Service channel (UPDM - DoDAF aliases)
Creation
To create a Service Channel:
• From an OV-2 Operational Resource Flow Description or SV-2 Systems Resource Flow Description: click the Shallow Service Channel or 
Shallow Uni-Directional Service Channel button, click the source Service Port (Requires) or Service Port (Provides), and then click the destination Service Port (Requires) or Service Port (Provides).
Shallow Service Channel or Shallow Uni-Directional Service Channel button, click the source Service Port (Requires) or Service Port (Provides), and then click the destination Service Port (Requires) or Service Port (Provides).To create a Service Channel and the connecting Service Port (Requires) or Service Port (Provides) elements in one operation:
• From an OV-2 Operational Resource Flow Description: click the 
Complete Service Channel button, click the source Known Resource, Performer Role or Problem Domain, and then click the destination Known Resource, Performer Role or Problem Domain.
Complete Service Channel button, click the source Known Resource, Performer Role or Problem Domain, and then click the destination Known Resource, Performer Role or Problem Domain.Choose whether to create source and destination Service Port (Requires) or Service Port (Provides) elements, and then select the type of those elements.
• From an SV-2 Systems Resource Flow Description: click the Complete Service Channel button, click the source Resource Role, and then click the destination Resource Role.
Complete Service Channel button, click the source Resource Role, and then click the destination Resource Role.Choose whether to create source and destination Service Port (Requires) or Service Port (Provides) elements, and then select the type of those elements.
Appearance
When shown on an OV-2 Operational Resource Flow Description or SV-2 Systems Resource Flow Description, a Service Channel appears as follows:
Relationships
The following relationships are of importance to a Service Channel.
The following sections provide information about how a Service Channel is used in the model.
Create a Service Channel from
Create from a Service Channel
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 Service Channel tab of a Service Channel element's Property Pages:
• URI