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Enterprise Architect => Bugs and Issues => Topic started by: stereotype on January 11, 2021, 11:18:58 pm

Title: Name of diagram included in RTF report
Post by: stereotype on January 11, 2021, 11:18:58 pm

I have a template in EA 15.0 which looks like:

package >
{Pkg.Name}
{Pkg.Notes}

diagram >
element >
{Element.Name} {Element.Notes}
< element
< diagram

child packages >
< child packages

< package

When using this template on a package that contains a diagram, the Name and Notes of all elements in the diagram is included in the RTF report, but the problem is that the name of the diagram is also included in the report, which I didn't expect... If I right-click in the diagram and choose "Hide diagram frame", the report no longer contains the name of the diagram. The diagram frame shouldn't be regarded by the RTF template as an element in the diagram, should it?

Title: Re: Name of diagram included in RTF report
Post by: Geert Bellekens on January 11, 2021, 11:32:12 pm

That depends.

I believe that in some diagrams, the diagram frame is an actual element.
In that case it seems logical that it should be included in the diagram>element> section.

If you don't want that you can either play with the filters of the template.

You can also try to set it to non printable and see what happens. I'm not exactly sure, but it might just do what you need.

Geert

Title: Re: Name of diagram included in RTF report
Post by: stereotype on January 12, 2021, 07:08:50 pm

Thanks for the help!

For information, the diagram is a SysML 1.3 Requirements diagram, and it seems as if I can't set the diagram frame to non-printable? If I right-click on one of the requirements in the diagram, there is a "Behavior" sub-menu where I can toggle "Printable", but the diagram frame does not seem to be possible to (select and) right-click.

Also tried the exclude filter: in the "Generate Documentation" dialog, under "Exclude filters", I selected "Exclude details for" "Diagram frame" but that didn't help.

I can achieve what I want by selecting "Hide diagram frame" in each diagram, but I have a lot of diagrams...

(I still think it seems strange that the diagram frame should be considered to be an element in the diagram. Intuitively, it feels as if the frame IS the diagram, not an element in it.  :-\)

Title: Re: Name of diagram included in RTF report
Post by: KP on January 13, 2021, 07:52:32 am

Quote from: stereotype on January 12, 2021, 07:08:50 pm

(I still think it seems strange that the diagram frame should be considered to be an element in the diagram. Intuitively, it feels as if the frame IS the diagram, not an element in it.  :-\)

Question: If you have an IBD with Ports on the diagram frame, who or what owns the Ports?

Title: Re: Name of diagram included in RTF report
Post by: stereotype on January 13, 2021, 07:50:11 pm

Quote

Question: If you have an IBD with Ports on the diagram frame, who or what owns the Ports?

Good point...

Anyway, I suppose the Exclude filter should have solved my problem, but it didn't...?