Manage Models Dialog Box

You use the Manage Models dialog box to manipulate the models and development components in your Visual Composer development environment.

You display the Manage Models dialog box by choosing Model Manage Models .

The Manage Models dialog box contains the following items:

Item	Description
Toolbar	Provides access to all the functionality of the Manage Models dialog box. The buttons in the toolbar are activated according to the type of model you select. For example, if you select a model residing in your local repository, buttons for source control functions, such as check in and check out, are not available. See the following table for a description of each of the toolbar buttons.
Display	Enables you to display either Visual Composer Models or Data Services used in the models in your development environment.
Repository pane	Displays a hierarchical tree of the software components, development components, 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.

The Manage Models dialog box toolbar contains the following buttons:

Button	Description
(New Development Component)	Creates a new development component in the local repository, in the selected software component. More information: Create New Development Component Dialog Box
(New Model)	Enables you to create a new model under the selected development component. More information: Create New Model Dialog Box
(Rename)	Enables you to rename an existing local model or development component.
(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. End of the note. If you chose Data Services in the Display filter (and not Visual Composer Models), this option enables you to delete the selected 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.
(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.
(Add to Source Control)	Enables you to tag a development component in the local repository for source control and check the development component and all of its models in to the shared repository or source control system. More information: Add to DTR Details Dialog Box
(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. More information: Checking Out a Model
(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. More information: Checking In a Model
(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. More information: Reverting to the Last Checked-In Version of a Model
(Sync)	Synchronizes a local version of the selected model with the latest version checked in to the source control system or shared repository. More information: Synchronizing a Model
(Refresh)	Updates the tree in the repository pane so that it displays the most current folder and model information.