Use the simple navigation operation type, if you need to specify a direct relation between the elements through model relationships, properties, or tags.
To specify a simple navigation as criteria
Click Simple Navigation on the left side of the dialog.
Select a relationship, property, or tag.
Specify other options described in the table below:
Column
Mode
Description
Relation Criterion
Standard/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 Contextual element type. To see the full list, click to clear the check box below the list.
Is Applied
Standard/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, 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, 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.
Column
Mode
Description
Properties
Click the button and in the open dialog specify the properties of the selected relationship.
Include Relationship 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 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 button and in the open Select Element Type dialog select one or more result element types. The Result Type column is available only in the Query and Expression dialogs. You can define the element types for representation on a Dependency Matrix and Generic table. Moreover, you can define the element types for representation on a Relation Map.
Style
Standard/Expert
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.
