Using the Generation Links Viewer

The Generation Links Viewer allows you to view all the generation links of a given model. You can identify the origin of each generated or derived object of the model. Note that you cannot edit any of these links.

Note:

Links are created between models during model generation only if you select the Save Generation Dependencies option in the Detail tab of the generation dialog box. This option creates the link and allows tracing between the source and target objects in the Generation Links Viewer.

Viewing Links to the Model's Origin Model
You can display links to the current model's origin model.
Viewing Links to the Model's Derived Models
You can display the links to the models derived from the current model.
The Generation Links Viewer Interface
Whatever the type of generation links you want to visualize, the Generation Links Viewer dialog box is divided in three parts:
Generation Links Viewer Toolbars
The following tools are available in the Generation Links Viewer:
Generation Links Pane
The Generation Links pane shows you the sources or the targets of the selected object in the current model as a tree view. The root object is either the source or target object from the current model, and the generation link name is composed of:

Parent topic: Generating a Model

Created October 7, 2009. Send feedback on this help topic to Sybase Technical Publications: pubs@sybase.com