Service output pin (UPDM - NAF aliases)
A Service Output Pin is a proprietary element that represents a
Service Parameter.
Creation
To create a Service Output Pin:
• From an
NPV-2 Project Activity Model,
NOV-5 Operational Activity Model or
NSV-4 Functionality Description: click the 
Input Pin button, and then click the edge of the owning Service Operation Action. From the context menu, point to New Pin, and then click the required command:
Input Pin button, and then click the edge of the owning Service Operation Action. From the context menu, point to New Pin, and then click the required command:◦ Click New Parameter to create a new Service Parameter and a new Service Output Pin to represent that Service Parameter.
◦ Click the command for a Service Parameter to create a new Service Output Pin for that Service Parameter.
The name of a Service Output Pin is set to that of the Service Parameter it represents.
On creation of a Service Operation Action, Modeler creates a Service Output Pin to represent each Service Parameter (Mechanism of Out or InOut) of the Service Operation that is used as the type of the Service Operation Action.
Note that after creating a Service Operation Action, Service Output Pin elements are not automatically created for new Service Parameter elements that are created on the associated Service Operation.
Appearance
When shown on an
NPV-2 Project Activity Model,
NOV-5 Operational Activity Model or
NSV-4 Functionality Description, a Service Output Pin appears as follows:
Relationships
The following relationships are of importance to a Service Output Pin:
• On the Items tab of a Service Output Pin element's property pages, you can view and navigate to the Service Parameter that is represented by the Service Output Pin through the Linked Item association.
The following sections provide information about how a Service Output Pin is used in the model.
Create a Service Output Pin from
Create from a Service 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 Service Output Pin tab of a Service Output Pin element's Property Pages:
• URI