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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Re: ArchiMate Grouping and Alternatives

« Last post by Modesto Vega on November 11, 2025, 11:09:19 pm »

A key challenge in the Sparx Systems implementation of both the UML Package and the ArchiMate Grouping element is the conflation of an element's type with its role as a container. This design choice, while pragmatic in some respects, restricts the ability to create relationships to or from the container itself and other "proper" elements, fundamentally complicating modelling efforts such as the one described by the OP.

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Re: EA and ChatGPT 5 - the death of the forum?

« Last post by Modesto Vega on November 11, 2025, 10:55:31 pm »

I've had the same experience. It's a great timesaver, if you know what the result should look like.

If you have no clue, it might be very time consuming to figure out where exactly it goes astray.

Geert

This seems to be the problem with all AI tools, if you know what you are doing or what you are expecting, they can be a good productivity tool. If you don't they just generate rubbish.

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General Board / Re: How to deal with multiple target platforms

« Last post by Modesto Vega on November 11, 2025, 10:52:36 pm »

The only suggestion I can think of is to use ArchiMate, specifically the grouping composite element described here https://www.opengroup.org/sites/default/files/docs/downloads/n190p_5.pdf.

This is likely going to involve creating a grouping per platform.

The biggest problem is how Sparx EA implement the grouping element. Unfortunately, in version 16, it was not implemented as a proper element, this limits drastically the relationships that can created between groupings and proper elements.

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General Board / Re: PCS & SQL Server 2022

« Last post by Modesto Vega on November 11, 2025, 10:39:45 pm »

I got an e-mail from Sparx Systems support about this. In a nutshell:

• SQL Server 2022 is fully compatible,
• Windows Server 2025 has not yet been officially tested, and
• The latest officially tested version of Windows Server is 2022.

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General Board / Re: MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for Enterprise Architect has been released

« Last post by pevergreen on November 11, 2025, 05:53:39 pm »

good info

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General Board / Re: MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for Enterprise Architect has been released

« Last post by Viking on November 11, 2025, 05:24:55 pm »

I will consider offering these functions, but not in the near future.

On top of my wish list are attributes for UML classes. Would this be possible in the near future?

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General Board / Re: MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for Enterprise Architect has been released

« Last post by Takeshi K on November 11, 2025, 10:42:39 am »

Hi Viking,

Thank you for checking the behaviour in BPMN model.
Unfortunately, creating beautiful diagrams with the Pools and Lanes with the current MCP server. The server must offer functions ('tools' in the MCP world) to specify the location of elements and connectors.

I will consider offering these functions, but not in the near future.

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General Board / Re: MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for Enterprise Architect has been released

« Last post by Viking on November 11, 2025, 02:17:08 am »

Hi Takeshi,

"I haven't tested your workaround solution for BPMN yet, but I will definitely do so.". Here are finally my test results:

• The sterotypes are used and displayed for all elements I was using: events (!), activities, gateways.
  
• As part of the prompt I said which task types to use, but I got only 'abstractTasks'. I will futher investigate this issue.
  
• mcp created lanes for each involved role. But it arranged them as a row (not on top of each other), And it did not put the respective activities into the lanes. Instead Copilot says: "The fundamental issue: The MCP server's createelement and setelementproperty commands don't seem to support proper BPMN lane Containment. This is similar to the limitation we found with UML attributes - the MCP Server (v2.1.0.0) doesn't expose all the necessary commands for complete BPMN diagram modeling."
  
• The layout is quite good. But it is vertical and cannot be changed. BPMN diagrams are more horizonal and this should be the outcome, if the layout cannot be adapted.
  
• The created diagram is not correct but my understanding is that mcp cannot help here (e.g., only diverging gateways have been created, but not converging ones).
  

V.

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General Board / Re: MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for Enterprise Architect has been released

« Last post by Takeshi K on November 10, 2025, 10:31:11 am »

Yes, the implementation of attributes and operations is currently underway. However, it will take longer to be released.

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General Board / Re: MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for Enterprise Architect has been released

« Last post by Viking on November 07, 2025, 10:35:18 pm »

Hi Takeshi, Many thanks.

• I will try 2.1.0.
  
• Do you mind to also add the capability to add attributes? For me this is one of the most important feature of an UML class diagram (so so much for other diagrams), because I more use it do describe concepts precisely.
  
• Resizing can wait.
  
• But icon notation would be great.
  

V.