Shorthand notation for addressing parent

Sterling Configurator Visual Modeler allows you to use shorthand notation for addressing parent elements in rules. Use the '+' symbol to address parent elements, as shown below:
  • '+.' addresses the parent element of the current element
  • '++.' addresses the parent element two levels up from the current element
  • '+++.' addresses the parent element three levels up from the current element, and so on...
You can use shorthand notation in the following fields when creating and modifying rules:
  • Location field when creating or modifying a rule fragment
  • Assign To field when creating or modifying an assignment action

For example, you can use shorthand notation for the following model. 

Model A -
  |------- OC1
  |------- OC2
  |         |------- OI1
  |         |         |------- Property 1
  |         |
  |         |------- OI2
  |
  |------- OC3
  |         |------- OI3
  |         |         |------- Property 2
  |         |         |------- Rule 1
  |         |
  |         |------- OI4
  |
  |------- OC4

In this example, 'Rule1' is attached to the OI3 option item. If you want 'Rule1' to access 'Property1' under the option item 'OI1', you can use '++.OC2.OI1.Property1'. The '++.' shorthand notation addresses Model A in the above expression. Figure 1 describes the shorthand notation used in this example.

Figure 1. Shorthand notation example

shorthand notation example