The System Output Window

The System Output window is used to display information generated by internal Enterprise Architect processes, or by Add-Ins and other third-party tools. The output from each type of operation is generally displayed on its own tab within the window. The System Output window can provide useful information during long-running processes and batch operations; through this window you can, for example:

• Validate information - many validation processes within Enterprise Architect write out their results to this window
• Review progress information during the launch of external processes
• Review command line output from Build and Test scripts
• Check parse errors generated during import of various types of files
• Check Audit information
• Re-dock the Model Search results into a System Output window tab for more convenient reference during various operations

Access

Options available on output data

Right-click on an item and select the appropriate context menu option to:

• Copy the selected item to the clipboard
• Copy all items to the clipboard
• Save the output to an external file
• Clear the output from the window
• Rollback selected 'Get All Latest' updates to a Version Controlled Package

You can also:

• Drag the selected items or text out of the System Output window and onto a diagram to quickly create a named element
• Double-click on model validation errors or parsing errors to display the source of the error
• Switch between tabs to view different categories of information from different tools

Notes

• (Corporate, Unified and Ultimate editions of Enterprise Architect, with Auditing turned on) the 'Audit History' tab of the System Output window shows a history of changes to any element or connector selected from the:
       -  Audit View
       -  Package Browser
       -  Diagram List
       -  Browser window, or
       -  Current diagram

Learn more

• Model Search
• Get All Latest (An option on the Package Version Control menu)
• Add-Ins
• Audit History
• Auditing