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How to Add a Model Source

You use the Add Model Source wizard to link two independent models and specify that one model is a source for the other, or specify that a model has multiple sources. The model you open before you use the wizard is the target model into which a model source that you select contributes a set of objects.

You use the Add Model Source wizard to customize options. You can also save your settings as a session, and load the settings later when you want to repeat the add model source process.

The Add Model Source wizard includes five panes that let you do the following:

• In the Source Model pane, select a model source for the current model.
• In the Type Selection pane, apply filters to control the type of objects that are added. You can filter by logical, physical, or database level objects, and use a customized option set of filter options.
• In the Object Selection pane, select the model objects to copy from the model source to the target model.
• In the Naming Standards pane, define model object naming rules, and designate a naming standards file to use when enforcing standards in the target model. Applies only when you are adding a logical model as the source.
• In the Options pane, set choices to automatically transform Many-to-Many relationships and Supertype/subtypes in the derived model.

Note: the Target Model pane is a read-only pane to indicate the current model to which you will add the model source.

More information:

Select a Model Source for the Current Model

Select Objects to Be Filtered from the Model Source

Select Objects From the Model Source

Set Naming Standards Options

Set Other Model Source Options

View or Change a Model Source