Requirement sequence

[Silvio Di Pasquale]

About the Element Editor, I saw that the sequence control does not available for the Requirement Tab... I do not know the reason, but could be helpful... I think  

Silvio

[marcelloh]

I hard code my req's with a specific name:
"REQ-001 and type here the rest"
"REQ-025 whatever you want

It sorts on alphabetic order, so it works.
(Unless there are more then 999 req's I suppose)

[«Midnight»]

You could use the EA autonumber feature to set these names up - and they'll even handle four digits! - and then just type in the text part after EA 'starts' the name for you. It worked for me.

[marcelloh]

This only works if you work alone in a standalone environment, and probably with multiple users in a multi environment. But if you work with multiple people with a standalone version of EA, syncing it with VC, it doesn't work. And if you use auto number, you don't have control over the numbering. So you have to enter them in the way they are (if you import them by hand from and excel sheet or so).

[Frank Horn]

Requirements are not the only things where there is no way to control the order. It's the same with links, where I miss it a lot because we generate code from associations, and their order influences e.g. the parameter list of a constructor.

[Silvio Di Pasquale]

I talk about to manage the sequence of requirements like the sequence of the constraints... both of them sequences are located in the single element (class, use case, etc....) could be happen that the visual order of the requirments in a use case needs be different comparing others and they must to be print in a document keeping the same sequence... I'm sorry but both solutioin: auto-numbering and naming convetion are not enough to solve it.

Please take a look the behavior of the constraints in a use case element... There it possible to change their sequence using "hands button"... I'd like to have the same feature for the requirements also.

[«Midnight»]

Silvio,

Yes, I can see where that would be helpful.

If you have the time check the back-end database and see if there is an indicator for the order - I don't remember what it is called, but it should be the same data column as for other elements or features, and that's in the EA SDK documentation.

If you find this data element - I think it will be there - then Sparx should be able to add 'hands' to the dialog without too much fuss. Perhaps [Hopefully!] this can be done between builds.

In that case I suggest you send a feature request to Sparx. Use the Feature Request link below the Support link near the bottom of any forum page. Paste in the URL of this forum thread so the Sparxians can see what we're talking about (including future posts).

Please also post back to this thread if you hear back from Sparx, and keep the rest of us in the loop.

If the data element is not there this could be a major issue.

David