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-For beginners to TOOL it can be confusing to visualize how the multidimensional arrays are being constructed and manipulated as dimensions are created, reorder and mapped into different shapes.+The basic steps for constructing a model consist of:
  
-Documeter has.....+  * Building the model framework in Documenter 
 +  * Writing a view to read source data into the model using SAMM 
 +  * Evaluating the model in SAMM
  
 +For beginners to TOOL and multidimensial arrays the process outlined above can be challenging,​ as it can be hard to visualize how the multidimensional arrays are being constructed and manipulated as objects are created, reorder and mapped into different shapes during the construction of the model'​s framework as no data is being passed through the model at this point.
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 +However there is an interactive technique that you can use to read data through Documenter for prototyping/​testing purposes. This technique is similar to writing an [[howtos:​workwithdata:​a_simple_import_view|import view]], however the tool code is written directly in the procedure box of your Documenter diagram. All of the rules that apply to writing a view are applied here except for the following exceptions and limitations:​
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 +  * You are not required to [[howtos:​toolcoding:​general_view_writing|index]] you objects in Documenter as there is only one instance of the object available.
 +  * Only the objects that are available to the active calculator are available to the procedure, unlike the informants which are available to any calculator.
 +  * You can not pass data from calculator to calculator. Data is only available for the active calculator.
  
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