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Consequences and Levels of Inconsistency

The Analysis Toolset automates consistency checking at the level of a model, and for model objects you select. It reports the rules to which elements of the model do not appear to conform.

Each problem encountered is classified according to likely severity. This level of severity affects whether system development is able to proceed.

These are the levels of severity, listed in the following table from greatest to least severity.

Severity Level

Description

Warning

Conditions indicating that context is important. For example, if X is required before Y, a warning on Y appears, but you may still be able to perform transformation and system and database generation.

Severe Warning

Conditions in the model that have a greater degree of severity than warnings. In most instances, severe warnings cause errors during system implementation.

Error

Conditions that must be corrected before the model moves to the next stage of system development.