Creating an import definition

An import definition specifies the name of the model you want to import onto IBM® Rational® Rhapsody® Design Manager. An import definition also specifies scheduling criteria used by Rational Rhapsody Design Manager Import Engine to publish models to the server. An import definition must be available on Rational Rhapsody Design Manager when you configure Rational Rhapsody Design Manager Import Engine.

Procedure

  1. On the model server, click File, and then click Definitions. The Definitions page opens.
  2. On the Definitions page, click Create Definition.
  3. Enter a unique definition name and model name. For a Simulink model, enter the .mdl file name without the .mdl extension.
  4. To enable importing models from MathWorks Simulink, select the Simulink domain for the definition.
    Note: To be able to import models from Simulink, Rational Rhapsody Design Manager Import Engine and Simulink must be installed on the same machine. For more information, see the topic on importing Simulink models to the Rational Rhapsody Design Management Server.
  5. Enter definition schedule criteria (date and time) for a definition.
    Note: To allow the Rational Rhapsody Design Manager Import Engine to import large models more efficiently (those models with diagrams containing more than 50 elements) select the cache option checkbox. The import utility prioritizes these diagrams and places them in cache on the server.
  6. Click Save.

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