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Enterprise Architect => General Board => Topic started by: Rich Anderson on February 26, 2021, 07:49:40 am

Title: Note on Archimate Element Quick Linker?
Post by: Rich Anderson on February 26, 2021, 07:49:40 am
Hi There, I remember that the Archimate MDG used to have a Note option on the quick linker, but apparently not any more.  I t might have been under 'Common/Note'.   So now I have to make a note and then link back to the Archimate element, which works, but is kind of a pain.   Does anyone know what happened to this and is there a way to get it back?   
Title: Re: Note on Archimate Element Quick Linker?
Post by: KP on February 26, 2021, 08:56:03 am
We used to add notes to all quicklinker menus whether it was appropriate or not. We don't do that now. You can still find them on the "Common" toolbox page.
Title: Re: Note on Archimate Element Quick Linker?
Post by: Rich Anderson on February 26, 2021, 06:21:35 pm
Yes, I know that I can use the Common area of the toolbox page, but what I'm saying is that it's not as good (or as fast) as having the note avaliable from the quick linker. When doing Archimate modeling, that's a great way to make notes on elements for later reference or for review.  I don't see anything 'inappropriate' about that!   This is really about usability!
Title: Re: Note on Archimate Element Quick Linker?
Post by: Eve on March 01, 2021, 08:00:58 am
Unfortunately, it's not that simple. We also regularly had people complaining that showing UML relationships and elements when modeling with ArchiMate was a usability issue.

The good news is that because the quicklinkers are built dynamically, you can add it yourself.


Alternatively, you could define a set of stereotypes that apply to notes (optionally with a common supertype that has the constraints). If you pin the toolbox page containing these stereotypes then you will be easily able to add any of those stereotypes that are specific to the types of notes that you want to add.
Title: Re: Note on Archimate Element Quick Linker?
Post by: Rich Anderson on March 08, 2021, 04:34:04 pm
Thanks for letting me know.  I will try this once I have some time.
Title: Re: Note on Archimate Element Quick Linker?
Post by: Modesto Vega on March 12, 2021, 11:14:24 pm
We also regularly had people complaining that showing UML relationships and elements when modeling with ArchiMate was a usability issue.
Eve - what do you mean with the above quote? ArchiMate should not be make look like UML. But somehow I concluded that the ArchiMate technology is no longer based on Sparx underlying interpretation of UML.
Title: Re: Note on Archimate Element Quick Linker?
Post by: Eve on March 15, 2021, 08:42:15 am
ArchiMate is still implemented in Enterprise Architect in the same way. The difference is that it no longer offers the common UML relationships that were previously offered for everything.

It does that by adding _HideUmlLinks (https://www.sparxsystems.com/enterprise_architect_user_guide/15.2/modeling/supportedattributes_2.html) to each of the stereotypes.
Title: Re: Note on Archimate Element Quick Linker?
Post by: Rich Anderson on March 22, 2021, 07:44:43 pm
I just never thought that a Note was UML!  Live and learn!
Title: Re: Note on Archimate Element Quick Linker?
Post by: qwerty on March 22, 2021, 08:30:43 pm
I just never thought that a Note was UML!  Live and learn!
And it isn't, so to say. UML has Comment elements which in EA terminology are called Note.

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