Create Operation Model

Explanation

This activity creates or modifies an Operation Model which is a Basic Data Requirement for creating Observation Flow records and defining the actions to be taken.

To create a new Operational Model:
    1. Create a new record in Operation Model page.
    2. Enter a Model ID, Entity Name When navigating to the entity of a executed operation on an observation, the home page of this entered entity will be used).
    3. Enter a Device Entity (If you leave this blank there will be no key parameters).
    4. (Optional) If you wish to navigate to a different page when following the executed operation, enter an alternative form name here.
    5. Enter the PL/SQL code in the Declare Text and Body Text that will be the action taken for the observations that come in.
    6. The key parameters are now shown in the Parameters tab.
    7. Enter additional parameters that you wish to be dynamically substituted with data or text from the observation or observation flow configuration in Parameters tab.
            7.1. Enter a parameter name of your choice.
           7.2. Enable option Mandatory to indicate whether the parameter needs a value when the model is used.
           7.3. Choose the Type of the parameter from the drop-down.
           7.4. (Optional) Enter a view in the database that contains the parameter name. This way it's possible when defining the observation flow to use list of values in the attributes section of the Operation Item tab in the Observation Flow page.
    8. Save.

To update/modify existing record:
    1. Modify fields or entries needed and save.
    2. Navigate to the connected operations in Observation Flow page, re-publish and enable for the changes to take effect.
 

System Effects

An Operation Model is created or updated. It is however important to know that IFS RnD ships a number of predefined operation models and if a customer modifies an existing operation model, it is vital to make a copy of that model before making a system upgrade and implement the changes again after the upgrade has been done. Any changes to operation models that are created during installation will be overwritten with the latest version during an upgrade.

The safest option is to always create new or duplicate pre-installed Operation Models and use these with the Observation Flow configurations.