Actor- Use Case associations at package level

[mcaul]

Hi all, I'm enjoying EA, but have a question.

Is there a way to aggregate use cases and still show the associations at the higher level?

For example, I have an actor associated with a use case.  On the diagram, this shows a line between the two elements.  If I put the use case into a package, I would like to see the line appear on the diagram between the actor and the package.  It doesn't do this.

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[mcaul]

Answering my own question, partially ...
http://www.sparxsystems.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?num=1146938330

I still don't know if there is a way, besides using packages, to collect the use cases together and still see the actor relationships.

[«Midnight»]

Look into composite elements in the EA help. You can do this with use cases.

I know it is not quite what you describe, but you might find the end result acceptable.

HTH, David

[mcaul]

<<Look into composite elements in the EA help. You can do this with use cases.

I know it is not quite what you describe, but you might find the end result acceptable.

HTH, David>>

Thanks David for the tip.  I've started playing with the composite elements and I think they will be useful.

[«Midnight»]

Good stuff.

Search my recent posts - go back a month or two - for some other things you can do with 'child' diagrams.

[mcaul]

Very helpful, thanks David, I found one here and will check it out.
http://www.sparxsystems.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?num=1211990136/1#1