Impact Analysis

[Gibbo]

We have a series of communication diagrams, each uses different instances of a classes.  If we get a request to change a method of a class, is there are way to view that class in the hierarchy window to see how the class is used?  I know that this can be done as long as the actual classes have been used to create the association links, but we have used instances of the class.  I'm interested in a way of being able to view the hierarchy using the hierarchy view window, clicking the classifier and this shows the usage of all instances of that class.  From here we could get a full impact analysis of the change request.

Can anyone suggest a way to do this?

Thanks

[bioform]

I have a similar "problem" with the requirement object... EA's requirement/feature object is actually very helpful, however it does NOT support all of the attributes that an UML element does (e.g., constraints, scenarios.)

So what I do is take the object, establish an instance of it (you will see the link as ... owns), if this is not enough, then I would just establish a "link" of the type "trace" from the instance to the class, which would then be shown under the "depends on" on the hierarchy view...

Of course you could use SQL to create these relationships quickly using the "owns" relationship data... (if you need more specifics I can point you to the right tables...)

Hope it helps!

[peter.zrnko]

What about Ctrl+U this will show usage of a class in diagrams including usage as clasifier.

[Gibbo]

Thanks,

I can see that Ctrl + U selects the usage on diagrams, but then I would have to go to each diagram to see how the class is used.  Ideally I was looking for a view like the hierarchy view where the usage of a class AND all its instances is displayed.