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Apply Naming Standards to a Model

After you define naming standards using the NSM Option Editor, select individual model objects and apply the standards. The glossary words and abbreviations (or alternate abbreviations) that are defined in the active NSM Option object are applied as naming standards to a model.

Follow these steps:

  1. Open a model that includes an active NSM Option object.
  2. Click Actions, Model Naming Options.

    The Model Naming Options dialog opens.

  3. Click the Name Mapping tab.
  4. For each model object type that you want to use the glossary, select the Use Glossary check box and select the type of abbreviation. Click OK.

    The naming standards are applied when you switch from a logical model to a physical model.

    In a Logical/Physical model, define the naming standards, create the abbreviations, and select the object that uses the glossary in the Logical view. Switch from the Logical view to the Physical view and the standards are applied.

    In a Logical Only (LO) or a Physical Only (PO) model, define the naming standards, create the abbreviations, select the object that uses the glossary, and then derive a PO or an L/P model. In the Derive Model wizard, go to Naming Standards. Select the model that has an active NSM object as the active model template. The naming standards are applied to the derived model.

Note: The translation from logical to physical through the NSM Option Object works only if the physical name is inherited from the logical name. That is, only if the names have not been manually changed in the physical model. If a physical name is modified in a logical/physical model, the inheritance from the logical side to the physical side is overridden. The naming standards no longer work. However, you can reset the override property to inherit from the logical name to restore this inheritance.

NSM File Attached to an Older Version Model

When you open a model from an older version of the product, it is upgraded to the current release. If an NSM file was attached to the model, the file is not imported and attached to the model automatically. Import the NSM file to a template and attach the template to the model manually.

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