UML Designer User's Guide


Checking consistency

Some circumstances can cause a model to have inconsistencies, such as missing link destinations, out-of-scope references, or missing prerequisites. For example, inconsistencies can be caused by loading a back-level edition or making changes to a model with standard ENVY browsers rather than the UML Designer browsers.

UML Designer provides a tool to check for inconsistencies. To check consistency, select the model or element you want to check and then select Check Consistency from the pop-up menu. (You can also select Check Consistency from the Source or Element menu of the Relationships Browser, depending upon where the element you want to check appears. Checking an element also checks all of its children.

When the consistency check finishes, a window appears listing any errors and asking whether you want to browse them. You have two choices:


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