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Enterprise Architect => General Board => Topic started by: tommymato on April 14, 2008, 09:46:45 pm

Title: Automatically updating a diagram
Post by: tommymato on April 14, 2008, 09:46:45 pm

This is a newbie question. I have a diagram containing a requirements package. The Requirements package has its own diagram.

In the project browser it looks like this:

Functional Requirements (package)
    Functional Reqs (diagram)
    Purchasing Requirements (package)
        Purchasing Reqs (diagram)

If I add new requirements by dragging them onto the Purchasing Reqs diagram, the requirements don't immediately appear in the next level up, i.e. Functional Reqs diagram. However, if I close the model and then re-open it, the requirements do appear.

Is there any way to get the diagrams (at levels above) to dynamically update? Or is there a menu command to 'refresh' diagrams at levels above the current diagram?

I hope I've described this well enough. Thanks.

Title: Re: Automatically updating a diagram
Post by: Transition Technologies on April 14, 2008, 10:41:09 pm

Hi,
I've tried to perform the same thing as described. And to update the upper level of diagram I just had to open it again, without closing EA.
Have you tried that?

Actually I've tried to perform it again, and it updated automatically, without even re-opening the (upper) diagram...

Title: Re: Automatically updating a diagram
Post by: tommymato on April 16, 2008, 06:13:53 pm

Thanks for your reply.

By opening, do you mean re-opening the entire project file? That works for me, but I don't see why that should be necessary. I can do this by using File - Reload.

I tried double clicking on the upper level diagram to re-open the diagram but it makes no difference. It does not update to reflect the fact that I have added a new requirement to the diagram.

I'm using Rel 7.1

Title: Re: Automatically updating a diagram
Post by: Transition Technologies on April 16, 2008, 09:13:33 pm

Hi again,
I am using EA 7.1 Build 828. When I add a requirement to diagram purchasing req (by dragging it from left hand menu and naming it) it automatically appears in the upper diagram (Functional Req)...
Maybe try to reinstal your version...It should update automatically.

Title: Re: Automatically updating a diagram
Post by: tommymato on April 17, 2008, 01:32:39 am

The light has just come on!

I did what you said and it worked ok. What I was doing was dragging a new requirement into the lower diagram AND NOT naming it. I just accepted the default names e.g. Requirement1, Requirement2, etc. I normally wouldn't do that, but while experimenting I took the defaults just to be quick.

Now that I am renaming them it works. Thanks for helping me with this.

Title: Re: Automatically updating a diagram
Post by: Transition Technologies on April 17, 2008, 06:11:20 pm

I am more than happy to be helpfull. Sometimes such a small things like name can create confusion ;) Enjoy EA !!