Linking into "Diagram Frames"

[shaft]

I've recently found "Diagram Frames" as a very useful tool to create "instances" of workflows.  So when I update the original workflow, all the instances are updated as well.

The downside to this approach is I can't Link anything to the elements inside the original diagram.  So for example, in oneinstance of a workflow, step one creates an instance of Object X with data attributes a,b,c.  In the second instance of the workflow step one create an instance of Object Y with data values m,n,o.

Because it is a diagram frame there isn't a way to link those object instances to activity one.

(Currently I just create "actions" that link to the data, and then hide them behind the diagram so it looks correct.)

Background:  
 I;m writing test cases for a service based system.  So I'm creating diagrams that show the how the test case flows through the services, and the data changes as each point in the flow.

 People are finding it quite useful.

Thanks,
Jeff

[skiwi]

Funny, I was thinking this myself the other day.
But I can see that a frame doesn't expose its internal entities.

[qwerty]

I often found it useful that the frame does [highlight]not[/highlight] expose its structure as it would render connectors to everything that's outside. Also if the frame contains an element which is also on the main diagram this would result in quite confusing diagrams.

q.