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Operation action (service) (UPDM - DoDAF aliases)
An Operation Action (Service) is a proprietary element that is required to model UPDM in Modeler.
Creation
To create an Operation Action (Service):
• From an Activity (System), Activity (Operational), Activity Structured Node (Operational), Activity (Project), Activity Structured Node (Project), Activity (Service), or Standard Activity (Operational): right-click the element, point to New, point to DoDAF, point to Action Node, and then click Operation Action (Service).
• From an OV-5 Operational Activity Model:
◦ Click the Operation Action (Service) toolbar button, and then click in free space or within a containing element on the diagram. From the Select Type dialog, select the Operation (Service) that is invoked by the Operation Action (Service).
◦ From an appropriate Modeler pane, locate the Operation (Service) that you want to invoke from the Operation Action (Service), and then drag that Operation (Service) to free space or within a containing element on the diagram.
• From an SV-4 Systems Functionality Description:
◦ Click the Operation Action (Service) toolbar button, and then click in free space or within a containing element on the diagram. From the Select Type dialog, select the Operation (Service) that is invoked by the Operation Action (Service).
◦ From an appropriate Modeler pane, locate the Operation (Service) that you want to invoke from the Operation Action (Service), and then drag that Operation (Service) to free space or within a containing element on the diagram.
On the Items tab of an Operation Action (Service) element's property pages, you can view and navigate to the Operation (Service) that is invoked by the Operation Action (Service) through the Linked Item association.
Input Pins and Output Pins
An Operation Action (Service) can own Input Pin (Service) and Output Pin (Service) elements.
On creation of an Operation Action (Service), Modeler creates an Input Pin (Service) or Output Pin (Service) to represent each Parameter (Service) of the Operation (Service) that is used as the type of the Operation Action (Service).
Appearance
When shown on an OV-5 Operational Activity Model or SV-4 Systems Functionality Description, an Operation Action (Service) appears as follows:
Relationships
The following relationships are of importance to an Operation Action (Service):
• On the Items tab of an Operation Action (Service) element's property pages, you can view and navigate to the Operation (Service) that is invoked by the Operation Action (Service) through the Linked Item association.
The following sections provide information about how an Operation Action (Service) is used in the model.
Create an Operation Action (Service) from
• Activity (Operational)
• Activity (Project)
• Activity (Service)
• Activity Structured Node (Operational)
• Activity Structured Node (Project)
• Activity (System)
• OV-5 Operational Activity Model
• SV-4 Systems Functionality Description
Create from an Operation Action (Service)
In addition to the UPDM elements that can be created from all UPDM elements ( Representation, Definition, Information, and Metadata):
• Input Pin (Service)
• Output Pin (Service)
Shown on these diagrams, tables and matrices
In addition to the AV-2 Integrated Dictionary and StdV-1 Standards Profile, which can show all UPDM elements:
• OV-5 Operational Activity Model
• SV-4 Systems Functionality Description
UPDM writeable properties
The following writeable properties are available on the Operation Action (Service) tab of an Operation Action (Service) element's Property Pages:
• URI