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Working with collaboration contexts > Creating a design study using a composition

Create a design study

Procedure

  1. Create a new structure context. Ensure that this structure context type is designated as CompositionContext. The new composition appears in a tab with an asterisk beside its name denoting that it is a composition.Tip Your administrator can create custom composition type structure contexts by selecting the is composition option when creating a new structure context business object in the Business Modeler IDE.

  2. Create a new root item within the composition.

  3. Open the structure context on which you want to base the composition.

  4. Open the new composition in the second structure pane.

  5. Assign components from the structure context to the composition using either copy and paste or drag-and-drop. The components assigned to the composition are marked by the symbol.

Source: https://docs.sw.siemens.com/en-US/doc/282219420/PL20251212545240207.plm00043/create_design_study · retrieved 2026-07-11