Alternative choice (dictionary item)
For automation interface information about an Alternative Choice, see Alternative choice (automation interface).
An Alternative Choice groups a set of Variability Dependencies and applies multiplicity to those Variability Dependencies.
To create an Alternative Choice for many existing Variability Dependencies:
• On a diagram, select the Variability Dependencies that you want to include in the Alternative Choice you are creating, right-click one of the selected Variability Dependencies, and then click Create Alternative Choice.
To create an Alternative Choice for a single existing Variability Dependency:
• On the Variability tab, click the 
Alternative Choice button, and then click the Variability Dependency that you want to include in the Alternative Choice you are creating.
Alternative Choice button, and then click the Variability Dependency that you want to include in the Alternative Choice you are creating.To create an Alternative Choice that is not linked to any Variability Dependencies:
• On the Variability tab, click the Alternative Choice button, click in free space, and then click the Variation Point that is to own the Alternative Choice.
Alternative Choice button, click in free space, and then click the Variation Point that is to own the Alternative Choice.• In a Modeler pane, right-click a Variation Point, and select > .
Through the Options tab of an Alternative Choice's Property Pages you can specify its multiplicity, that is, the minimum and maximum number of Variants that must be selected for the Alternative Choice.
After creating an Alternative Choice, you can use optional Variability Dependencies to link the Alternative Choice to the Variants that are included in the Alternative Choice group.
When shown on a diagram, an Alternative Choice's notation is as follows:
For information about the View Options available for this symbol, see Alternative choice view options - all diagrams.
On a diagram:
• You can populate a Variation Point's Alternative Choices: right-click the Variation Point, and select > .
• You can populate an Alternative Choice's Variability Dependencies: right-click the Alternative Choice, and select > .
In the Modeler panes, a short-cut symbol 
on the Variant's icon indicates that the item is a stub. For more information, see Stubs.
on the Variant's icon indicates that the item is a stub. For more information, see Stubs.The following sections provide information about how an Alternative Choice is used in the model.
Properties
In addition to the standard properties an Alternative Choice has these properties:
Owned by
Variation PointOwns
Comment
ConstraintDefined in these parts of the model
Variability ModelShown on these diagrams
An Alternative Choice can appear on most diagram types.
Activity Diagram
Class Diagram
Communication Diagram
Composite Structure Diagram
Concurrency Diagram
Constraints Diagram
General Flow Diagram
General Graphics Diagram
Object Diagram
Profile Diagram
Sequence Diagram
State Diagram
System Architecture Diagram
Table Relationships Diagram
Use Case Diagram
Variant DiagramCan be linked to these dictionary items
An Alternative Choice can be linked to the following items.
Stereotype | Like most other items in a Model, a Alternative Choice can be linked to an Activity Partition, Comment, Frame Box, General Node, General Flow, General Flow Diagram Node, Constraint (applied), General Flow Diagram Flow or Swimlane. |