The associated object's name can be shown on any child object

The associated object’s name can be shown on any child object

Prior to this release, users could only select to show the name of an organization or location associated with a single process on a Process Dynamics diagram. In Corporate Modeler 10, users can show the name of an associated object on any child object as soon as it is drawn on a diagram.

Example

This object represents the Process Record Order, which is associated with the Organization ACME Corp.

In this example the name in the center of the object is the object’s own name (Record Order) and the name displayed at the top, represents its associated object (ACME Corp.).

This association could represent the fact that the process Record Order is performed by the Organization ACME Corp.

Note: This functionality is applied to objects in the palette, causing objects on the diagram to show the association if they are of a specific Object Type and Category.

How To...

Open the Palette Object Properties dialog.

From Additional Data in Shape, select Associated [Object Type] [(Association Name)].

Where: [Object Type] is the type of object that is associated with this object (for example, if you have selected a Process and want to see the names of any Organizations associated with the Processes on your diagram, you select: Associated Organizations, and [(Association Name)] is the name of the association between the Process and Organization where this exists (for example, Associated Organizations (Fulfillment)).

Check the box to choose if you want to see the associated object’s name above the name of the object itself (as in the diagram above), or uncheck the box if you want to see the associated object’s name below the name of the object itself.

Notes

If you are using Corporate Modeler to draw POLDAT diagrams, it is recommended that you use this functionality to show:

The name of any technologies that are associated with applications on the application objects (to describe which application resides on which piece of hardware or on which PC network).
The name of any organizations or locations that are associated with processes on the process objects (to describe which process is performed by which organization, or which process occurs at which location).