Modify existing UML Profiles?

[erixon]

Are there existing UML profiles (e.g., Use Case, Activity, etc.) that can be copied and modified to create our own custom profiles?  Where can I find them?

For example, I want to create a Use Case Boundary element in my profile but when I do this I end up with the “Analysis” boundary element. I would like to find out what each standard toolbox element corresponds to so I can customize the toolbox using my own profiles that contain only specific elements that we use.

[«Midnight»]

Have you looked at: http://sparxsystems.com.au/resources/developers/uml_profiles.html
I don't think these will completely solve your problem, but they might get you going in the right direction.

[erixon]

Oh, yes!  I've looked and have been successful creating new profiles but I want to recreate some of the existing elements and I don't know their types.

For example, through experimentation, I found that the "Associate" connector in the toolbox has the type of "CommunicationPath" rather than "Association".  I would like to know all the existing element/connector types.

[«Midnight»]

You may have to browse the back end database to really decode this.

There's an easy(er) way to do this. Open the Search View. Create a sample model with the stuff you want to identify. Then from the EA main menu choose View | Report and Search View or use the ctrl-alt-R hot key.

For a start click the Search View option button at the top left, and play around - try the various 'canned' searches in the drop-down as well as the Advanced tab.

You can get into the EA tables easily this way. If you want, you can save some searches, and even include your own SQL. Once you get used to the view you might want to go to the Report View (the other radio button option) and just spill things out.

The various "type" fields generally hold string values. The EA User Guide provides the allowable values; look at the various tables in the Automation section.

HTH, David