| # The shortcut menu The shortcut menu is one of the most power tools in the Modeler. It lists commands relevant to a particular screen region or selection. To activate the shortcut menu, right-click the Diagram window or a graphical object. This talble lists the shortcut menu commands:
The shortcut menu
Used in | Command | Description
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Commands on all graphical objects in the active diagram window. | Cut | Copies the selected graphical object(s) to the clipboard and removes them from the diagram window.
| Copy | Copies the selected graphical object(s) to the clipboard.
| Paste | Places the clipboard contents on the diagram window.
| Delete | Deletes the selected graphical object(s).
Commands on a graphical object. | Properties | Starts an LN session to maintain the details of the graphical object. To start the LN session, double-click the object.
| Direction | Lists the directions available for a relationship. The active selection is dimmed.
| Categories | Lists the categories available for a graphical object. The active selection is dimmed.
| Alternatives | Lists the alternatives available for a graphical object. The active selection is dimmed.
Commands on the attributes of a graphical object. | Edit | Lists the attributes of the selected graphical object you can edit. For example, the repository help.
| Insert | Lists the attributes of the selected graphical object you can insert. For example, the repository help.
| Delete | Lists the attributes of the selected graphical object you can delete. If you inserted an attribute, such as the repository help, you can remove it by using the Delete command.
| Activate | Lists the attributes of the selected graphical object you can activate. For example, it can show the processes linked to a function in the business control diagram.
The attributes types
Attribute type | Description
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Text | The text attribute is a short descriptive text, such as the description of a symbol or relation. If the text attribute is shown in a separate box, you can do the following: Move the text attribute to the graphical object. If you move the graphical object, the text attribute moves with it. Edit the text attribute by double-clicking the icon.
Memo | The memo attribute is a descriptive text of one or more lines. If a memo attribute is present, an icon appears near the graphical object, Such as the repository help of a symbol or relation. To edit the memo attribute, double-click the icon.
Boolean | The Boolean attribute marks the graphical object, such as the events you can link to an activity in the business process diagram.
Link | The link attribute is a detail diagram linked to the graphical object. There are two types: A link to a detail diagram that is of the same type. If a detail diagram is linked, a shadow indicates this, such as a sub-business process diagram that is linked to a parent business process diagram. A link to a detail diagram that is of another type. If a detail diagram is linked, an icon indicates this, such as a business process diagram that is linked to a function in a business control diagram.
List | The list attribute is a list of one or more objects to a graphical object. If a list attribute is present, an icon is displayed near the graphical object. For example, the tables linked to an entity in the entity relationship diagram or the processes linked to a function in the business control diagram.
Style | The style attribute is the line type of the relationship. Choose one of the following line styles: Direct This is a straight line Orthogonal 1 A line with two bend points. Orthogonal 2 A line with one bend point, first horizontal, then in a vertical direction. Orthogonal 3 A line with one bend point, first vertical, then in a horizontal direction. Free A line on which you can insert midpoints, known as a bend point.
Midpoint | The midpoint attribute is a bend point on a relationship. To insert a bend point, the relationship must have the free line style.
Color | The color attribute is the color of the graphical object. For example, you can change the color of an area.
Symbol | The symbol attribute is the symbol you can insert on/in the graphical object. For example, you can insert a function in an area in the business control diagram.