copy element with link in the project browser?

[Rainer Hoerbe]

EA has a dialog to copy/paste elements from other packages into a diagram with a "as link" option, so that changes to the element propagated to all diagrams where the element is references.

I am looking for a similar behavior in the project browser, which would allow an element to occur in different views and packages. My rationale for this is that I am working with a different models in the same project: a generic one and a project-specific one. The latter inherits from the former, and I want to avoid redundant work if changes apply to both models. And reports for the specific model should be self-contained, without referencing the general model.

Is it possible to solve this with EA?

[qwerty]

Check View/Model View. THat's probably what you're after.

q.

[Rainer Hoerbe]

(Not sure if I understand this. I am using views. But how can I have an element in 2 views without duplicating it?)

After some research I do understand. And with eaDocX 3.4 one can do document generation base on model views. I have to test this in detail, but it looks like that model views are the solution for my requirement.

Thanks, Rainer

[Rainer Hoerbe]

Model views do the job in principle, but they have a too rigid hierarchy for larger models. The only level where one can add elements is the favorites folder. Also it is not possible to drag and drop a complete subtree.

Does anybody have an alternative?