Overview
Two new pieces of functionality have been added to the constituents system of Source.
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The second new piece of functionality allows constituent generation / filter models to contain parameters which depend on a parameter from another generation / filter model. The concept is similar to that of functions whereby a parameter can be set from elsewhere in the system. Functions cannot be used here because the function manager is unable to influence the running order of models in a functional unit. So instead the design has a simple parameter linking tool which allows a user to connect one parameter on one constituent model to another parameter on another. The model parameter which is to be written too to must have been compiled with metadata indicating that its value should come from another constituent model’s parameter. The function described above is termed as “Define Constituent Model Linkage” in Source, and the linkage procedure and an example are outlined below.
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To assign a new constituent source to a FU, select the constituent for which you wish to add the constituent source in the tree view on the left and the FUs corresponding row in the data grid on the right. It does not matter whether you are in the generation or filter model data grid, as any additions / removals are automatically applied to both such that every constituent source has a corresponding generation and filter model placeholder.
Figure 3. Assigning a new Constituent Source to a Constituent / FU
With the row selected, right click. Select “Add Constituent Source -> Current Constituent -> x” selecting the desired constituent source in place of x (Figure 3). This will add a new row to the data grid allowing the assignment and parameterisation of a new constituent generation or filter model for the selected Constituent / FU (Figure 4).
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