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A variation describes how a concept can be varied under another form. The variant is an object similar to the varied object, but with properties or relationships that may differ.

For more details, see Concept Components.

• Concept types

A concept type enables classification of concepts. Relationships between concept types are represented by concept type components.

For more details, see Concept Type.

• State concepts

A state concept is a situation in a concept life cycle during which it satisfies certain conditions, executes a certain activity or waits for a concept event. A state concept represents a time interval of which limits are two concept events. A state concept is a phase through which the concept passes during its life cycle.

For more details, see Concept or Individual States.

• Event concepts

An event concept represents an event occurring during concept life, for example a change of season. An event concept marks the impact on a concept of a phenomenon internal or external to the concept. Concept events can be distinguished as concept start events, end events and intermediate events.

For more details, see Describing Event Concepts.

• Individuals

An individual represents the instance of a concept.

For more details, see Individuals.

• Individual states

An individual state is an instance of a concept state to which the dictionary state is connected. It represents an individual state during its life cycle.

For more details, see Concept or Individual States.

A business dictionary can be completely or partially described by a concept diagram.

For more details on environment components, see Presentation of Concept Modeling Diagrams.

Accessing the elements of a business dictionary

To access the elements of a business dictionary:

1. Click the Glossary > Business Dictionaries navigation menu.

2. In the edit area, click the business dictionary that interests you.

The dictionary properties appear. The list of concepts and terms appears in the dedicated folders.

Each concept carries the name of its associated term in the data language. For more details, see Using the Glossary in a Multilingual Context.

In the same way, you can access concept properties.

In the properties of a concept, the terms and synonyms are accessible in all languages available in your environment Hopex.

The number of languages proposed from folders depends on your Hopex environment. To configure the list of languages, see the Hopex Power Supervisor guide, chapter "Managing Options", "Managing Languages", "Installing Additional Languages".

The list of elements of a business dictionary is also accessible in the dictionary properties window, in the Characteristics page, Business information section.

Importing business information

Work Business Dictionary

When initializing business data, a business dictionary is created by default to store the created data and define its owner.

See Initializing a Business Dictionary Using Logical or Physical Data.

Creating a Business Dictionary

To create a business dictionary:

1. Click the Glossary > Business Dictionaries navigation menu.

2. Move the mouse over the Business Dictionaries folder and click the

New > Business Dictionary button.

3. Enter the name of the dictionary and click OK.