New tagged value handling

[sargasso]

How can I access tagged values for elements opened from
1. the search window.
2. the relationship matrix
3. as external requirements from and opened element.

In fact unless the  element is in the current diagram I cant get to its tagged values.  V. nasty for elements not in diagrams.


Bruce

[thomaskilian]

Hi Bruce,
for 1. you can "Locate Selected" in order to display the Tags. (I have the tags window docked below the project browser.)

For 2. I already requested a similar functionality like above, but no luck so far  

For 3.  you should see all related tags when selecting the opened element (I use 740).

[sargasso]

1. Beauty! but a bit obscure.
2. Ah well.
3. I cant get this to work - perhaps some more info.

I am trying to decipher that age old problem of the requirements spec that has been changed by several (*) minuted meetings, eMails etc etc.  While the related items all in general refer to the original requriement spec reference/ID number, in order to get the "history" sorted and documented I am using the ctl-f search to locate possible change items.  The change items are all at the moment imported as requirements. Rather than changing the text imported as the Notes for the element I am trying to use tags to group, date and sequence the related changes.  

(So much for lucid context...)

So, I search the entire set for a topic - say "Cancel booking" and work through each item in my "Changes" package.  From the search list I open one of the elements, say FR061.

The popup dialog is modal - even though the tag panel is visible in the docked windows I cant use it to add the tags I want.

Bruce

[thomaskilian]

So you have linked requirements? The tags window shows "inherited" tags from other elements only if you have a Realize relation. As I noticed, you see only those tags which are not present in the realizing element   (Why?)

[benc]

Hi Bruce and Thomas,

Thanks for your feedback. Hopefully some clarifications below :

1. From the Search window : Thomas' suggestion is the way to go. Any element that is selected in the project browser will have its tags displayed in the dockable tag window (as long as the tagged window is open, of course). This should work, regardless of whether that element appears in the current diagram.

2. From the Relationship Matrix : We've noted this limitation and working on it.

3. From external requirements : This should be the same as selecting any other element - from the project browser or diagram. From the search dialogue, you would need to use the Locate Selected button first, as suggested. (Yes the properties dialog being modal, means you will have to escape out of it to edit the tags, a slight nuissance, but then previously you still had to switch tabs to do this...)

The tags window shows "inherited" tags from other elements only if you have a Realize relation. As I noticed, you see only those tags which are not present in the realizing element   (Why?)

Yes, the intention is to display inherited tags either from a Realization or Generalization relation. The default restriction now is to disallow duplicate tags - I think this a "UML thing". Basically if an element has already "inherited" a tag in EA, it will be shown with the parent tags. Still, we have provided an option to allow duplicate tags, if you require- see Tools | Options | Objects

I hope this helps/explains.

Regards,
Ben

[thomaskilian]

...- see Tools | Options | Objects ...

sometimes EA  makes me feel like a child searching for Easter eggs - and finding one