Can Relationship Matrix show different link types?

[volenin]

Hi. I'm trying to setup a relationship matrix to show dependencies between different types of 'entities' (eg, component, node, artifact). The link stereotypes between the entities are all different. Here is the example:

[component] --<manifest>--> [artifact] --<deploy>--> [node]

I'm trying to capture the 'end-to-end' dependencies between component &  node in a single matrix. But it seems like it's not possible within the current Relationship Matrix, unless I model all links with the same 'type' (eg, dependency).

Is it possible to achieve what I need without resorting to a single link type? Maybe by playing around with stereotypes?..

Thanks,

Vlad

[qwerty]

The RM is only for point-to-point relations.

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[volenin]

Is there any other tool that can be used for that? I've seen your other post with custom built SQL query... Is it possible to use this kind of approach? Can the resulting dependency matrix be easily visualized?

[qwerty]

You can write a custom SQL. It's not trivial but with a little SQL experience it should be feasible. The visulization however is not that easy. You need to write a addin that fills a custom view. Alternatively you can sort the results of the query (it's a simple list as you know) by source and target. Obviously not a matrix...

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[volenin]

SQL experience is not an issue. Where in the tool Can you do that? Is there a doc describing the internal data model Sparx is using?

[RoyC]

Have you tried using the Traceability Window (View | Traceability)? You can use that to show chains of relationships of different types, starting from a selected element. I'm not sure if it is quite what you want, but it's a start.

[qwerty]

SQL experience is not an issue. Where in the tool Can you do that? Is there a doc describing the internal data model Sparx is using?

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