How to Check in and Check out Models and Subsets › How to Perform Automatic Check in and Check out › Example: How to Create and Update a Model › Step 1 Create a model

Step 1 Create a model

When you create a model at your workstation, it has two different names, one for the workstation (using the file naming conventions of the workstation operating system) and another for the Host Encyclopedia. If you do not specify a workstation name, CA Gen uses the first eight characters of the Host Encyclopedia name for the workstation name. Check with your encyclopedia administrator for any naming conventions that might apply.

When a model is checked out from the Host Encyclopedia, the resulting data files exist in a workstation subdirectory named for the checked out model. The software creates this subdirectory and gives it the workstation encyclopedia model name with the file extension .IEF. For example, the data files for the model MYMODEL would reside in the directory MYMODEL.IEF. This subdirectory is in the main CA Gen software directory or in the directory specified as the path for models during configuration.