Advice on messages

[marcelloh]

We want a place in EA where we can store all standard messages.
And link them to Use Cases (just like Requirement)

I did this now by creating an extra requirement model, where I stored my messages in. But then in my reports, I see my messages mixed with my requirements and I don't want this.

Is there a way to do this somehow?

Now I was playing with an Analysss View and put some signals underneath. But I don't know how I can just get those in a separate place inside my Use Case Report.

Is there a way to do this somehow?

[Geert Bellekens]

Marcel,

What exactly do you mean with "message"?
Something like an error message, or a B2B message that is used to communicate to other systems, or...

Geert

[marcelloh]

Standard messages like

• Data already exists
• Data not found
• This is not allowed

And I want them to be stored in a standard way.

[Geert Bellekens]

Marcel,

We have modelled those types of message as a class with stereotype "message".
They live in our GUI part of the model where they are "raised" by the GUI or the the "GUI controller" if appropriate.
We don't have a direct link to our usecases, only indirect via the traceability from usecases to GUI screens and GUI controller operations.

Geert