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Chapter 10 Business Object Modeler Tasks : Concept Models

Concept Models
A concept model is a business object model with the addition of a UML Profile. Therefore many of the tasks that you need to perform when creating a concept model are the same as the tasks you perform when creating a business object model. This section describes how to migrate existing concept models and create new concept models in the Business Object Modeler.
Migrating Concept Models
To migrate concept models that have been created in earlier versions of TIBCO Business Studio.
1.
Copy the Package that the contains the concept model into the Project Explorer or select File > Import, expand General, select Existing Projects into the Workspace, and follow the instructions in the wizard to import the Project.
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Right-click the concept model you want to migrate and select Migrate Concept Model to Current Version.
3.
In the Problems view for the concept model that you migrated, the following error message is displayed:
Right-click and select Quick Fix. When you have resolved the problems, you can open the concept model in the Business Object Modeler.
You can correct several migration problems at once from the Quick Fix dialog by clicking Find Similar Problems, selecting them, and clicking OK to apply the fix. The number of similar problems found depends on the filtering that you have set up in the Problems view.
Creating New Concept Models
The following section describes how to create new concept models:
Creating an Analysis Project with a Concept Model
For information on creating an Analysis Project, see Creating an Analysis Project with a Business Object Model. In the Business Object Model dialog, check the Concept Model radio button instead of the Business Object Model button.
Creating a Concept Model in an Existing Project
1.
In the Project Explorer, right-click the Business Objects folder and select New > Concept Model.
2.
Alternatively, if you select New > Business Object Model and click Next at the first dialog of the Create Business Object Model wizard, you can select the option to create a concept model. See Creating a Business Object Model in an Existing Project.
In the Project Explorer you can confirm that the concept model has been created:
Adding Diagram Nodes
Many of the tasks you need to perform when adding diagram nodes to a concept model are the same as the tasks you need to perform when adding diagram nodes to a business object model. The following section describes how to add diagram nodes to a concept model.
Packages
For information on creating Packages, see Adding Packages.
Concepts and Attributes.
For information on creating Concepts and Attributes, see Adding Classes, Attributes and Operations.
Domain Values
In a concept model, Attributes can have Domain Values. To specify Domain Values for Attributes, do the following:
1.
For more information about the Properties view for Attributes, see Association Class Properties.
Primitive Types
For more information on creating Primitive Types, see Adding Primitive Types.
Connections
For more information about creating connections between objects in a concept model, see Creating Connections.

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