Change model element type

[cmpk]

I have a UML component model in which someone represented file input as components and I would like to change those to Artifact elements.  What's the best way to change the element type but keep all associations in the model?

[Ian Mitchell]

Main EA menu | Element | Advanced | Change type.

[qwerty]

Try Element/Advanced/Change Type

If you have a lot of element you might think of either writing a script or running a SQL which can do the job.

q.

[edit] Ian was faster with the first suggestion.

[Ian Mitchell]

If you really do have lots, then open the package in Excel using eaDocX, then just change all the Elements Types, and (thoughtfully) read them straight back into EA.

[Geert Bellekens]

or you could open up an SQL client and execute something like

Code: [Select]

update t_object set Object_Type = '<new type>'
where <criteria>
Geert

[cmpk]

Thanks everyone.  You've given me the clues I needed.  I managed several fixes with the manual method and then converted a whole model using the SQL route.