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Enterprise Architect => General Board => Topic started by: ssands on February 22, 2017, 05:22:01 am
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Hi all,
I would like to use the Tasks feature of EA to keep track of things I want to do in the model. I would like these to be "general" tasks in that they are not associated with a particular element, but are really attached to the model as a whole.
Is there a way to do that or something similar?
As I work on my model, thoughts come to mind that I want to capture for later inclusion in the model, but they may not have an associated element (yet).
All ideas appreciated.
Thanks,
Stu
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Since the EA tasks are just EA proprietary, you're bound to them once you make use of them. What I did in the past was to create model elements (with a profile) for tasks and issues (there are already basic meta types available with EA) that fit the specific needs. That means you can defined tagged values which are custom to the domain. These can be linked and traced to whatever is relevant. Having dedicated packages allows to create general tasks/issues without the need to link them specifically.
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This is a really great idea! That's exactly what I'm going to do.
Thanks for your help,
Stu
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I'm not sure I understand the conversation here, but EA provides two types of task.
1) In Project Management, you can create tasks (and other maintenance items) as a component of the element, to record and manage work on that element.
2) Through the Maintenance Toolbox you can create project-level task elements (and Issue, Change, Test and Defect elements) to record work and various types of constraint on the project, whether specific or general or even vague, if appropriate.
Isn't the second type of task what you are after?
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I'm not sure I understand the conversation here, but EA provides two types of task.
1) In Project Management, you can create tasks (and other maintenance items) as a component of the element, to record and manage work on that element.
2) Through the Maintenance Toolbox you can create project-level task elements (and Issue, Change, Test and Defect elements) to record work and various types of constraint on the project, whether specific or general or even vague, if appropriate.
Isn't the second type of task what you are after?
Thanks, RoyC.
I hadn't thought of using the Maintenance toolbox elements.
What I am really wanting is a window like what I see when I am assigning issues or tasks to an element, but I want to easily see all issues regardless of what element they are attached to. I would then want to filter by fields (status, assigned to, etc).
Does that make sense?
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.. but I want to easily see all issues regardless of what element they are attached to. I would then want to filter by fields (status, assigned to, etc).
I think Gantt view is what you're after..
http://sparxsystems.com/enterprise_architect_user_guide/13.0/project_management/the_gantt_view.html
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.. but I want to easily see all issues regardless of what element they are attached to. I would then want to filter by fields (status, assigned to, etc).
I think Gantt view is what you're after..
http://sparxsystems.com/enterprise_architect_user_guide/13.0/project_management/the_gantt_view.html
Thanks, but no. I'm not looking to do Proj Mgmt with this.
I really just want a way to keep track of issues/tasks that I need to do.
I'd like to do it without looking for an element to attach it to.
It seems like it is not available, but I thought I had it in earlier versions.
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I'm pretty sure that there are standard reports covering that.
- In the Ribbon, click on the Start > Explore > Search > Search in Model option, to open the Model Search screen.
- In the first field at the top, click on the drop-down arrow and select 'Tasks'.
- In the second field, click on the drop-down arrow and select the filtered search you need (Complete, New, Incomplete etc.)
- Execute the search. This shows Task ELEMENTS (I don't think it includes Tasks assigned TO elements)
You might have to scroll a long way across the results screen to show all the columns, but you can use the Field Chooser to hide any columns you are not interested in.
Is that what you want?