OV-6a Operational rules model (UPDM

• Right-click the Architectural Description or Service Description that is to own the OV-6a Operational Rules Model, point to New, point to Matrix/Table, point to MODAF, and then click OV-6a Operational Rules Model.

When you open an OV-6a Operational Rules Model, Modeler can generate it as HTML for viewing in your Internet browser, or generate it as a spreadsheet for viewing in Microsoft Excel. To specify how matrices and tables are opened for a model: in the Packages pane, right-click the Model, point to Options, click Matrix/Table Generation Format, and then select HyperTextMarkupLanguage_HTML or Excel_XLS.

Each time you open an OV-6a Operational Rules Model, Modeler generates the product using the latest data from the model.

On an OV-6a Operational Rules Model:

• View which Operational Constraint elements are applied to the operational elements that are shown in the table.

The table can show the following operational elements: Exchange Element, Mission, Mission Use Case, Node, Operational Activity, Operational Constraint, Security Domain and Standard Operational Activity elements.

For each operational element, the OV-6a Operational Rules Model shows the Operational Constraint elements that are applied to that operational element.

For information about how to apply an Operational Constraint to an operational element, see the Operational Constraint topic.

By default, the OV-6a Operational Rules Model searches for the operational elements that are contained within the Architectural Description or Service Description that owns the OV-6a Operational Rules Model.

To search for operational elements from other Architectural Description and Service Description packages: right-click the OV-6a Operational Rules Model, point to Links, and then click Analyzed Packages. From the Links Editor, select the Architectural Description and Service Description packages from which you want to search for operational elements.

In this example, the model is set up to generate tables and matrices as Excel spreadsheets. The Architectural Description that owns OV-6a Operational Rules Model1 contains two operational elements, Operational Activity1 and Operational Activity2. Operational Activity1 has Operational Constraint1 applied to it, Operational Activity2 does not have any Operational Constraint elements applied to it.

When the Excel spreadsheet is generated for OV-6a Operational Rules Model1, you can see from the table that Operational Activity1 has Operational Constraint1 applied to it, and Operational Activity2 does not have any Operational Constraint elements applied to it.

The following sections provide information about how an OV-6a Operational Rules Model is used in the model.