Edit a Model

An Insight model in Draft status can be edited.

Insight Administrators, Business Users/Analysts, and Integration Architects can create and edit models.

Note:

Before making changes to an active model, review the information in Impact of Model Reactivation After Changes in Model Metadata.

To edit a model:

On the Models page:
- If the model is Activated, click then Create Draft
- If the model is Configured or a Draft, click the name or of the model.
After making the required changes, save and reactivate the model to apply the changes. See Activate a New or Changed Model.

Impact of Model Reactivation After Changes in Model Metadata

If you change the metadata of an activated Insight model and try to activate it again, the existing metrics of the model are impacted.

The following table illustrates the impact on the existing metrics of the model being reactivated.

Operation	Impact on existing metrics of the model
Model name changed	The model name is changed across Insight and there is no impact on the existing metrics.
Milestone added	New instances created after activation will start collecting data for the new milestone. Existing metrics will remain unaffected.
Milestone deleted	Existing metrics collected for the deleted milestone will be lost. Existing instances will depict that the milestone was never reached. You will also be notified with a warning message about such changes upon reactivation of the model.
Milestone type modified: Initial Terminal Error Error Terminal Standard	The existing metrics may become confusing. For example, suppose a Terminal milestone is changed to Standard. The Instance Details page (also known as Business Transaction Details dashboard) will not show a Terminal milestone. You will also be notified with a warning message about such changes.
Milestone name modified	No impact on existing metrics. All dashboards will show the changed name.
Milestone implementation mapping changed	No impact on existing metrics. New instances will collect data in accordance to new implementation mapping.
Indicator added	No impact on existing metrics. New instances will start collecting metrics for the new indicator upon reactivation of the model.
Indicator deleted	The existing metrics collected for the deleted indicator will be lost. Upon activating the model with a deleted indicator, you will be presented with a list of dashboards where the indicator is being used. You must remove affected dashboards or remove the usage of the indicator from those dashboards to proceed with the activation.
Indicator extraction criteria is modified	The existing metrics collected for the indicator will be lost. On activating the model with a deleted indicator, you will be presented with a list of dashboards where the indicator is being used. You must remove affected dashboards or remove the usage of the indicator from those dashboards to proceed with the activation.
Indicator name is modified	No impact on existing metrics. The new indicator name will continue to show for existing and new instances.