Configuring Meta Models

Learn how to create, maintain, export, and import meta models in SystemWeaver as a SW Architect user.

Changing Attribute Type SID
The need to change the SID of an attribute in a meta model may arise, e.g., the attribute SID may conflict with an attribute SID used by an organization tha...
Tue, 19 Nov, 2024 at 12:42 PM
Changing Attribute Data Dimension
The swArchitect client provides a tool for changing the data dimension of an existing attribute. The operation changes the data dimension only. It does not ...
Tue, 19 Nov, 2024 at 12:41 PM
Changing Item or Part Type SID
There may be scenarios where there is a clash between multiple uses of the same SID, e.g., by different SystemWeaver servers, between a SID used by a user o...
Tue, 19 Nov, 2024 at 1:44 PM
Deleting an Item Type
Item types can be removed from the meta model using the swArchitect. This article describes the prerequisites for the operation, and how to do it.  Prer...
Mon, 18 Nov, 2024 at 8:45 AM
Changing Inheritance (Parent)
As described in Creating an Item Type, all item types that you create will actually be sub-types of another type. This enables the sub-types to inherit prop...
Tue, 19 Nov, 2024 at 1:02 PM
Implementing a Container Item for a Set of Parts
At some point, you may want to change the meta model for an item type that currently, directly owns a part type so that, instead, the part type is owned by ...
Tue, 19 Nov, 2024 at 10:48 AM
Creating a New Part Type
Like items, parts are also objects in the database, but it is more useful to think of them as allowed links between items of different types. Parts are &quo...
Wed, 12 Mar, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Deleting a Part Type
Part types can be removed from the meta model using the swArchitect. This article describes the prerequisites for the operation, and how to do it.  Prerequ...
Mon, 18 Nov, 2024 at 8:58 AM
How to Change the Order of Part Types
If an item type has more than one allowed part type per the meta model, it is possible to define the order of the different part types when displayed in the...
Mon, 18 Nov, 2024 at 9:17 AM
Configuring the Part Name Option
When users view item structures in SystemWeaver, they are viewing items related to other items by way of a part. The items have names and, by default, the n...
Fri, 20 Nov, 2020 at 9:38 AM