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Suggestions and Requests / Re: Bug (?): hide vs delete connection and unhidin

« on: November 24, 2006, 10:36:13 am »

It will delete from the model...

OK, if that's what it's suppose to do, then it's not deleting it from the model.  If you run thru my test scenario, you will still see the relationship in the link tab from either object still exists.  If you right click on the link from the link tab you don't get the option of showing it in the diagram.

One reason why I'm harping on this issue is that when we run relationship matrices we may have links out of date, or incorrect connections because a user may have thought they've deleted it when in fact they haven't.

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Suggestions and Requests / Re: Bug (?): hide vs delete connection and unhidin

« on: November 14, 2006, 04:50:11 pm »

OK, I think I got it now.

First, I'm not fussing with any of the Diagram Property settings, I think they are all set to default settings.  But, in this testing scenario the "Show Relationships" checkbox is checked on the diagram properties window.

To recreate, 1) create a diagram and place two new objects on it, Object1 and Object2. 2) Create an association between the two. I created a dependancy link but I doubt it matters.

If you select the link and press the delete key, OR select the link, right click and from the pop-up select Set Visibility->Hide Connector then you CAN go to either object's link tab, right click on the relationship and select "Show Relationship" and it is visible again in the diagram.

HOWEVER, if you select the connector, right click and then select Delete at the bottom of the pop-up menu I have yet to figure out how to show the relationship again.  If you go to the link tab of either object, for some reason the "Show Relationship" option is not available when you right click on the link of interest.

We're using 6.5 build 799.

BTW, I have set my pref so that when I delete an item from the diagram, it simply hides it and doesn't delete it from the model; On the "Remove Connector" dialog box I've checked the box that says, "Don't ask again" and Hide the Connector.

Hope that's much clearer.

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Suggestions and Requests / Re: Bug (?): hide vs delete connection and unhidin

« on: November 14, 2006, 11:09:24 am »

I should have clarified.  When I select the connector in a diagram, I'm simply pressing the delete key, not Ctrl-Del.  I understand ctrl-del would permanently remove the connector.  I have my prefs configured to not ask me everytime whether I want to permanently delete the item from the project.

If you'd like or need a complete test case, I can very easily repeat the behavior.

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Suggestions and Requests / Bug (?): hide vs delete connection and unhiding

« on: November 07, 2006, 02:45:34 pm »

In a diagram I can hide or delete a connection from it to make it no longer visible in the diagram.  If I choose to hide it, I can make it visible again by going to one of the element's link tab, right clicking on the link and choosing "show relationship".  However, if I select the connection and press the delete button or choose delete from the pop-up menu list the "show relationship" option is not available.  The end result is that from a flexibility perspective, you should ALWAYS select "hide" so you have the option in the future of showing it again.  If you select delete connection I have found no method to show it again (other than undo, and that's naturally limited).

This applies to Build 6.5.799 using a SQL Server 2000 repository.

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Suggestions and Requests / Re: Relationship matrix

« on: November 24, 2006, 10:51:41 am »

Great idea!

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Suggestions and Requests / Re: Move an element to a package

« on: November 14, 2006, 05:04:45 pm »

 
Maybe I don't understand exactly what you're asking for.  But...I do bulk moves of objects between packages and composite elements all the time.  I just go to the project browser and select multiple items (ctrl-click or shift-click) and drag the selected items to the package/composite element I want to move them to in the Project Browser.

HTH.

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Suggestions and Requests / Re: Suggestion: Linking Issues to Connections

« on: November 07, 2006, 03:34:14 pm »

hmmm...I use notes for other things, but that's a possible consideration.  My only concern with using notes is that the note may get rather long, since it may include work-around or troubleshooting information.

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Suggestions and Requests / Suggestion: Linking Issues to Connections

« on: November 07, 2006, 01:54:25 pm »

If there are standard reasons not to do this, then would someone please let me know, but the following is the problem I'm trying to resolve.

I've linked in a deployment diagram the communication that occurs between two systems.  This communication link is problematic, and I'd like to attach a defect to it, but you can only link maintenance items (defects, issues, etc) to Elements.  For the time being, I'm simply going to attach the defect to one of the elements, or the entire solution, but IMO, it is really more appropriate to link it to the actual communication link.

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Suggestions and Requests / Suggestion: Export HTML multiple project roots

« on: November 07, 2006, 03:26:18 pm »

Is there any way, or can it be possible in future versions to generate HTML output across multiple project roots?  It would be invaluable to generate HTML output of all our systems and their inter-relationships in one massive export.  Each of our systems is represented by a project root in the project browser and I have been unable to find a way to export content beyond a single project root.  All of our systems are recorded in a single repository in SQL Server.

We're currently using buld 6.5.799

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Suggestions and Requests / Re: Hide or Cloak Projects or On demand loading

« on: October 31, 2006, 10:58:09 am »

Thanks, but I guess I needed to clarify.  Within one central repository, we have MANY root projects in the project Browser that represents many of our systems.  Often times we find it desirable to hide the systems we're not actively working with.  And ideally, each user can have muliple profiles to allow them to work with whatever system(s) they're working with at the time; for me it changes weekly and sometimes daily so that I'd like to switch between which sets of root projects are hidden.

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Suggestions and Requests / Hide or Cloak Projects or On demand loading

« on: October 26, 2006, 08:50:24 am »

For those of us that push the limits of EA and truely use EA for Enterprise work, it would be VERY helpful if there were some way to hide/cloak projects so that we don't have to see items which we don't need to.  

There is also a related concept of on-demand loading of information.  It is taking longer and longer to open the central repository and having the ability to load packages and elements as their needed would be helpful.

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Suggestions and Requests / SUGGESTION: Allow free sorting at package level

« on: October 31, 2006, 11:25:17 am »

It would be nice to allow the free sorting feature to be set at different levels within the Project Browser and across different root projects.

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Suggestions and Requests / Custom Perspectives: not visible after import

« on: October 26, 2006, 08:27:07 am »

When importing a perspective,

Access the Configure Perspective dialog  from the main menu View | Configure Perspectives.... Alternatively right click on any blank area of the UML Toolbox and select Configure Perspectives.

Select the Import button at the bottom of the dialog box.

Select the perspective to install from the following
[Bug] After selecting OK to the file to import, the left-hand list does not refresh with the recently imported perspective.  Select Close.
In the drop down box for the toolbox perspectives, you should see the name of the new perspective you just imported.

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Suggestions and Requests / Custom Perspectives settings: upgrade problem

« on: October 26, 2006, 08:21:15 am »

Custom Perspectives

If you have custom perspectives configured before an upgrade, I have noticed that the settings get messed up after the upgrade (looks like off-by-one errors when the new toolbox has a different number of elements in it than it did before).  

Not a huge issue, but an annoyance.

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General Board / Re: Sequence of attributes

« on: November 20, 2008, 11:01:29 pm »

Thanks. Changing that setting did the job. The original sequence is back.