

Delete the selected elements from the model.

The deleted elements may be restored if actions of other users do not prevent this.

Check the selected decision or business logic for completeness with regard to typing.

Configure test cases for the selected decision and start the simulation.

Select page orientation.

Select a paper size for the printout.

Edit the page settings.

Add a horizontal page break.

Add a vertical page break.

Delete all horizontal and vertical page breaks.

Adapts the page breaks according to the page settings.

Current page breaks will be overwritten.

Turn on edit mode for this document.

Other model users can only open this document in read-only mode while this mode is active.

Turn off edit mode for this document.

Save data in the repository.

Set the font family of the selected text.

Set the font size of the selected text.

Increase the font size.

Decrease the font size.

Set font to default. Default is defined in the configuration for this text type or set in the options.

Clear all the formatting from the selection leaving only the plain text.

Hyperlinks contained in the selection are preserved.

Use bold font weight for the selected text.

Use italic font style for the selected text.

Underline selected text.

Draw a line through the middle of the selected text.

Set the background color of the selected text.

Color selected text.

Copy the format to the insertion point. Any subsequently-clicked paragraph then adopts the copied paragraph attributes. Any subsequently selected text then adopts the copied character attributes.

If you double-click on the button, then format adoption can be carried out again until the Esc key is pressed.

Add bullet points to selected paragraphs.

Number selected paragraphs.

Decrease the paragraph indent.

Increase the paragraph indent.

Left-align selected paragraphs.

Center selected paragraphs.

Right-align selected paragraphs.

Justify selected paragraphs.

Insert a new table. A dialog box is opened to determine the count of rows and columns.

The table is created below the paragraph containing insertion point.

Insert a new row above insertion point.

Insert a new row below insertion point.

Insert a new column to the left of insertion point.

Insert a new column to the right of insertion point.

Delete rows and columns

Set table column widths.

Use the first row as table heading.

Switch the display for hyperlinks to attachments.

If an image is stored as an attachment, the image itself can be displayed in the text as a hyperlink to the attachment.

Activate or deactivate the spell checker in the text. Spell check is performed in the selected model language.

Translate the entire text automatically using the web service set. The translated content appears in the translation window.

Find the entered term in the text. Press Enter to start searching beginning at cursor position.

Wildcards are not supported in the search term.

Take case sensitivity into consideration.

Search for the whole word (separated with whitespace).

Find next search term occurrence in text according to the options set.

Replace selected text if it matches the search term. Select next search term occurrence in text.

Hyperlinks contained in the selection are lost.

Replace all search term occurrences with the replacement string.

Reload data and refresh the left-hand list.

Highlight the differences between the left-hand and right-hand database objects in the left-hand list.

If you select an element like this, then the changes are also highlighted in the Details area; any different values are also shown if these exist.

Differences are only determined for database objects selected in the left-hand list.

Import the database objects selected in the left-hand list into the right-hand DB schema.

Export differences DDL file.

The database objects selected in the left-hand and right-hand list are taken into account.

Export the selected database objects shown in the right-hand list to a DDL file.

When activated, the comparison is case sensitive.

When activated, all elements in the database model of the target package are displayed.

Load and save presets for source and target elements.

Open the mapping configuration. You require the 'Configure' privilege to open the configuration.

Determine the elements that will actually be mapped when the mapping is implemented. The elements in the left-hand list are used as input for this operation.

Simulate the mapping and highlight pending modifications in the right-hand tree.

Extend the mapping to include connections between suitable elements of both models.

Implement the mapping and highlight modifications in the right-hand tree.

Only perform the mapping for elements which have been modified since the last mapping.

Modifications made after 'Preview' or 'Execute' are highlighted in the right-hand tree.

You can also set whether the tree shows elements which have not been modified.

View for comparing two models/branches.

View for merging two models.

Save root elements, reference time and filter settings for later use.

This setting only takes effect when comparing entire models.

This setting only takes effect when comparing entire models.

