Trace between elements

[Bojan Knezovic]

Hi,

Is it possible to start (using VBScript) with one EA.Element and list all other elements that it is linked to? For example I'd like to start with a Requirement and list all use and test cases that are linked to it in any way. It would be awesome for traceability purposes..

I could list all elements in a package but I am having a hard time navigating through Collections (actually I don't know which collections exist at all) and identifying the correct element types. And I can't find any reference either.. so, any help is appreciated.  

Thanks.

[Eve]

Reference - http://www.sparxsystems.com/uml_tool_guide/sdk_for_enterprise_architect/reference.htm

Loop over Element.Connectors for a start.

[Bojan Knezovic]

Yeah, I've been just looking into it but I can't see any GUID or something that I could later use to search for the other element...

http://www.sparxsystems.com/enterprise_architect_user_guide/8.0/automation_and_scripts/connector.html

Code: [Select]

for each currentElement in currentPackage.Elements
..
if (currentElement.Type = "UseCase") then
..
for each elem in currentElement.Connectors

..and now what?  :-?

[Geert Bellekens]

Bojan,

I think it should be more like this:

Code: [Select]

foreach (EA.Connector con in currentElement.Connectors)
{
    EA.Element linkedElement;
    if (con.SupplierID != currentElement.ElementID)
    {
           linkedElement = myRepository.GetElementByID(con.SupplierID);
     }
    else
    {
          linkedElement = myRepository.GetElementByID(con.ClientID);
     }
}
Geert

PS. This is C# syntax, you'll have to translate that to VBScript syntax.