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title: Create a Model Object
description: "You have two options for creating a Model Object: Create a Model Object manually (see below) Create a Model Object from another Model Object with a wizard Create a Model Object manually  To create a new Model Object, click on the Add button of the desired Layer on the Dataflow Modeling overview page:  The Add a Model Object to a Model View side panel window opens:"
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# Create a Model Object

You have two options for **creating a Model Object**:

- [Create a Model Object manually (see below)](https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/create-a-model-object#create-a-model-object)
- [Create a **Model Object** from another **Model Object** with a wizard](https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/create-a-model-object-with-the-wizard?hsLang=en)

### Create a Model Object manually

To create a new Model Object, click on the **Add** button of the desired Layer on the [**Dataflow Modeling overview**](https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/understand-modeling-overview?hsLang=en) page:

![](https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Apr-24-2025-04-59-25-2580-PM.png?width=670&height=32&name=image-png-Apr-24-2025-04-59-25-2580-PM.png)

The **Add a Model Object to a Model View** side panel window opens:

![](https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Feb-17-2026-08-51-32-5140-AM.png?width=670&height=305&name=image-png-Feb-17-2026-08-51-32-5140-AM.png)

All the available functions in the table are described here: [Understand the available functions in the tables](https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/understand-the-available-functions-in-the-tables?hsLang=en).

Click on the **NEW** button:

![](https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Feb-05-2024-02-04-56-4773-PM.png?width=151&height=56&name=image-png-Feb-05-2024-02-04-56-4773-PM.png)

The **Add a new Model Object to a Model View** side panel window opens:

- Source Model Object:![](https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Feb-17-2026-08-53-50-7069-AM.png?width=670&height=410&name=image-png-Feb-17-2026-08-53-50-7069-AM.png)
- Other Model Object Type:  
  ![](https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Feb-17-2026-08-52-38-8168-AM.png?width=670&height=490&name=image-png-Feb-17-2026-08-52-38-8168-AM.png)

Fill in the following information:

1. **Name**: fill in the desired Model Object's name
2. **Description** *(optional)*: fill in the desired Model Object's description
3. **Source System**: Available only for manual creation of a Source Model Object 
     1. Contains the list of Manual Source Systems
4. **Deactivated**: Available only for manual creation of a non-Source Model Object 
     1. If checked, the Model Object will not be included in the generated artifacts: be careful of the Model Object dependencies on other Model Objects, which can result in incomplete generated artifacts
     2. The Model Object appears disabled:  
        ![](https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Apr-28-2025-09-03-39-6372-AM.png?width=372&height=140&name=image-png-Apr-28-2025-09-03-39-6372-AM.png)
5. **Model Object Type**: choose the desired Model Object type.
6. The **Model Object Properties**: These depend on the Model Object Type and the Generator Configuration. In this example, 1 Property is available for a Stage Model Object, grouped in the Implementation Property Group

The Model Object name should be **unique**:

- Per Source System for a Source Model Object
- Per Model Object Type for non-Source Model Objects

The available **Model Object Types** for a Layer are determined by the Semantic configuration of the Generator applied to the Project.

In this example, the Layer *Stage* can contain only 1 **Model Object Type**:

- *Stage*

![](https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Feb-05-2024-02-06-14-0957-PM.png?width=579&height=105&name=image-png-Feb-05-2024-02-06-14-0957-PM.png)

Click on the **SAVE** button.

A notification confirms the successful creation:

![](https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/hubfs/image-png-Apr-06-2023-11-44-25-1770-AM.png)

The new Model Object is now available in the **Add a Model Object to a Model View** side panel window:

![](https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Feb-17-2026-08-57-19-9777-AM.png?width=670&height=314&name=image-png-Feb-17-2026-08-57-19-9777-AM.png)

You can now [add the Model Object to the Model View](https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/add-a-model-object-to-the-current-dataflow-modeling-view?hsLang=en).

Please note: The **Source Model Objects** for the ***Source*** layer are [created from the **Discovery**](https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/create-source-objects-from-a-discovery?hsLang=en). As explained in this article, you can **manually create a Source Model Object**. This functionality is primarily **intended for** **testing or demonstration purposes**. Keep in mind that manually created Source Model Objects cannot be mapped to a Discovery.

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