Forecast (UPDM - NAF aliases)
Creation
To create a Forecast:
• From an
NSV-9 Technology and Skills Forecast Definition: click the Forecast button, click the Forecast button, click the forecast subject element, and then click the forecast outcome element.
Forecast button, click the Forecast button, click the forecast subject element, and then click the forecast outcome element.The subject and outcome elements must be the same type and they can be as follows:
Capability,
Capability Configuration,
Competence,
Organization,
Physical Architecture,
Post,
Resource Artifact,
Responsibility,
Service Access or
Software elements.
• From an
NTV-2 Standards Definition: click the Forecast button, click the forecast subject element, and then click the forecast outcome element.
Forecast button, click the forecast subject element, and then click the forecast outcome element.The subject and outcome elements must be the same type and they can be as follows:
Functional Standard,
Protocol,
Standard or
Technical Standard elements.
• From a Forecast subject element: right-click Forecast subject element, point to Links, point to System, and then click Forecast Outcome. The Forecast subject and outcome elements must be the same type and they can be as follows:
Capability,
Capability Configuration,
Competence,
Functional Standard,
Organization,
Physical Architecture,
Post,
Protocol,
Resource Artifact,
Responsibility,
Service Access,
Standard,
Software or
Technical Standard elements.
After creating a Forecast, you can specify its start and end dates: right-click the Forecast, point to Set, and then click Start Date or End Date as appropriate.
Appearance
When shown on an
NSV-9 Technology and Skills Forecast Definition or
NTV-2 Standards Definition, a Forecast appears as follows:
An
NSV-9 Technology and Skills Forecast Table is useful for viewing how elements are related through Forecast relationships in a table.
Relationships
The following relationships are of importance to a Forecast:
• Link a Forecast to Forecast Span Literal elements that define its span: right-click the Forecast, point to Links, and then click Span.
The following sections provide information about how a Forecast is used in the model.
Create a Forecast from
Create from a Forecast
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 Forecast tab of a Forecast element's Property Pages:
• URI