Creating and Configuring Models

Create a new, empty model inside an existing project and open it on the model canvas, ready for further configuration.

Prerequisites

• You have access to an existing project in Valsight.
• You have permission to create models in that project.

Models and submodels

Once a model has been created, nodes can be built inside it to represent business logic. When a model uses nodes from another model, the two become linked. The referenced model is then understood as a submodel: a smaller, focused part of the overall model structure. Submodels are regular models; the term reflects their role in the structure, not a different object type.

For an overview of when and why to use submodels, see Models.

Steps

1. Open the project where you want to create the model

   Select the project from the home or project overview.

2. Open the models section inside the project

   Navigate to the icon labeled Models on the Valsight Menu.

3. Create a new model

   Select Add model in the top-right corner of the header.

4. Enter the model details

   Provide a model name and, optionally, a short description.

   If this model should be able to use nodes from another model, go to step 2 of the dialog, Submodel Configuration, and select the models whose nodes should be available here. You can skip this and configure submodels later by editing the model, where the same setting is step 3, Configure Submodels. The two dialogs number and name it differently.

5. Confirm creation

   Select Create to add the model to the project.

6. Open the model canvas

   Select the newly created model by clicking its name or double-clicking its tile.

Set a default unit for a model

Step 1 of the Edit Model dialog carries a Default Unit setting. Whatever you choose there becomes the unit of every node created in that model from then on, which saves setting the same unit by hand on node after node. Switch on Compound Unit to build one out of two units and an operator, for example EUR / Piece.

The setting is a real usage of that unit: a unit chosen as a model’s default cannot be deleted at project level while the model still refers to it.

Configure submodels on an existing model

You can add or change submodel connections at any time after a model has been created.

1. Open the Models section of the project.
2. Find the model you want to configure and open its Edit dialog via the model “…” menu.
3. In the Edit Model dialog, go to step 3: Configure Submodels.
4. Select the models whose nodes should be available in this model.
5. Confirm the changes.

The selected models are now linked, and their nodes are available for use in this model.

Related

• Add Nodes to a Model
• Define Calculations for a Node
• Structure Driver Models