Create Navigation Model
Explanation
Use this activity to create a navigation model. Some examples are found here:
About Navigation Model.
Prerequisites
A project deliverable definition must exist.
System Effects
Attribute values added in the Navigation Model/Edit Structure
tab are shown when selecting the navigation model, in the Project
Deliverables Navigator tree. How to select a navigation model in
the Project Deliverables Navigator
tree, is described here:
Filter Items by Using Navigation Model.
Window
Navigation Model
Related Window Descriptions
Navigation Model
Procedure
Create a navigation model and add attribute values:
-
Open the Project Deliverable
Definition window
and populate it with records.
- Open the Navigation Models
tab.
- Right-click and then click Create Navigation Model.
- In Create Navigation Model dialog, enter a
Model ID and a Model Name.
- Make sure that the option Create Blank Model is
selected and click OK.
- Right-click on the new record and then click Navigation Model.
- Open the Navigation Model/Base Attributes tab.
- Create a new record and add an attribute by using the List of Values.
- Open the Navigation Model/Edit Structure tab.
Note: Attribute values shown in the Project
Deliverables Navigator tree, are retrieved from the
Navigation Model/Edit Structure tab. These attribute values and
how they are used in the Project Deliverables Navigator
tree, is described here:
Filter Items by Using Navigation Model.
- In the Child Attribute Values pane, create a
new record.
- Open the List of Value for Attribute ID field and
select an attribute.
- Open List of Values for Value ID field and select one
or many records.
- Notice how this creates a top level of attribute values.
- Select one of the top attribute values and continue with adding sub
levels.
Note: It's efficient to first add a value in
Attribute ID field, because that enables multi-selection in List of
Values for the
Value ID field. Several child attribute values can be added in one
single step.
Also notice how a defined sort order on attribute values, make the
single and multi-selection of attribute values much easier. The sort order is defined during the creation of
attributes, as described here: Create
Item Attribute and Attribute Values.
Create a navigation model by selecting an existing model:
-
Open the Project Deliverable
Definition window
and populate it with records.
- Open the Navigation Models
tab.
- Right-click and then click Create Navigation Model.
- In Create Navigation Model dialog, enter a
Model ID and a Model Name.
- Select the option Copy From Existing Model.
- Toggle on/off the check box Template. Once checked, it
will filter the LOV to show navigation models marked as template. Once
unchecked it will show all navigation models. Note: A
navigation model is marked as a template once saved as described here:
Save Navigation Model as
Template.
- Click OK.
- Review the new model, right-click on the new record and then click
Navigation Model.