Impact Analysis with BPMN models - is it possible?

[Benno Dielmann]

Hello,

I'm currently evaluating EA for use as a BPMN modeling tool in our organization. For that it is a requirement to be able to do impact analyses such as "if we change this message definition - which model elements are affected?".

The modeling tool should be able to list all sending tasks holding a reference to the said message.

Is this possible with Enterprise Architect?

I tried defining a Model Search for TagValue with Property "messageRef" and Value "<Search Term>". This doesn't provide any results if I use the message's name as search term. It seems I would have to use the unique identifier of the message element (looks something like {2F8CBC84-C9BA-4437-816D-9D698016AB83}), but this is no feasible way to perform such an analysis since I had to transcribe the identifier from the Package Browser to get it into the search field...

Is there any easier way to perform searches for tagged values' contents?

[Geert Bellekens]

Benno,

Try the EA Navigator.
It will list all tagged values referencing a certain element.
From their you can navigate further to the owners of the tagged values, etc...


See http://geertbellekens.wordpress.com/ea-navigator/ for more information

Geert

[Benno Dielmann]

Thanks a lot for the hint, Geert! The Navigator was already on my list of things to try. Will do that now! :-)

[OpenIT Solutions]

You will also want to look at the t_xref table and the t_objectproperties table when constructing your SQL for the model search - it will be possible to construct a query that can take the name of a message and return the results you require.

Regards,

Jon.

[Benno Dielmann]

EA Navigator does already a great job for me, so thanks Geert for providing it!

Thanks for the hint about the db tables, Jon. Good to know...

Best wishes,

Benno