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Creating a data store
You can create a Data Store through an Activity Diagram or a Modeler pane.
To create a data store through an activity diagram:
1. On the Activity Diagram toolbar, click the Data store toolbar button, and on the Activity Diagram click in free space or within an Activity Partition, Interruptible Activity Region or Structured Activity Node.
2. Type the name of the Data Store, and then press the Enter key.
To create a data store through a Modeler pane:
1. In a Modeler pane, right-click the Activity or Structure Activity Node that is to own the Data Store Node, point to New, point to Object Node, and then click Data Store Node.
2. Type the name of the Data Store, and then press the Enter key.