Create model

The window Create model appears if you select a project, a folder, an include document, or a number of ITP Models and call the action Create model. This window will show all ITP Models that are involved. This makes it also possible to re-create all ITP Models that use a certain (changed) include document.

Note

To create ITP Models based on Microsoft Word DOCX documents, ITP/Create Model Package version 3.5.4 (or higher) has to be installed.

An ITP Model can be displayed with Details. Details gives information in the form of an icon and text on the status of the ITP Model. The following information can be expected:

• No icon and no text.
  This means that the model is up-to-date but that it is not (yet) created with the action Create model.
• A check-mark icon with no text.
  This indicates that the model has been created successfully with the action Create model.
• A cross-icon and the text Failed.
  This ITP Model was created with the action Create model, but creation failed. The error document created for a failed ITP Model can be viewed by choosing Show errors from the context menu of the failed ITP Model. In the same menu the model document of the failed ITP Model can be located in the ITP/MDK Repository.
• A lock-icon and the text Locked by…
  Such an ITP Model is locked by some other user and hence cannot be created with the action Create model.
• A clock icon and the text Outdated.
  This indicates an ITP Model that will be created even if the option Create model is set to outdated.
• No icon and the text Scheduled.
  This only occurs during model creation – it indicates that the ITP Model is placed on the list of models that are to be created in this action.
• No icon and the text Creating.
  This only occurs during model creation and indicates that the model is currently being created.

Note

You can find the location of an ITP Model in the list by right-clicking it and selecting Locate…. From the same context menu you can run an ITP Model or view the error menu depending on the status of an ITP Model.

Create options

Create Model if…

If outdated, if this option is checked, only the ITP Models marked as outdated will be created. An ITP Model is outdated when one of the documents it depends on has changed.

Always, if this option is checked, all models whether or not they are outdated are (re-)created.

On error…

During the Create Model actions, errors can be found. The following actions can be taken upon an error:

• Continue
  Create Model will create all ITP Models. When an ITP Model failed it is marked as such in the Details column of the Create Model window.
• Stop Creation
  Create Model will stop creating as soon as it comes across the first failed ITP Model.

Note

The error document of a failed ITP Model can be opened by right-clicking on the model and selecting Show errors….

Create all

Clicking this button will start the Create model process. The pane in which the ITP Models are shown will provide feedback.

Note

A successfully created model can be run by selecting Run from its context menu.

Label all

This button can only be selected after the Create all action has successfully created all ITP Models in the selection. All ITP Models in the list will be labeled. If ITP Models in the list have not been created because they were already up to date, the action Label all will pop up a window in which you can indicate whether you want these ITP Models to be labeled as well.

Unlock all

All ITP Models in the selection can be unlocked with the action Unlock all. The action Unlock all will ask for a description that will be saved with the appropriate model revision. Any related documents that were locked by the user who performs the Unlock all action at the moment the action Unlock all is called, are unlocked as well. You will be asked to enter a description for these documents as well.

Test

If you select a single ITP Model in the list, you can test it by clicking the item Test in the context menu. The ITP Model will be run and tested.

Close

This button closes the Create model window.