Use the simple navigation operation type, if you need to specify a direct relation between the elements through model relationships, properties, or tags. | Note |
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| Please note that the Simple Navigation operation returns a set. |
To specify a simple navigation as criteria
- Click Click Simple Navigation on on the left side of the dialog.
 - Select a relationship, property, or tag and specify .
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| Column | Mode | Description |
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Relation |
Expert | Name of a relationship, property, or tag. |
The whole list is by default filtered and |
shows only these relationships, properties, |
and tags that are available for the |
click to clear the check box below the list. | | Is |
Expert | Select the check box to define the appropriate |
relationship, property, or tag as criteria for the |
calculation. To clear all the selected criteria, |
click the Clear All button. | | Direction | Standard/ |
Expert | Select from the drop-down list the direction |
of the appropriate relationship, property, or tag.
A source is the Contextual element.
A target is the result of the calculation.
If the direction is defined for relationships, then • The Source To Target direction means that |
only the outgoing relations, which are pointing from |
the source element to the target element, will be |
treated as a result of this criterion.
• The Target To Source direction means that only |
the incoming relations, which are pointing from the |
target element to the source element, will be treated |
as a result of this criterion.
• If the Both direction is chosen, |
the -described cases will be treated as a valid result.
If the direction is defined for properties or tags, then • The Source To Target direction means that only |
the properties, which exist in the source element, |
will be treated as a result of this criterion.
• The Target To Source direction means that only |
the properties, which exist in the target element, |
will be treated as a result of this criterion.
• If the Both direction is chosen, |
the -described cases will be treated as a valid result. |
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Please note that the Simple Navigation operation returns a set. |
Manipulations in Expert mode
The Expert mode allows for changing the Contextual element of a simple navigation criterion as well as creating a new operation, where the result of the simple navigation operation is used as an argument.  Image Added
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| Properties |
| Click the  Image Added button and in the open dialog specify the properties of the selected relationship. | Include Relationship |
Include Subtypes | Expert | Select the check box to include the subtypes of the selected relationship types. | | Include Relationship Custom Types | Expert | Select the check box to include the custom relationship types that extend the selected relationship types. | Filter by |
the the Image Modified |
button button and in the open dialog select |
one or more properties of the selected relationship |
and specify their values for a more specific filter. | | Result |
the the Image Modified |
button open dialog select open Select Element Type dialog select one or more result element types. The Result Type column is |
the dialog and the Expression dialog for dependency matrix Dependency Matrix and Generic table. Moreover, you can define |
the for relation mapColorExpert | Click the button and in the open dialog select the color |
and style to represent the appropriate relationship, property, or tag. |
The column is available only in |
the Relation Criterion dialog.Manipulations in Expert modeThe Expert mode allows for changing the Contextual element of a simple navigation criterion as well as creating a new operation, where the result of the simple navigation operation is used as an argumentthe Relation Criterion dialog. |
To change the the Contextual element of of a simple navigation criterion
- On the left side of the dialog, expand the simple navigation criterion and select the Context parameter.
- On the Context specification panel, click the Reset button.
The value of the Context parameter becomes null. Select a new context from the list of operations and element types. | Info |
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To restore the original context, expand the Other group and click Contextual Variable. 
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To use the expression of a simple navigation operation as a parameter of another operation
- On the left side of the dialog, click Simple Navigation.
On the criteria specification panel, click the Use as button and select the appropriate command.
 - Specify other parameters of the new operation.
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