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Enterprise Architect => General Board => Topic started by: jvogt on September 12, 2003, 08:08:30 am

Title: Alternate Path in Sequence Diagram
Post by: jvogt on September 12, 2003, 08:08:30 am

One of the engineers I am working with was wondering if it is possible to create an alternate path on a Sequence Diagram in EA? I personally have not seen this before...anyone have any ideas?

Regards,
Jesse

Title: Re: Alternate Path in Sequence Diagram
Post by: smendonc on September 12, 2003, 10:30:21 am

If what you need is as described below, then you can right click a message in the sequence diagram and choose 'Branch with previous message'.  The different alternate paths can then be completed.

Branching Message    
A branching message is shown on a sequence diagram by using two or more messages that branch from a single point. The messages can be guarded with conditions that determine whether they will fire. If the branches have conditions that are mutually exclusive then it is a conditional branch, otherwise it implies that the messages may fire concurrently.

Stan.