7.2.2   In and Out Fields

A configuration field is either a common field, an in- or outfield, or a validation field. The common fields are dependant of which Simulation Factory that is configured in the Service Definition editor, in other words, they are common to all the service definitions that choose to use a certain simulation factory.

The Figure 103 shows in-, out-, and validation fields in the simulation.

In-parameters are considered as input for the simulation, the check box must also be checked for the field to be considered and out-parameters are considered as expected values after a simulation (the check box must also be checked for the field to be considered). If the value, that an outfield has been assigned during the simulation, does not correspond with the expected value that the user has entered, the simulation is considered as failed. Validation fields work the same way as outfields, with the exception that validation fields cannot be modified by the user in the Selection Trees through modifiers.