The Operational Exchange Manager dialog enables the analysis and management of the Operational Exchanges data. You can:

  • Edit existing Operational Exchanges by adding new Operational Exchange Items
  • Realize or ignore existing Operational Exchanges on selected relationships
  • Change the Operational Exchange Item

  • Review producing and consuming Operational Activity pairs and remove the ones that are not needed
  • Review the list of diagrams that display the Realizing Elements of the selected Exchange


To open an Operational Exchange Manager dialog


  1. Select an Association, Operational Connector, Operational Control Flow, Operational Object Flow, or Operational Message in the diagram pane.

  2. On the smart manipulator, click.
    The Operational Exchange Manager dialog opens.

Operational Exchange Manager dialog

  • The Affected Diagrams button opens the list of diagrams that are affected by the selected Realized Operational Exchange.
  • The All Affected Diagrams button opens the list of diagrams that are affected by all the Realized Exchanges in the Operational Exchange Manager dialog.

To learn more about previewing affected diagrams, see Preview Affected Diagrams dialog.