Setting Up a Multi-Modeling Environment › Shared Name Environment

Shared Name Environment

CA 2E requires that object names of the same type be unique across a model. In a multi‑model environment, where the models will eventually be consolidated, names of different objects of the same type must be unique across all models. Similarly, the names of the same object, both CA 2E names and implementation names, should be the same across all models.

CA 2E’s autonaming function ensures that names are unique for all objects in a particular model. A shared name environment ensures that names are unique even when created in different models. You set up a shared name environment when you create the models that make up the multi‑model environment.

Note: If you override an automatically allocated name,CA 2E can check only that the new name is unique within the application model. We strongly suggest that you use autonaming in a multi‑model environment and rename objects only when absolutely required. Renaming of either the CA 2E name or the object name is the most common cause for the same object having different names in different models.