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1 Overview

• What's New in Modeling Configurations
• Configurator Models
• Create and Maintain Configurator Models

2 Snapshots

• Snapshots
• Import Items Into Configurator Models
• Refresh Your Snapshot

3 Workspaces

• Manage Your Workspace
• Release Your Workspace
• Manage Your Workspace Dates
• Work on the Same Participant in Different Workspaces
• Manage Workspace Versions
• Remove Your Model From Production

4 Structures

• Overview
  • Overview of Supplementing Your Model
• Set Up Features and Attributes
  • Option Features
  • Integer and Decimal Features
  • Boolean Features
  • Text Features
  • Supplemental Attributes
  • Transactional Attributes
• Manage Structures
  • Add a Supplemental Structure
  • Chunk Your Large Option Classes
  • Use Node Properties to Affect Runtime Behavior and Results
  • Reduce Start Times When You Have Large Option Classes
• Use Spreadsheets to Manage Supplemental Structures
  • Overview of Using Spreadsheets to Manage Supplemental Structures
  • Use Spreadsheets to Manage Your Supplemental Structures
  • Guidelines for Using Spreadsheets to Manage Your Supplemental Structures

5 Rules

• Overview of Creating Rules for Configurator
• Statement Rules
  • Overview of Creating Statement Rules
  • Create Statement Rules
  • Edit Statement Rules
  • Set the Rule's Class
  • Specify Your Rule's Logic
  • Accumulate Values
  • Make Sure Options Are Compatible
  • Use Explicit Statements
  • Use Iterators to Apply Rules to More Than One Object
  • Constrain Values That Your User Can Select
  • Specify Sequences for Defaults and Search Decisions
  • Insert Attributes Into Your Rules
  • Use Integer Values and Decimal Values in Configurator Rules
  • Use Spreadsheets to Manage Your Rules
• CDL Reference
  • Overview of Using Constraint Definition Language
  • CDL Functions
  • CDL Expressions
  • CDL Operators
  • CDL Data Types
  • CDL Syntax and Other Details
• Extension Rules
  • Overview of Creating Extension Rules
  • Guidelines for Writing Extension Rules
  • Guidelines on How to Be Groovy
  • Create an Extension Rule
  • Get External Data for Your Extension Rules
• FAQ for Model Rules
  • What happens if I change the node name of a supplemental structure that participates in a rule?
  • Why can I test, but not release a model that has rules that aren't valid?

6 User Interfaces

• Overview of Model User Interfaces
• User Interfaces for Configurator Models
• The Default User Interface
• Generated User Interfaces
• How You Synchronize UIs with Structure
• Multichannel User Interfaces
• Templates, Pages, and Navigation Styles
• How You Modify User Interfaces
• How You Modify UI Elements
• UI Expression Language
• How You Use Images for Selections
• How You Visualize Configurations
• FAQ for Model User Interfaces
  • How can I rename a page caption?

7 Connectors

• Overview of Connectors
• When To Use Connectors
• How You Create Connectors
• How You Use Connectors
• Connectors in Action
• How You Filter Connectable Items
• How You Integrate Connectors
• What's the difference between a connector and a model reference

8 Test

• Overview of Testing Your Model
• Test Models Interactively
• Get Rule Explanations When You Test Your Model
• Guidelines for Testing Your Model
• Manage Your Validations
• Test the Model

9 Integrate

• How You Integrate with Other Applications
• Pricing with Configurator