Adding an existing alternative choice to a diagram

Variability Modeling > Modeling variability in a model > Working with variability items and relationships on diagrams > Adding artifacts and variability relationships > Adding an existing alternative choice to a diagram

You can add an existing Alternative Choice to a diagram in the following ways:

• Through the Alternative Choice button.

• Through the Populate > Variability Dependencies command from a Variation Point.

To add an existing alternative choice through the alternative choice button:

1. Open the diagram to which you want to add an Alternative Choice.

2. On the Variant Diagram or Variability tab, click the

Alternative Choice button.

3. Click in free space on the diagram.

4. Click the Variation Point that is linked to the Alternative Choice.

5. From the shortcut menu, click the command for the Alternative Choice you want to add.

To populate a variation point's alternative choices:

1. Open the diagram to which you want to add an Alternative Choice.

2. Right-click the Variation Point that owns the Alternative Choice, and select Populate > Variability Dependencies.

Modeler populates the Variation Point's missing Alternative Choices. In addition, Modeler populates any missing Variability Dependencies for the Variation Point, adding to the diagram any Variants that are required to show those missing Variability Dependencies.