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External Item Details

When an external item is selected in the External Data View, the item's details are retrieved and displayed in an 'External' tab of the  Browser window, and in External versions of the appropriate Properties, Notes and Collaboration windows.

Browser Window

The 'External' tab of the Browser window displays only when you are reviewing external items. It behaves in much the same way as the 'Element' tab of the Browser window, revealing the external element's relationships, features, requirements, Tagged Values, project maintenance items and related files. However, the 'External' tab shows only categories for which items exist, and does not list all possible but empty categories.

Properties

Click on an external item in the list to view its properties in the 'External' version of the Properties window. This window shows all available properties of the external item, as defined by the external provider.

Properties that will be used when creating a linked local element are shown in the top group 'Mapped Properties', while all other properties are grouped in 'Other Properties'. The property mapping can be configured, as described in the Configuration Help topic.

Notes

The external item's 'Notes' or 'Description' text is shown in the 'External' version of the Notes window.

Note that not all external providers have 'Notes' or 'Description' fields.

This version of the Notes window has a different toolbar, containing icons to:

  • Toggle the editing lock on the notes
  • Synchronize the notes in the Enterprise Architect view and the external source
  • Push the edited note text to the external source
  • Display the online Enterprise Architect User Guide

Discussion

Select an external item from the list to view and participate in its Discussions in an independent version of the Collaboration window - this version has no tabs to switch between Discussions, Chats or The Journal. It resembles the 'Chat' tab but does not require you to specify a recipient user group.

New discussions can be posted by typing into the top box and pressing 'Send'. The username used will be the one that is authorized on the Integration Provider. If generic credentials have been added to the server configuration then the local model's user name will be added to the start of the comment as well.

Show or hide the discussions by clicking the X icon in the top-right corner.

Note:

  • To post an external discussion the Integration Provider must be configured to allow this on the Pro Cloud Server (allowed by default)
  • Not all external providers have discussions or comments

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