Update multiple elements

[sam spurling]

Is there a way to update the status or any other property of an element for multiple elements at one time.

[Eve]

Not in EA, though I have done this with an add-in before.

[Thelonius]

Not in EA, though I have done this with an add-in before.

Simon - this capability would be especially useful for those of us who use Sparx EA for Enterprise Architecture purposes.

Can you point us to an 'add-in'? Is the 'add-in' a "roll your own" or is it purchaseable from an add-in software developer?

Thanks - Jon

[Eve]

Sorry, just my own occaisionally useful add-in.  My C# function looks something like this.

Code: [Select]

void MoveDiagramSelectionToThisPackage(EA.Repository r, string Status)
{
    EA.Diagram d = r.GetCurrentDiagram();
    if (d == null)
        return;

    EA.Collection c = d.SelectedObjects;
    foreach (EA.DiagramObject o in d.SelectedObjects)
    {
        EA.Element e = r.GetElementByID(o.ElementID);
        if (e.Status != Status)
        {
            e.Status = Status;
            e.Update();
            r.AdviseElementChange(e.ElementID);
        }
    }
}
If you want to get more fancy, pass in a delegate taking an EA.Element that does the change.  If you wanted to optimize a bit more, collect all the IDs then do r.GetElementSet () instead of r.GetElementByID().

[Dermot]

There is also a feature to update Status by package - see:
http://www.sparxsystems.com/uml_tool_guide/project_management/updatepkgstatus.html
Also: View | Element List - gives quick & simple method to run through and make changes across a set of listed elements.