Relations between Unique Elements

Relations between unique elements can be modeled in the plan editor. Those relations will be shown in the details view and can be put out in reports.

This allows for answering various questions such as:

• Which data is read, modified or created by an element?
• Which other elements does a specific element communicate with?

Containment, causality and access relations will be evaluated. Those relations do always emerge from graphical containment or via a connecting element.

Graphical containment within a plan will always be interpreted as containment relation. The example below shows how the element SAP CRM contains the elements Customer Order Management and Customer Management:

If the relation results from a connecting element, the evaluation depends on the plan type and the involved plan elements. The example below shows how the function SAP CRM that modifies the storage CRM Database:

You can find more information about the evaluation of relations in the help texts for each particular plan type.