Performer port (UPDM - DoDAF aliases)
Creation
To create a Performer Port:
• From a Performer (Operational) or Security Domain: right-click the element, point to New, point to DoDAF, and then click Performer Port.
On the Select Type dialog, create or select the element that is the type of the Performer Port, or create an untyped Performer Port. From the Direction dialog, select the direction of the Performer Port.
• From an OV-2 Operational Resource Definition: click the Performer Port button, and then click the owning Performer (Operational) or Security Domain.
Performer Port button, and then click the owning Performer (Operational) or Security Domain.On the Select Type dialog, create or select the element that is the type of the Performer Port, or create an untyped Performer Port. From the Direction dialog, select the direction of the Performer Port.
• From an OV-2 Operational Resource Flow Description:
◦ Click the Performer Port button, and then click the Performer (Operational), Performer Role, Problem Domain or Security Domain element that is to own the Performer Port. On the Select Type dialog, create or select the element that is the type of the Performer Port, or create an untyped Performer Port. From the Direction dialog, select the direction of the Performer Port.
Performer Port button, and then click the Performer (Operational), Performer Role, Problem Domain or Security Domain element that is to own the Performer Port. On the Select Type dialog, create or select the element that is the type of the Performer Port, or create an untyped Performer Port. From the Direction dialog, select the direction of the Performer Port.If the owner of the OV-2 Operational Resource Flow Description is not shown on the diagram, create a Performer Port on the diagram owner by clicking in free space.
◦ From an appropriate Modeler pane, locate the element that you want to use as the type of the Performer Port, and then drag that element to the owning Performer (Operational), Performer Role, Problem Domain or Security Domain element on the diagram. If a dialog is displayed, select Performer Port, and then click OK. From the Direction dialog, select the direction of the Performer Port.
If the owner of the OV-2 Operational Resource Flow Description is not shown on the diagram, create a Performer Port on the diagram owner by dragging the type to free space.
Note that when you create a Performer Port on a Performer Role or Problem Domain, the Performer Port is created on the type of the Performer Role or Problem Domain.
The type of a Performer Port can be a Performer (System), Energy, Exchange Element, Geo Political Extent Type, Operational Context, Performer (Operational), Organization Type, System Context, Person Role Type, System, Responsibility, Security Domain, Service Access or Software.
After creating a Performer Port you can set its direction, behavior, conjugation, multiplicity, read-only status and type: right-click the Performer Port, point to Set, and then click the required command.
Appearance
When shown on an OV-2 Operational Resource Definition, a Performer Port appears as follows:
When shown on an OV-2 Operational Resource Flow Description, a Performer Port appears as follows:
Relationships
The following relationships are of importance to a Performer Port:
• Needline relationships link a Performer Port to Known Resource, Performer Port, Performer Role and Problem Domain elements.
The following sections provide information about how a Performer Port is used in the model.
Create a Performer Port from
Create from a Performer Port
Only the UPDM elements that can be created from all UPDM elements (Representation, Definition, Information, and Metadata).
Shown on these diagrams, tables and matrices
In addition to the AV-2 Integrated Dictionary and StdV-1 Standards Profile, which can show all UPDM elements:
UPDM writeable properties
The following writeable properties are available on the Performer Port tab of a Performer Port element's Property Pages:
• URI