Examining Impacts

You can examine impacts by using the impact graph.

  1. Open a product.
  2. Filter the product and create a capture to save the filter. For more information, see VPM Multi-Discipline Collaboration User's Guide: Using Persistent Filters and Searches.
  3. Reload the product.
  4. Create a markup, associate the capture to it, and save it.
  5. Search and explore the product.
  6. Select a markup and select Related Search in the top bar.
    The impact graph appears.
  7. Right-click the DMU Related Context node and select Open.
    The working context that had been saved in the capture is recreated.

The impact graph allows you to display all objects impacted by the modification of the selected object or which impacts the selected object and the relationships between objects.

For more information, see VPM Impact Analysis User's Guide: Using the Impact Graph.