Correcting messages that appear as mission objectives

About this task

After updating the OV‑2 from an OV‑6c, you must check the OV‑2 and make sure that the messages between nodes are correctly appearing as events. If you find a message going between operational nodes displays in the OV‑2 as an operation rather than an event, this indicates the message type was not changed to Event in the OV‑6c diagram. The following figure shows an example of evJFMCCStandDownCompleted appearing with the private operation symbol,Private operations symbol but must have the event symbol.Event symbol

OV-6c diagram

To fix this problem:

Procedure

  1. Expand the IBM® Rational® Rhapsody® browser to see the operation under the appropriate operational node. For example, expand the folder Project_1 > OperationalViews > Operational View > Operational Nodes > JCS > Operations > evDOCCStandDownCompleted.
  2. Delete the operation by right‑clicking the incorrect operation and selecting Delete from Model.
  3. Click Yes to confirm your action.
  4. Open the OV‑6c diagram and check all the messages with the message name in question.
    Note: To spot the problematic message, make sure messages that connect operational nodes have a hollow arrowhead,Hollow arrowhead icon and mission objective messages (messages that start and end on the same node) have a solid arrowhead.Solid arrowhead icon
  5. To change the incorrect message, change the message type:
    1. Double‑click the message to open the Features window.
    2. On the General tab, in Message Type field, select Event.
  6. With the message selected, choose Edit > Auto Realize to realize the message.
  7. Right‑click OV‑6c Two Phased Attack on the Rational Rhapsody browser and select Update OV‑2s from OV‑6c. You have repaired the OV‑6c and OV‑2 diagrams, as shown in the following figure.
    OV-6c and OV-2 showing repairs

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