How to link multiple elments with the same note

[toolman]

New to this tool and I am trying to link a description that is shared between a requirements package, a use case and a sequence diagram entity. Is there a way to have all of them share a common description or note?

[«Midnight»]

Right-click the connector between the note and the first element. The context menu should lead you in the correct direction.

[Torsten Binias]

Hi Toolman,

alternatively you can copy the note into the clipboard and paste it into every diagram you need. Then you can connect the note with the elements shown in the diagram by creating a NoteLink (a connector).

Best regards,
Torsten

[«Midnight»]

Toolman,

Torsten's suggestion - whether you copy the note to multiple diagrams or only use it on one - is a better way to go.

David

[Matt]

Alternatively, why not try the add element feature in TA?

This was one of the issues that we faced and so we added the feature to TA.  We needed an easy way to add a linked element to many elements at the same time - such as note elements, risk elements, changes etc...

In 2.0 you can highlight all the elements that you want in the datagrid, click the add element button. Specify a note element (or any other type of EA element) then specify that the link should be a notelink (again all link types are available) and one note is added that points to all the elements you selected.  But the extra feature is that the note can be created directly on the diagram - or any where else in your model!  This means that you can create a package for notes, comments, review (or whatever you need) and then keep them all in one place...

Alternatively, create your note (or use an existing one) and then use the add link function to link to that note from all the elements that you want that note to apply to.

In TA 2.1 (due very soon it's in final internal testing) - we have taken this even further...

You can now do this directly from a diagram - so you can highlight the elements you want and create a note (or any other element type) and the all the links in one go.  However, because the linked note is so useful, we have added an extra feature to the TA info window that means you can click on an element and see any linked notes - no matter where they are in your structure.  You can also click on the note and see all the elements it applies to.  (Yes this is the same functionality as some of the EA windows - but the TA info window means you can do this easily from one place...)

Once 2.1 goes live then there will be a video tutorial showing how this works on TA website.

Why not try TA - it's free to download and fully functional for 30 days...