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Diagrams

Define one or more specific diagram(s) to be loaded on opening the project.

Model Search

Open the Model Search with a specific text string and search type.

For searches operating on the current tree selection, a diagram in the target Package must be opened first.

If you use a custom SQL search, the SQL must include ea_guid AS CLASSGUID and the object type.

You specify a single Model Search to open.

The Relationship Matrix with a saved profile

Open the Relationship Matrix with a saved profile.

You specify a single Relationship Matrix profile to open.

The default Library

Open the default Library document.

You specify the Library once.

Working Set

Open a working set.

You specify a single Working Set to open.

This is very similar to the shortcut itself, opening a defined set of diagrams and views. However, the working set can also open source code editors, therefore widening the capabilities of the shortcut alone.

Working sets make it easy to customize the main views you want to open without having to resave your project shortcuts. The working set is easy to tailor to your changing requirements, adding greater flexibility to any shortcut that calls the working set.

Also, working sets provide the capability of storing the currently-engaged files when closing a model, and reopening them in the context in which you were last using them. The basic project shortcut can also do this, but once the work environment is captured the shortcut returns to the same set up each time you use it. The working set always captures the current work environment each time the model closes.

This option can be very useful in, for example, a coding environment when you want to return to the last files you were editing.

Workspace Layout

Apply a selected Workspace Layout, which opens and sets out the appropriate screens and windows for a specific area of work, such as model simulation.

You specify a single Workspace Layout to open. However, by creating and using separate shortcuts you can open Enterprise Architect in exactly the configuration you need for the work you want to do - modeling, coding, or debugging, for example.

An example shortcut

You might create a shortcut to open, in sequence:

• A Development module
• The Model Search for a simple search on the term Issue
• The module Issues diagram
• The module 'Changes' diagram

Enterprise Architect opens the appropriate windows in the sequence in which you list the options, displaying the last view in the list as the active view.

In this example, the project opens with the Enterprise Architect work area showing the two diagram tabs and the 'Model Search' tab, and with the 'Changes' diagram displayed in the Diagram View.