IMsMetaModelVisualController.GetFreeVariables

Syntax

GetFreeVariables: Array;

Description

The GetFreeVariables method returns the array of variables not participating in models.

Comments

Each element of the array is an object of the IMsFormulaTransformSlice interface.

Example

Executing the example requires that the repository contains a modeling container with the MS identifier, containing a modeling problem with the MODEL_VAR_LVL identifier. This problem must contain the internal metamodel.

Add links to the Metabase, Ms system assemblies.

Sub GetFreeVars;
Var
    mb: IMetabase;
    MsObj: IMetabaseObjectDescriptor;
    Problem: IMsProblem;
    Meta: IMsMetaModel;
    MetaVisual: IMsMetaModelVisualController;
    i: Integer;
    Transf: IMsFormulaTransform;
    Series: IMsFormulaTransformVariables;
    Data: Array Of Variant;
Begin
    mb := MetabaseClass.Active;
    // Get modeling container
    MsObj := mb.ItemById("MS");
    // Get modeling problem
    Problem := mb.ItemByIdNamespace("MODEL_VAR_LVL", MsObj.Key).Bind As IMsProblem;
    // Get metamodel
    Meta := Problem.MetaModel;
    MetaVisual := Meta.VisualController;
    // Get all variables
    MetaVisual.UpdateVariables;
    Transf := MetaVisual.VariablesTransform;
    Series := Transf.Series;
    // Specify that variable names
    //contain data source name
    MetaVisual.UseSourceName := True;
    // Display their names in the console window
    Debug.WriteLine("All variables:");
    For i := 0 To Series.Count - 1 Do
        Debug.WriteLine(" - " + (Series.Item(i).Slices.Item(0).Name));
    End For;
    // Get free variables
    Data := MetaVisual.GetFreeVariables;
    // Display their names in the console window
    Debug.WriteLine("");
    Debug.WriteLine("Free variables:");
    For i := 0 To Data.Length - 1 Do
        Debug.WriteLine(" - " + (Data[i] As IMsFormulaTransformSlice).Name);
    End For;
End Sub GetFreeVars;

Example execution result: names of all variables and names of variables, which are not participating in models, are displayed in the console window.