Alternative choice (dictionary item)

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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 a diagram, click the

Alternative Choice toolbar 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 a diagram, click the

Alternative Choice toolbar 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, point to New, and then click Alternative Choice.

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, point to Populate, and then click Variability Dependencies.

• You can populate an Alternative Choice's Variability Dependencies: right-click the Alternative Choice, point to Populate, and then click Variability Dependencies.

In the Modeler panes, a short-cut symbol