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General Board / Re: Link diagrams of different packages

« on: April 06, 2011, 08:34:42 pm »

I have found a working solution for my problem, but I don't completely understand how it works.

What I do is:
1) create my business model => activity element created (+ make composite)
2) add use case diagram to the activity element (so, I can reach the use case by clicking on the activity element)
3) in the project browser, I drag and drop the use case diagram into my use case package (outside the business proces model package)
4) It seems that I can still reach my use case by clicking on the activity. But in the project browser there is nothing left under this activity.

I am wondering, where is this -in the project browser unvisible- link between the activity and the use case configured? Because this is the way I want to work, but I want to know where this option can be configured...

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General Board / Re: Link diagrams of different packages

« on: April 06, 2011, 05:05:21 pm »

And how can I do this exactly in EA? (Sorry, but I'm just starting to use EA and I'm not familiar with all the options/possibilities...)

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General Board / Link diagrams of different packages

« on: April 05, 2011, 10:09:12 pm »

Hi,

What I'm trying to do now, is to make it possible to click on an activity and see the use case that is linked to that activity.

This can be done by making the activity element 'composite' and add a use case diagram to this element. But this way, I have too much levels in my project browser. Therefore I made 2 different packages:
- Business process model (with activities as lowest level element)
- Use case model

Now, I'm wondering how I can link an activity to a use case to make it possible to reach the use case via the activity element.

Thanks in advance!

Stijn

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General Board / CRUD matrix

« on: March 21, 2011, 09:40:27 pm »

Hi,

Is there a way to make a CRUD-matrix in EA? I tried to do this in the relationship matrix by using classes (from datamodel) and actors. But I couldn't find the proper relationships (Creates or CreatedBy, Reads or ReadBy, Updates or UpdatedBy , Deletes or DeletedBy).

So, is there a way to shows which action is performed on the data by which actor?

Thanks in advance!

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General Board / Re: Copy and link elements

« on: March 23, 2011, 06:46:26 pm »

Yes, indeed Paolo. I've come across this problem yesterday... But it's better than showing nothing. So, if there is no solution for this problem, I'll keep working like this

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General Board / Re: Copy and link elements

« on: March 22, 2011, 06:56:28 pm »

Thanks Simon, this is what I was looking for!

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General Board / Re: Copy and link elements

« on: March 21, 2011, 06:34:03 pm »

Ok, thanks for the answer. I'll stop searching for a solution then... (but I keep hoping for a new feature in some next version of EA

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General Board / Copy and link elements

« on: March 19, 2011, 01:58:58 am »

Hi,

I have some elements which are used in several diagrams. Therefore I copy them as a Simple Link. But the problem is that the 'Simple Link' elements aren't showed in a package view (don't know the correct name, but I mean when you drag and drop a package onto a diagram). I only get to see an empty package. Is there a way to show copied elements in a package 'summary'.

Thanks in advance

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General Board / Make sub-process clickable

« on: March 22, 2011, 09:23:20 pm »

Hi,

Here I am again (I'm very new to EA:)).

I was wondering whether it is possible to make a sub-process clickable. I mean that it would show the underlying procesflow when you double click on the element in the diagram (cfr. the business process element). When I double-click now, it just shows the properties window)

Thanks again!

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Re: QuickLink doesn't work

« on: September 06, 2013, 07:57:42 pm »

Ok thanks. I looked at everything except the most obvious Changing the delimiter works!

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / QuickLink doesn't work

« on: September 06, 2013, 12:58:38 am »

Hi

I've tried to make my own quickLinks, but it doesn't work.

The purpose is to make a new intermediate event when I drag the quickLink from a startEvent to an empty space on the diagram. When I try to drag the quickLink, I see the default 'quickLink menu' and my option (link to new Intermediate event) isn't in the menu.

Can somebody tell me what I'm doing wrong in the example below?

My QuickLink tag in the MDG is

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<QuickLink data="//Source Element Type;Source ST filter;Target Element Type;Target ST Filter;Diagram Filter;New Type;New Element ST;New Link Type;New Link ST;New Link Direction;New Link Caption;New Link &amp; Element Caption;Create Link;Create Element;Disallow Self connector;Exclusive to ST Filter + No inherit from metatype;Menu Group;Complexity Level;Target Must Be Parent;Embed element;Preceeds Separator LEAF;Preceeds Separator GROUP;DUMMZ COLUMN&#xA;Event;StartEvent;;;;Event;IntermediateEvent;ControlFlow;Sequence Flow;to;;Flow naar intermediate;TRUE;TRUE;TRUE;TRUE;Testjeeeeee;0;;;;;&#xA;&#xA;"/>
This is my startEvent element

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<Stereotype name="StartEvent" metatype="StartEvent" notes="" cx="30" cy="30" bgcolor="-1" fontcolor="-1" bordercolor="-1" borderwidth="-1" hideicon="0">

and my intermediateEvent

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<Stereotype name="IntermediateEvent" metatype="IntermediateEvent" notes="" cx="30" cy="30" bgcolor="-1" fontcolor="-1" bordercolor="-1" borderwidth="-1" hideicon="0">
This is the connector I would like to draw between the startEvent and the newly created intermediateEvent

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<Stereotype name="Sequence Flow" metatype="Sequence Flow" notes="" cx="90" cy="70" bgcolor="-1" fontcolor="-1" bordercolor="-1" borderwidth="-1" hideicon="0">

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Re: Reference guide for element/connector types

« on: September 05, 2013, 08:55:07 pm »

Ok, I didn't know those were all default UML types. I thought Sparx created some of them

Thanks for the clarification!

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Reference guide for element/connector types

« on: September 05, 2013, 06:03:08 pm »

Is there any reference guide available in which I can find a description of the purpose of every available element/connector type. It's hard to choose a type for my stereotypes without really knowing what the differences are between all those types.

Thanks

S.

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Composite events

« on: September 04, 2013, 10:10:41 pm »

Hi

I know that events can't be composite by default. But isn't there a workaround to make them composite (via add-ins, MDG, ...)??

Thanks

S.

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Re: MDG: Multiple _subtypeProperty tags?

« on: September 02, 2013, 07:00:31 pm »

Thanks for the answer, but it's not exactly what I need.

I want to be able to ask to set some 'required' tagged values. With the hidden menus I can only choose which metaclass of the element I want to use.