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Composite link across folders/packages
« on: January 23, 2012, 07:08:34 am »
Using EA 8.0 (ultimate ) version.

We are using using "Make Composite" feature a lot. Now we want to link an existing component in folder to another one detailed view in another folder. For example,

I have this folder structure within one EA model.

MyModel (highest level folder structure)
  Overall Architecture (package)
--> Logical View  (package)
-->-->Overall Logical View (component Diagram)
-->-->-->ServiceA (a component) - It is a composite
  ServiceA
-->Logical View (package)
-->-->Service A Logical View (component Diagram)

my requirement given this folder structure is, when users click on the ServiceA (component) in the Overall Architecture logical component diagram,  I want to  take them to Service A Logical View (component diagram). Is this possible? Please help here, this is critical for our requirement for us.
« Last Edit: January 23, 2012, 07:10:56 am by ganeshmailbox »

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Re: Composite link across folders/packages
« Reply #1 on: January 23, 2012, 07:19:35 pm »
The "make composite" option creates a link between the element and the "first" diagram owned by the element.
To make it easy do the following:
- Make sure your elements is not composite
- Move all owned diagram to another location
- Move the target diagram under the element so that it is the only owned diagram
- Make the element composite
- Move the target diagram back to where you want it to be.
- Move the previously owned diagrams back to their original location

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Re: Composite link across folders/packages
« Reply #2 on: March 01, 2012, 04:40:58 am »
Thanks this information helped a lot, though it looked wired to do that to achieve this functionality, it works. Thanks for the same.