Alias behavior on relationships on diagrams not consistent with other elements

[wivel]

Hi

I would like to show both Names and Aliases on all elements on my diagrams, so I have:
- In Preferences -> Behavior -> Alias usage selected 'Alias and Name'
- On the Diagram, Properties -> Appearance selected 'Use Alias if Available'

All the elements on the diagram have both a Name and an Alias, and both show up nicely on the elements,  but not on the connectors/relationships. Here it only shows either the Name or the Alias, depending on the 'Use Alias if Available' setting on the diagram.

Is there a something I have missed, a setting somewhere, or is this as designed?

The reason for this, is that a client of mine would like to use both English and Danish when doing BPMN 2.0 modeling, and saw the Name/Alias as way. It also makes it possible to 'swap' between languages depending on the Alias usage settings.

Any ideas?

Henrik

[Paolo F Cantoni]

Hi Henrik,
No, you haven't missed anything.  It seems to be caused by connectors being second-class citizens of the "Sparxosphere", thereby generating the inconsistency.
The only solution I'd recommend is trying a shapescript to emit both values explicitly.

Paolo

Concistency, konsistency, consistensy! ^TM_{Uffe - after Paolo}

[wivel]

Hi Paolo

Is it possible to do so without creating a full new MDG? I would prefer to keep their installation as much 'out-of-the-box' as possible.

Henrik

[skiwi]

Indeed, this hasn't gone unnoticed, for example:


On diagrams (sparxsystems.com)


Alias behavior on relationships on diagrams not consistent with other elements (sparxsystems.com)


Diagram display of connector alias and name (sparxsystems.com)


It has gone unfixed though.