Creating Capabilities

You can add Capabilities to your Organization Model.

Procedure

  1. In the Project Explorer, expand the folder for your Organization Model.
  2. You can either:
    • Right-click the Capabilities folder and select Add Child > Capability. A new Capability is created.
    • Right-click a Category and select Add Child > New Capability. A new Capability is created.
  3. Right-click the Capability you just created and select Rename.
  4. Type the label of the Capability you wish to create. The Name field is automatically filled with the same text as the Label, but without any internal spaces.
  5. If the Properties View is not already displayed, right-click the Capability you just created and select Show Properties View. The Properties View is displayed.
  6. Click the General tab.
  7. You can specify a type for your capability by doing the following:
    1. Select the Has qualifier checkbox. The Show qualifier ... option is displayed.
    2. Click the Show qualifier ... option. The Qualifier tab is displayed.
    3. Click the Qualifier tab. In the Type field, select an available type from the drop-down list.
    4. If required, specify a default value for the qualifier.
      See Capabilities and Privileges for more information on the types you can specify.
  8. In the Purpose field on the General tab, and on the Description tab, you can enter some text to describe the purpose of the Privilege and/or any supporting explanations, depending on your requirements.