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Drag an object from the toolbar into the model to add new object of this type. For information about the object icons, see Modelling Window Toolbar Icons, below.

You can also drag in existing modelling objects from the repository. For example, to add an existing stream:

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Objects in models must be connected by pipes. Hover your mouse pointer over an object to display the popup toolbar and add a 

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_pipe
_pipe
nopaneltrue
 to connect two objects.

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Make this object static.

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Disable/ enable this object.

Bring up a list of attributes for the object. Attributes can be selected from this list and dragged into an attribute list window for another object, so this is useful when building new objects in the model.

Show the list of views configured on this object.

Show the list of Stream Sets for this object. This brings up the Stream Set viewer.

Bring into the model all objects in the model that are inputs to this object.

Bring into the model all objects in the model that are outputs of this object.

Run the Analysis Engine analysis process on this object. All objects required to build the object selected will be run, but only these objects; so this may . This means PhixFlow may:

  • run analysis on objects that are not in the model
, and analysis may
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  • run analysis on some of the objects that are in the model.

Erase this object from the model. This object still exists in the repository, and it's data is available to any other object that refers to it.

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Right-click on a modelling object to display its context menu. This includes many of the same options as in the menu bar or the hover menu. A few pop-up toolbar. Some addition options are also available:

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Context Menu OptionDescription
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_object_copy
_object_copy
nopaneltrue
Create a copy of the object

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_object_add_input_stream
_object_add_input_stream
nopaneltrue
Add a new stream with a pipe that connects into the selected object.
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_object_predecessors
_object_predecessors
nopaneltrue
Add all objects that are used to build this object in the underlying

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model.

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_object_successors
_object_successors
nopaneltrue
Add all objects that use this object in the underlying

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model.

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_stream_rollback
_stream_rollback
nopanel

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true
 Stream

Rollback data in the

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stream. This

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opens the Rollback form.

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_delete
_delete
nopaneltrue

Permanently delete the object from the underlying model in PhixFlow. This removes the object from PhixFlow completely

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Only do this if you are certain that you never want to use this object again.

Model Window Context Menu

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