Managing Constraints, Contents and Requirements
In the HOPEX NAF contents, requirements and constraints can either be operational or system items. When these objects are created from the corresponding subview folder, for example, the Operational Constraints folder in the NOV-6a Operational Rule Model subview, the constraint is automatically tagged as operational.
If constraints, contents or requirements are created in diagrams they are not automatically tagged as system or operational items. They may, however, have been linked to other objects in the repository. It is important to tag these objects to avoid any form of confusion and to enable their identification.
Tagging each of these objects one by one can be a tedious task. You can, however, simplify this task by tagging several objects simultaneously. This can be done by using the Query feature.
You can also use the Query feature when you want to change the Architecture View type of an object.
The best way to proceed is to find all the operational or system contents, requirements and constraints retrieved by linked objects.
The available Queries are:
• All Operational Contents retrieved by linked objects (EAF)
• All System Contents retrieved by linked objects (EAF)
• All Operational Constraints retrieved by linked objects (EAF)
• All System Constraints retrieved by linked objects (EAF)
• All Operational Requirements retrieved by linked objects (EAF)
• All System Requirements retrieved by linked objects (EAF)
For instance you want to find the contents linked to operational objects.
To tag objects as operational items:
1. Open the Query dialog box and find the All Operational Contents retrieved by linked objects (EAF) query.
2. Right-click the query and in the dialog box that appears select Process.
3. Specify the architecture on which the query is to be applied and click OK.
4. In the dialog box with the list of objects retrieved and from the Show menu select Customize columns.
5. Add the "NAF Architecture View Type" to the list of columns to be displayed and click OK.
The "NAF Architecture View Type" column is displayed for the list of retrieved objects.
6. Select the objects you wish to tag and in the pop-up menu click Modify.
7. From the list proposed, select the desired option, for example "Operational Architecture View" if you want to tag the content objects as operational items and press <Enter> on your keyboard.
The architecture View type for the selected objects has been modified.