Tags linked by GUID & new EAP file from existing

[fwoolz]

I have a base .EAP file with a SysML View whose 'viewpoint' tagged value is linked to a Viewpoint named 'Viewpoint1'. When creating a new EAP file using this file as a base, the View element 'viewpoint' tagged value is now (in the new file) a string value equal to the EA GUID of the Viewpoint. In addition, the ability to select a Viewpoint element from the Project Tree by clicking on the button to the right of the 'viewpoint' tag value field is gone (as is the button itself). This appears to be similar to an older bug that produced the same results when copying elements and pasting them as new.

(Bug report filed.)

[beginner]

If the button is gone then this is usually an indication that the related stereotype is no longer defined. For what (MDG) reason ever.

b.

[Geert Bellekens]

You might be able so salvage that by redefining the tagged value as a RefGUID

Geert

[fwoolz]

B., Geert,

Thanks for the advice. I was only working with a test model, so only one item was affected (I fixed it manually by deleting it and recreating it). One never knows with EA how hot (or cold) the water will be, so it pays to dip one's toe tip in first before diving in.

[beginner]

It used to be different in the past, though. Aeons ago, actually.

b.

[fwoolz]

B,

Agreed. It's kind of like an anti-Monte Python skit: "Ha! We had luxury! Why, back in the day Sparx would come home and shower us with bug-free new features, and we'd dance with joy around the computer desk!"