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Open the ADD GOLFER Action Diagram

Follow these steps:

1. If it is not already open, open and expand the Activity Hierarchy diagram.
2. Select the ADD GOLFER process.
3. From the Tool Bar, select the Action Diagram icon. An empty ADD GOLFER action diagram should open.
4. From our Process Logic Analysis, we know that this diagram has only one action: to create an occurrence of a golfer. If we are going to create, read, update, or delete entities of an entity type, we need an entity action view of that entity type. Likewise, when we create the occurrence of the golfer, we need to set each of its mandatory attributes to some value. In most cases, we cannot simply make up some value; the value must be given to us in order for us to begin. Information that is given to an action diagram in order for it to begin execution is supplied to the action diagram through its import views. Therefore, we need an import view of a golfer as well.

   It is usually easier to add the views before adding the action diagram statements, but for this example, we will add them as we need them.