Create relationships between existing elements

[motivatedgorilla]

Hi,

I have over a thousand or more elements that I need to create relationships for. I have them in packages such as Package A, Package B, etc. A single element such as ABC may have a relationship e.g. association, dependency, etc with 1 or more elements. For example I have an element that has over 300 relationships.

Rather than mapping these manually, is there a way I can re-purpose the https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/sparx-enterprise-architect-general/connectors/sparx-enterprise-architect-general/v-Jwt_yYFKY/uLXlx3aFmxMJ(Google Groups) to define relationships?

[Helmut Ortmann]

Hello,

I woul use a Relationship Matrix to maintain a big number relationships.

If you have an algoritm you may also use Addin/Script.

Helmut

[motivatedgorilla]

Thanks. I did look at the relationship matrix however would like to automate this as much as possible. I have no knowledge of scripting hence the request for help.

[qwerty]

If you want to automate things you will likely need to get involved with scripting. You'd either find a coding monkey do do it for you. Or you must do it by yourself.

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[motivatedgorilla]

Is this not achievable via SQL e.g. UPDATE {tablename} SET ...

[qwerty]

Well, yes. But bypassing the API is something you should only do if you know what you're doing. You may have a look in my Inside book.

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[Graham_Moir]

If you want to automate things you will likely need to get involved with scripting. You'd either find a coding monkey do do it for you. Or you must do it by yourself.

"Coding monkey" ?   In my experience coding/programming/software development is a real skill, and an art as well as a science, so I doubt a monkey could ever do it very well !

[qwerty]

I am a monkey. And I can code well :-)

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