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Enterprise Architect => Suggestions and Requests => Topic started by: beginner on May 05, 2010, 09:58:42 pm

Title: Inconsistent Type property in Requirement
Post by: beginner on May 05, 2010, 09:58:42 pm

When you open the dbl-click-properties of a requirement you'll find a Type dropdown top right. Actually (in the database and in the properties-window) EA uses the Stereotype property in this place. It is, when you create a native Requirement, the Stereotype is empty. In the dbl-click-properties you see the default value "Functional". Now you can also type "Functional" in the Stereotype of the properties-window. The dbl-click-properties still show "Functional", but now from the actual stereotype. You will also notice the <<Functional>> stereotype appear in the project browser for the element.

The inconsistency (one more in the long list) comes to light when you synchronize stereotyped requirements. When you have a <<Functional>> Requirement in your MDG it will only synch those that have the explicit "Functional" set from the properties-window.

To clean this inconsistency the Requirements dbl-click-properties must show the Type dropdown as Stereotype (with ellipsis and everything like in all other elements) instead.

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Title: Re: Inconsistent Type property in Requirement
Post by: Paolo F Cantoni on May 05, 2010, 10:26:23 pm

Agreed!

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Paolo

Title: Re: Inconsistent Type property in Requirement
Post by: beginner on May 05, 2010, 11:49:22 pm

Browsing through the long list of automated replies from Sparx I did find that I reported it...

Addendum: The properties-window offers a drop down for used and/or MDG-defined stereotypes. The last entry reads "browse for other stereotypes..." which is exactly what the ellipsis in the "normal" dbl-click-properties does. So the change should be fairly easy?

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