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Enterprise Architect => General Board => Topic started by: ignaciogrande on August 08, 2019, 05:29:39 pm

Title: Use case and sequence diagram using tables
Post by: ignaciogrande on August 08, 2019, 05:29:39 pm
Hello forum, first post here!

Two months ago I had a crash-course of EA14 and now I'm trying to use it to write a design document.

I need to document some use cases with sequence diagrams and in the course I saw a way to do it, creating a Use Case and then right-clicking on it, Add, Interaction, With Sequence diagrams.

Then if I remember correctly, there are two ways to do it, one is directly adding elements to the diagram but there was a newer, nicer way to do it with a table, where you can add the interactions there and the sequence diagram was filled automatically. It seemed a better way to do amendments or creating alternative paths. I think you could create an alternative path from a step and then join it to the main path, and so on.

However, I can't find now how to view and add this step table. I have added the use case using the wizard and it looks like the one in the course, but how can I get the table where I can write down the steps?

Thank you.
Title: Re: Use case and sequence diagram using tables
Post by: qwerty on August 08, 2019, 05:44:37 pm
Not sure, but open the use case properties and click the Scenarios to the left which allows to edit the scenario steps.

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Title: Re: Use case and sequence diagram using tables
Post by: ignaciogrande on August 08, 2019, 06:48:15 pm
Not sure, but open the use case properties and click the Scenarios to the left which allows to edit the scenario steps.

Yes, that is! Thanks, I could not find that window. From there I managed to make simple activity and interaction diagrams writing down the steps and defining the actors/modules. Not the most intuitive way but I think it's better to make modifications later.

Regards
Title: Re: Use case and sequence diagram using tables
Post by: jfzouain on August 09, 2019, 12:56:05 am
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