Use the simple navigation operation type, if you need to specify a direct relation between the elements through model relationships, properties, or tags.
Note
Please note that the Simple Navigation operation returns a set.
To specify a simple navigation as criteria
Click Click Simple Navigationon on the left side of the dialog.
Select a relationship, property, or tagand specify . Image Added
Specify other options described in the following table .below:
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
both above
-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
both above
-described cases will be treated as a valid result.
Note
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.
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Column
Mode
Description
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
Property
Value
Expert
Click
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
Type
Expert
Click
the
the Image Modified
button
button and in the
open dialog select
open Select Element Type dialog select one or more result element types. The Result Type column is
available only in
the
the Query
dialog and the Expression dialog
and Expression dialogs. You can define the element types
for
for representation
on a
dependency matrix
Dependency Matrix and Generic table. Moreover, you can define
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 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