Differences from this time are recognized as conflicts.

Compare root elements and all subelements.

The 'Align Models' privilege is required.

Open a detailed view of the active filter and change the settings if necessary. In particular, set filters can be reset here.

Filtering is done via the context menu in the comparison result.

Select applications for comparing file attachments with 'Open Comparison Window'.

Show elements that exist in both models and are equal.

Show elements that exist in both models and are not equal.

Show elements that only exist in the left-hand model.

Show elements that only exist in the right-hand model.

Show elements that would be created in the left-hand model.

Show elements that would be deleted in the left-hand model.

Show elements that have been changed.

Show elements that require decisions regarding differently modified properties.

Show elements where all decisions for differently modified properties have been made successfully.

Show elements that have been exclusively changed in the left-hand model.

Show properties that have been changed.

Show elements and properties that cannot be merged due to differences in the configuration.

Applies the filters to the edited comparison result.

Adopt all UUIDs from the right-hand model into the left-hand model in a single step.

Two different models must be loaded.

Activating this option causes the model configuration to be temporally ignored during the merge.

Hence setting this option may lead into a model state which does not meet the model configuration.

Verification routines can reveal existing contradictions to the configuration for the subsequent adjustment of the model state,

This option is reset after each completed merge, and it should only be used by experienced users.

Merge selected items into the left-hand model. All conflicts must be resolved. Filtered items are not merged.

Select the next element in the tree that has the search term in its name.

Add one empty line to the list of root elements.

Select searches for elements from the left-hand model.

Select change sets from the left-hand model.

Remove row from list of root element pairs.

Select searches for elements sets from the right-hand model.

Select change sets from the right-hand model.

Select model section

Write properties to an Excel compatible file and open.

Export the comparison as differences DDL into a file.

Modify the change set properties.

Join the opened change set.

The previous change set will be completed if no other users are using it.

Empty change sets are deleted.

Copy a link to the change set onto the clipboard.

You can add the link to applications such as Word so that you can jump to the change set from there.

Open this document in edit mode.

Other users can only open this document in read-only mode while it is being edited.

Show the change history of the selected elements.

This command requires the privilege 'View Change Logs'.

Open an input field for searching in the table.

Write table content to an Excel compatible file and open.

Display changes to the content. This includes adding, removing and moving content.

Switch to recursive search.

Optional definition of the start of the displayed modification time period.

Optional definition of the end of the displayed modification time period.

Apply the settings for content, recursion and modification time period for the table.

Discard settings that have not yet been applied to the table.

Show the change history of the selected elements.

This command requires the privilege 'View Change Logs'.

Show the change sets for the selected entries.

Open an input field for searching in the table.

Write table content to an Excel compatible file and open.

Adopt grouping, sorting and column order of the table as default. The default is used when opening further tables.

Change the table layout to the default.

Turn on edit mode for this document.

Other model users can only open this document in read-only mode while this mode is active.

Turn off edit mode for this document.

Open a dialog for selecting a query for dynamical determination of the end elements, including the choice of removing static end elements.

Special display for elements that are the source, target or both relative to the selection.

Only show nodes and edges that are on a direct path between the start and an end element. A direct path contains each node of the path only once.

Starting from the initial node, all nodes are arranged in the graph direction according to the path length. The logical edge direction is ignored. A node with a short path length from the initial node is close to the initial node.

In addition to the set path length, all edges between the displayed nodes are shown.

Set the selected node as start node for the shortest path.

Then select a node to show the shortest path to this node.

Turn off the shortest path.

Here you can define whether the direction of edges should be considered when determining the shortest path.

Open the 'Impact Analysis Content' tool window.

Open the 'Impact Analysis Display' tool window.

Refresh graph for every change that changes the content.

By deactivating this option, you can e.g. run numerous configuration steps without waiting in between for graph recalculation.

Rebuild the graph.

This command appears when the 'Automatically' option is deactivated and the content of the graph is outdated due to user actions.