Mapping an Option to a Parameter

You can map technique and execution options to parameters.

  1. From the component editor, click the General or Options tab.

  2. Map technique and execution options to a parameter as follows.

    • To map technique options, right-click in the technique option’s value field and select Map this value to a parameter.

    • To map execution options, right-click the option and select Map this value to a parameter.

    The Select a Parameter dialog box appears.

  3. From the Select a Parameter dialog box, type a name for the parameter (or use the default name), and click OK.

    Once mapped, the icon appears next to the option’s value. You can click this icon to view or change the parameter name. The parameters you created will appear in the Design Gateway Parameters tab as members of a special aggregate parameter called Mapped Attributes and Options.

  4. To remove a mapping, right-click the appropriate setting and select Remove the defined parameter mapping.

  5. Click OK to save your changes and to close the component editor.

  6. To confirm that the correct mappings were created, do the following:

    1. From the Design Gateway, click the Parameters tab.
    2. Locate the new aggregate parameter called Mapped Attributed and Options, and click the icon to expand the parameter.

      The Design Gateway displays the mappings that you created under the aggregate parameter.

  7. If desired, map any output parameter from another component to the design driver component’s parameter.

    At run time, the value of the option is set from the value of the linked parameter. If you want to control this option value based on the output of another component, you can create a mapping from any output parameter of that component to the parameter in the design driver component, which is linked to the option value.