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Enterprise Architect => Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools => Topic started by: Martin Bisko on April 16, 2014, 12:17:53 am

Title: Multiple links to the same element in one diagram
Post by: Martin Bisko on April 16, 2014, 12:17:53 am

I'm sorry if this question was already answered.
I'm creating activity diagrams and need to have multiple times the same element in one diagram. I need to paste the elements as links not as new elements because I need to be able to change for example the name of an element and want to have it changed in all links to the element. I want to avoid changing the name of tens of elements. Do you have any idea how to solve it?

Thanx, Martin

Title: Re: Multiple links to the same element in one diag
Post by: qwerty on April 16, 2014, 12:59:44 am

You can't. There is no way to have a link of an element more than once on a diagram. A possible work around is to create a 2nd diagram and drag that onto the first. Usually you're doing something wrong if you need the same element twice.

q.

Title: Re: Multiple links to the same element in one diag
Post by: Nizam Mohamed on April 16, 2014, 02:02:00 am

consider call behaviour actions in activity diagrams. You might be interested to read the blog http://bellekens.com/2012/12/09/uml-best-practice-there-are-no-activities-on-an-activity-diagram/