Write PML Utility to Produce Customised Reports
- Last UpdatedMay 05, 2023
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The Associations foundation on which this application is built is designed to be customized. The full set of attributes and pseudo attributes for Associations are described in the Data Model Reference Manual. The following table contains a brief summary of the attributes most commonly used for reporting.
Attributes of Associations - the ASSOC element
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Attribute |
Type |
Description |
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NAME |
String |
Name of Association |
|
TESTEV |
Logical |
True if the Association test is satisfied False if the Association test fails |
|
ADEFRF |
Reference |
Reference to the Association Definition from which this Association is derived |
|
DESP/WDESP |
Array |
Array of numeric/word design parameters for this Association |
Attributes of Restrictions - the RESTRI element
|
Attribute |
Type |
Description |
|
TESTEV |
Logical |
True if the Restriction test is satisfied False if the Restriction test fails |
|
ASSDFS |
Ref(*) |
Reference to the Restriction Definition from which this Restriction is derived |
Attributes of Association Members - the ASSMBR element
|
Attribute |
Type |
Description |
|
AMEMRF |
Ref |
Reference to a design object involved in this Association |
|
POSEV |
Position |
Position of referenced feature |
|
DIREV |
Direction |
Direction of referenced feature |
Attributes of Elements referenced by Associations
|
Attribute |
Type |
Description |
|
ASSOS |
Ref(*) |
List of all Associations accessible in the current MDB that reference this design element and its hierarchical children |
|
DASSOS |
Ref(*) |
List of all Associations accessible in the current MDB that reference this design element |
|
ASSCIAT |
Ref(*) |
List of all design elements accessible in the current MDB that participate in common associations with this design element and its hierarchical children |
|
DASSCIAT |
Ref(*) |
List of all design elements accessible in the current MDB that participate in common associations with this design element |
Attributes of Association Definitions - the ASSDEF element
|
Attribute |
Type |
Description |
|
NAME |
String |
Name of Association Definition |
|
DESCRIPTION |
String |
Description of Association Definition |
|
PURPOSE |
String |
Purpose of Association Definition |
Attributes of Restriction Definitions - the RESDEF element
|
Attribute |
Type |
Description |
|
NAME |
String |
Name of Restriction Definition |
|
DESCRIPTION |
String |
Description of Restriction Definition |
|
PURPOSE |
String |
Purpose of Restriction Definition |