Synchronizing Conceptual Model Entities with Application Entities

You synchronize conceptual model entities with application entities to ensure that the configuration of the application entities and the related conceptual model entities remains aligned. See Design Studio Concepts for more information about synchronizing conceptual model entities with application entities.

Note:

You must run the realization design pattern manually at least once before you can synchronize conceptual model entities and realized application entities. See "Realizing Conceptual Model Entities" for more information.

See "Renaming Conceptual Model Entities and Realized Application Entities" for information about renaming conceptual model entities after you have realized application entities.

To synchronize conceptual model entities with realized application entities:

  1. In the Solution view, right-click a conceptual model entity, select Synchronized Realization, and then select one of the following:

    • Synchronize: Use to run the design pattern that you specified for the conceptual model entity (on the conceptual model entity editor Properties tab) in the background, and to add the configuration defined by the design pattern to the workspace.

    • Synchronize All: Use to instruct Design Studio to analyze all relationships between the conceptual model entity and the child entities and to run design patterns for all conceptual model entities that support realization (and for those entities that have valid synchronization records).

  2. Review the configuration that the design pattern added to the workspace.

    You can filter the Solution view to display all realized application entities of a specific type. For example, you can filter for service realizations to list all realized Design Studio for Inventory Service specifications and their associated Configuration specifications.

  3. Ensure that the data saved in the synchronization records is correct.

    Do the following:

    1. From the Package Explorer view, expand the Model project folder in which you saved your conceptual model entities.

    2. Expand the synchronizationRecords folder.

    3. Double-click any synchronization record to open the record in the Synchronization Record editor.