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General Settings
The 'General' tab of the element 'Properties' dialog provides the name of the element and any notes that are recorded on it. To the right of the tab are subordinate tabs, the number and type of which depend on the type of element selected. For a Class element, those tabs are:
- 'Main' - defining additional identification and status properties, as described here
- 'Details' - defining the cardinality, concurrency and features (attributes and operations) of the element
- 'Advanced' - defining any high-level properties of the element that might exist; the properties are a function of the element type, and you do not add or remove them but just reset their values
- 'Tags' - defines the Tagged Values of the element; this is the Tagged Values window conveniently integrated with the other element properties; any Technology-specific Tagged Values are grouped on a separate tab
Access
On a diagram or in the Project Browser, select an element and:
Ribbon |
Design > Element > Properties > Properties Dialog |
Keyboard Shortcuts |
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Other |
Double-click on element |
General Options & Main tab
Note that for the simple list tabs on the right of the dialog, the selected field name and value are also displayed in full in the panel just above the tab names.
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Action |
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Name |
This field displays the element's name which, for a new element, defaults to either:
If necessary, overtype the default name with a different name. |
Set Auto Naming and Auto Counters |
Notes |
Type in or edit any notes text associated with the element, applying any notes facilities required such as hyperlinks or Glossary terms. You can format the notes text using the Notes toolbar at the top of the field. |
Notes NotesToolbar |
Stereotype |
(Optional) Type the name of a stereotype for the element, or click on the |
UML Stereotypes Stereotype Selector |
Alias |
(Optional, for elements other than an Object element) Type in an alias or alternative display name for the element. |
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Status |
Click on the drop-down arrow and select the appropriate element management status (such as Approved or Proposed). |
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Version |
Defaults to the value defined in the 'Object Display' options, for the version of the current element. If necessary, type over the field with a different version number or code. |
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Phase |
Defaults to the value defined in the 'Object Display' options, for the phase this element is to be implemented in (for example: 1, 1.1, 2.0, ...). If necessary, type over the field with a different phase number or code. |
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Language |
Defaults to the programming language defined for the model (in the 'Default Language for Code Generation' field on the 'Source Code Engineering' page of the 'Preferences' dialog). If this element is required to have a different language, click on the drop-down arrow and select it. If the element is not language-specific, select '<none>'. |
Source Code Engineering Options |
Filename |
(Optional) If you intend to generate code from the element, click on the |
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Package |
Identifies the parent Package of the selected element. |
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Created |
Displays the date and time the element was created. |
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Modified |
Displays the date and time the element was most recently modified. |
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Difficulty |
An estimate of the difficulty in meeting the Requirement, Feature, Change or Issue defined by the element; select from:
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Priority |
The relative importance of meeting this Requirement, Change, Issue or Feature compared to other elements of the same type; select from:
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Author |
This field defaults to the user ID of the person who created the element. If necessary, you can type in a different user ID, or click on the drop-down arrow and select one. |
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Complexity |
Click on the drop-down arrow and select the appropriate development complexity (used for project estimation). You normally select from three levels:
You can change your user defaults to add 'Extreme' and 'Unknown' to this list of options. |
Object Display Options |
Role |
(Optional, for an Object element) Type in the role played by the object represented by the element. |
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Keywords |
(Optional) Type in any significant terms that the element might be associated with and that might be filtered on to identify the element in Use Case Metrics and Searches. |
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GUID |
This field displays the Globally Unique Identifier of the element. You can check this GUID and copy it for reference in many of your modeling tasks. |