Auto Name Counters

[ASP]

Hey, folks.

I am fairly new to Enterprise Architect. I've been reading a number of white papers available on the Sparx Systems site, which I very much appreciate.

Presently I am reading "Requirements Management in Enterprise Architect", and pages 24-25 describe the "Auto Element Naming" feature. Perhaps this is explained elsewhere, but I have a question about this feature. In the example provided it deals specifically with the "Requirement" type, although my question is applicable for any element type. Suppose one creates a number of external requirements and they are labeled sequentially based upon the auto element naming definition. I've noticed that altering the naming definition does not update the names for the existing external requirements (in this example) that were created using the old definition.

Am I missing something or is it not possible to update the existing elements to reflect a redefined auto element naming definition for that element type?

Thanks for your feedback.

[Jan Pacovsky]

As far as I know, this is not possible. The number provided by auto counter is part of the element name.

[peter.zrnko]

The Autoname feature is really very simple one. Don't expect much from it.