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Matrix View

Claire De Bie
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A Matrix View displays how selected Model Items relate to each other, showing Objects of a Type as rows and Objects of another Type as columns of a grid. The intersection cell displays relevant Relationship information existing between the two Objects. It is often used to visualize and/or edit Relationships between different Objects in a structured format.

Typical examples are Capability to Application matrix, Application to Technology matrix.

Create a Matrix View

  1. On the Public Views or My Views page, on the toolbar, select Create create.png, and then select Matrix.

  2. On the Contents tab, to create the Matrix columns, select Add Columns:

    Figure 14. Create Matrix.png
    Figure 1. Create Matrix
    1. In the Name field, enter the column title.
    2. Under Based On, do one of the following:
      • To create a Matrix based on available Object Types, select Object Type, and then in the Object Type list, select the Object Type you need.
      • To create a Matrix based on the existing View, select View, and then in the View list, select the View you need.
    3. Select Add Columns.
      The columns display Objects of the selected Object Type or View based on the MSC filter.
    4. On the Contents tab, to create the Matrix rows, select Add Rows:
      • In the Name field, enter the row title.
      • Under Based On, do one of the following:
        1. To create a Matrix based on available Object Types, select Object Type, and then in the Object Type list, select the Object Type you need.
        2. To create a Matrix based on the existing View, select View, and then in the View list, select the View you need.
      • Select Add Rows.

The rows display Objects of the selected Object Type or View.

The rows and columns form a Matrix. To configure filters, go to the Configure filters and filter sets.

To learn how to create a Relationship from the Matrix, see Create Relationship from Matrix.

Change Matrix display settings

You can change the display settings of your Matrix:

  • To change how the row appears in the Matrix, on the toolbar, select Row Settings row-settings.png, and specify a display, size, and text orientation of the row, and then select OK.
Figure 15. Row Settings.png
Figure 2. Row Settings
  • To change how the column appears in the Matrix, on the toolbar, select Column Settings column-settings.png, and specify a display, size, and text orientation of the column, and then select OK.
Figure 16. Column Settings.png
Figure 3. Column Settings
  • To change how Relationships appear in the Matrix, on the toolbar, select Cell Settings cell-setings.png, and choose to show or hide the number of Relationships between Objects, and then select OK.
Figure 17. Cell Settings.png
Figure 4. Cell Settings

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