Update an existing model

This procedure steps through how to use input data and existing metadata to update a model.

1. In Flow Designer, drag the Write to Model stage icon from the Context Graph panel to the canvas.
2. Click the default "Write to Model" stage icon label to give the stage a more meaningful name.
3. Drag an upstream connection to the input port on the Write to Model stage icon.
4. Double-click the Write to Model icon to open its settings.
5. In the Model box, click to select an existing model from the drop-down list.
6. In the Write mode box, click Exclusive lock or Concurrent write mode.
   For more information, see Write mode.
7. Optional: If you want to remove entities without relationships from the model before closing the stage, check the Remove orphaned entities check box.
8. Add and configure existing or new entity types that you want to include in the model.
   • To configure new entity types in a model, see Configure a new entity type.
   • To configure entity types already in a model, see Configure an existing entity type.
9. Configure relationships in the model.
   • To configure new relationships in a model, see Configure new relationships.
   • To configure relationships already in a model, see Configure existing relationships.
10. Click the Indexes button to configure indexes for the configured elements.
    For more information, see Indexes.
11. Click Apply.
12. On the toolbar, click the Save button .