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General Board / Re: Some ArchiMate elements do not appear in the relationship matrix

« on: January 03, 2024, 12:01:08 pm »

Done. Thank you, Eve.

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General Board / Re: Some ArchiMate elements do not appear in the relationship matrix

« on: January 03, 2024, 01:56:54 am »

Hello, Eve,

Thank you for your response. I checked all 3 points. Please see the screenshot below.

https://ibb.co/RpvxPQL

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General Board / Some ArchiMate elements do not appear in the relationship matrix

« on: January 02, 2024, 01:32:35 pm »

Hello EA experts,

I need your help to understand why some ArchiMate elements do not appear in the relationship matrix as shown in the screenshots below.

ArchiMate_Goal
https://ibb.co/7kCT4Rw

ArchiMate_Outcome
https://ibb.co/7QjTrcS

ArchiMate_CourseOfAction
https://ibb.co/P5ydpSL

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General Board / Re: Finding duplicate elements and replacing them

« on: January 01, 2024, 01:58:09 am »

Thank you, qwerty. I will try that.

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General Board / Finding duplicate elements and replacing them

« on: December 30, 2023, 03:36:02 am »

Hello EA Experts,

I inherited multiple models/files and found that managing/maintaining them separately would be a nightmare. I merged all the models/files into one model/file. Now, I have duplicate elements in the master model. For example:

Class A (instance 1)---> appears 10 times
Class A (instance 2)---> appears 7 times
Class A (instance 3)---> appears 3 times

What is the most effective and efficient way to:
(1) Find the frequencies (number of appearances) of each element (as shown above)
(2) replace Class A (instance 2) and Class A (instance 3) with Class A (instance 1)

Thank you so much!

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General Board / Re: Importing or converting an architectural mode in PDF to EA. Possible?

« on: December 30, 2023, 02:52:11 am »

That makes sense, Steen. I would expect to see a reasonable solution to this problem in the next 1-2 years.

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General Board / Re: Importing or converting an architectural mode in PDF to EA. Possible?

« on: December 27, 2023, 03:36:19 am »

Thank you, qwerty! I heard of some tools and addins that convert PDF to Visio. I was curious whether something similar exists for EA.

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General Board / Importing or converting an architectural mode in PDF to EA. Possible?

« on: December 27, 2023, 02:16:57 am »

Hello EA experts,

Is there any tool or a way to import/convert an architecture model in a PDF format to EA / EA file format?

Thank you!

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General Board / Best practice of extending a modeling language

« on: December 27, 2023, 01:34:53 am »

 Hello EA experts,

I want to get your views on the best practices for extending modeling languages, especially ArchiMate.

Scenario: If I want to model the strategy layer in an organization, which uses these elements: vision, mission, goals, objectives and initiatives.

Out of these 5 elements, ArchiMatr has only one, that is “goal”. In this case, which one of the 2 options below is considered a best practice?

Option 1: Use “driver” (already available in ArchiMate) and stereotype it as “mission” and “vision”, Use “goal” (already available in ArchiMate) and stereotype it as “objective” and Use “work package” (already available in ArchiMate) and stereotype it as “initiative”.

Option 2: create totally new 4 elements for vision, mission, objectives and initiatives.

Thank you!

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General Board / Re: Default appearance

« on: December 24, 2023, 08:29:32 am »

Thank you, qwerty, for the tip.

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General Board / Re: Default appearance

« on: December 23, 2023, 07:20:03 pm »

In case someone came across the same issue. You have to click on Layout > Appearance > Reset Local Appearance

https://ibb.co/Csp5snL

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General Board / Re: Default appearance

« on: December 23, 2023, 09:05:42 am »

Thank you, qwerty. Do you know how can I check/remove that?

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General Board / Re: Default appearance

« on: December 22, 2023, 07:14:48 am »

Thank you, qwerty, for chiming in.

The 2 diagrams in the original post are still there if you would like to check them out.
When I hover over the "default appearance", a tooltip appears indicating that the default appearance will be changed in all diagrams. Please see the below screenshot.

https://ibb.co/tsyjd1J

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General Board / Re: Default appearance

« on: December 22, 2023, 04:15:40 am »

I have just checked the second diagram, and I do not see any diagram legend. I am not sure what prevents the new default appearance from being displayed.

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General Board / Re: Default appearance

« on: December 22, 2023, 01:57:04 am »

Thank you, Bob for your response. I am not the one who created the second diagram.
I didn’t see a legend element on the diagram. But, I’ll check the diagram as soon as I’m in front of my machine and report back.