Operational output pin (UPDM - NAF aliases)
An Operational Output Pin is a proprietary element that represents an
Operational Parameter.
Creation
• From an
NOV-5 Operational Activity Model: click the 
Output Pin button, and then click the edge of the owning Operational Activity Action or Node Operation Action. From the context menu, point to New Pin, and then click the required command:
Output Pin button, and then click the edge of the owning Operational Activity Action or Node Operation Action. From the context menu, point to New Pin, and then click the required command:◦ Click New Parameter to create a new Operational Parameter and a new Operational Output Pin to represent that Operational Parameter.
◦ Click the command for an Operational Parameter to create a new Operational Output Pin for that Operational Parameter.
The name of an Operational Output Pin is set to that of the Operational Parameter it represents.
On creation of an Operational Activity Action or Node Operation Action, Modeler creates an Operational Output Pin to represent each Operational Parameter (Mechanism of Out or InOut) of the Operational Activity or Standard Operational Activity that is used as the type of the Operational Activity Action or Node Operation Action.
Note that after creating an Operational Activity Action or Node Operation Action, Operational Output Pin elements are not automatically created for new Operational Parameter elements that are created on the associated Operational Activity or Standard Operational Activity.
Appearance
When shown on an
NOV-5 Operational Activity Model, an Operational Output Pin appears as follows:
Relationships
The following relationships are of importance to an Operational Output Pin:
• On the Items tab of an Operational Output Pin element's property pages, you can view and navigate to the Operational Parameter that is represented by the Operational Output Pin through the Linked Item association.
The following sections provide information about how an Operational Output Pin is used in the model.
Create an Operational Output Pin from
Create from an Operational Output Pin
Only the UPDM elements that can be created from all UPDM elements (
Alias,
Definition,
Information and
Metadata).
Shown on these diagrams, tables and matrices\
In addition to the
NAV-2 Integrated Dictionary and
NTV-1 Standards Profile, which can show all UPDM elements:
UPDM writeable properties
The following writeable properties are available on the Operational Output Pin tab of an Operational Output Pin element's Property Pages:
• URI