Color coding and instance issue

[msemwall]

I am using a CSV file to load our application catalogue as components into EA. This is done using macro and working fine. I needed to color code the systems based on deprecated, tactical and strategic system. I created these status in EA and edited my CSV to reflect this.
When I use this component on the diagram using link it is fine and I get color but when I use instance I lose my status and hence do not see colour. Why does EA retain the status of the component for link and not for instance? I do not want the link as I do not require any association from original system but I would like to inherit status into Instance of the component. Is this a bug ?

[qwerty]

What I did is using a MDG that holds a <<deprecated>> stereotype. Applying that to any element will simply color it red.

Regarding instance/classifier: Those are different and independent of each other, just that the classifier is logically bound to the instance (or vice versa) in a way that the instance holds a property "classifier".

q.

[Sunshine]

I use some jscript to colour code for heatmapping. Sorry can't fit all the code in this space