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You can manage the models that you created and saved in the local repository (your private models) and in the shared repository (public models) using the Manage Models dialog box. If you have a supported source control system installed and configured for use with Visual Composer, you can also manage the models stored using source control (models checked in by you and also models checked in by other users). You can also create development components in the local repository.

Understanding the Manage Models Dialog Box

The Manage Models dialog box enables you to manipulate the models and development components in your Visual Composer development environment. You open the Manage Models dialog box by choosing Models → Manage Models.

The Manage Models dialog box contains the following areas:

·        Toolbar: Enables you to create and manipulate development components and models in the local repository and shared repository or source control system.

·        Display: Enables you to filter the display to show either of the following:

○       Visual Composer Models

○       Data Services used in the models in your development environment

·        Repository pane: Displays a hierarchical tree of the folders and models in the local repository and shared repository or source control system.

·        Status pane: Displays information about the selected model. In addition, for models saved in the shared repository or in a source control system, this pane displays information such as the check-out status, check-out user, and sync status.

You use the toolbar to access the functions of the Manage Models dialog box. The buttons in the toolbar are enabled according to the type of model that you select. For example, if you select a model residing in your local repository, the buttons for source control functions, such as check in and check out, are not available.

The following table describes each of the toolbar buttons in the Manage Models dialog box:

Button

Name

Description

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New Development Component

Enables you to create a new development component in the selected software component in the local repository. For more information, see Creating a Model and Development Component.

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New Model

Enables you to create a new model under the selected development component. For more information, see Creating a Model and Development Component.

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Rename

Enables you to rename an existing local model or development component.

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Delete

Deletes the selected model from the local repository.

Note

Before you delete a model, you must make sure that it is not being referenced by any other model. Otherwise, the referencing model may not work as expected after you delete the referenced model.

If you chose Data Services in the Display filter (and not Visual Composer Models), this option enables you to delete the selected data service component.

This option can be useful if you added a data service to a model, and then deleted the data service from the model. In this case, the reference to the data service is deleted, but the data service still remains in the development component. You can use this option to delete it from the development component.

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Export Software Component

Exports the selected software component and all its models from the shared repository to a zip file at the location that you specify. You can then use this zip file when running a build using the offline build plug-in.

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Add to Source Control

Tags a development component in the local repository for source control and checks the development component and all of its models in to the shared repository or source control system. For more information, see Adding a Development Component to Source Control.

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Check Out

Checks out the selected model from the shared repository or source control system. This copies it to your local repository so you can work on it and prevents it from being modified by other users. For more information, see Checking Out a Model.

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Check In

Checks in a model previously checked out from the shared repository or source control system. After a model is checked in, it can be used and modified by others. For more information, see Checking In a Model.

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Revert

Cancels all changes to a model since it was last checked out or added to the shared repository or source control system. The current model is replaced by the previous version saved in the shared repository or source control system. For more information, see Reverting to the Last Checked-In Version of a Model.

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Sync

Synchronizes a local version of the selected model with the latest version checked in to the source control system or shared repository. For more information, see Synchronizing a Model.

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Refresh

Updates the tree in the repository pane so that it displays the most current folder and model information.

 

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