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Chapter 3 Working with an XML model
XSM User's Guide 177
Global objects
You can move global objects within or between the Browser tree view and
the diagram window.
Move
Select Tools→General Options to make sure that Move is the Default
action of the Drag & Drop option.
You can move a global object within the Browser to convert it into a local
object (under a group particle item), but you cannot move a global object
within its own structure (as a child of itself).
You can move a global object within the diagram to convert it into a local
object. Just move the global object symbol to a group particle symbol.
When you move a global object from the Browser to the diagram, a synonym
symbol is created in the diagram.
You can move a global object from the diagram to the Browser, and convert
it into a local object (under a group particle item). If the new local object
does not appear in the diagram, double-click the Collapse node of the group
particle symbol under which the former global object has been attached.
Example: converting a local object into a global object
The following procedure explains how to convert a local object into a global
object.
To convert a local object into a global object:
1 Click a local object (child element or attribute) in the Browser or the
diagram.
2 Drag and drop the local object in the space just beneath the Diagram
item or the model item. A thick horizontal line indicates that you can
drop the object.
Drag and drop
Select Tools→General Options to make sure that Move is the Default
action of the Drag & Drop option.
The new global object appears in a global objects category (one level
beneath the model item).
Within Browser
Within diagram
From Browser to
diagram
From diagram to
Browser