HELP w/Use Case Diagram & Requirements

[Bonita]

Hello - I'm a new EA user and am struggling setting up a Use Case.  I have setup my Actors, Interfaces and Primary Use Cases, but somehow the relationships are not showing up on the diagram. Meaning all actors associated with a particular task are not on the diaghram.

In addition, I setup a System Admin Primary Use Case and when I view the diagram there are only 2 out of 7 main actors shown, but the Actors are present in the Use Case Package.

Finally, how do I save the Requirements description once entered. Within the Requirements tab, I type in my description, click Apply, Okay, and then click Save the Current Diagram Icon, but it's not saving when I go back and check.  

Any advise I'd greatly appreciate.

[Geert Bellekens]

Bonita,

What do you mean by "actors association with a particular task"?

Are you expecting that EA puts the actors on a diagram automatically? AFAIK you have to put the actors you want to show on the diagram yourself.

Everything in EA is saved immediately when you press save/ok/apply button. The "Save Current Diagram" button does exactly what it says. It saves the (layout of) the diagram, nothing else.

Geert

[Kris Nunes]

Bonita,

The EAExample.eap should have an example to get you started.

If you need more details on requirement management there are some demos and manuals on the same.

http://www.sparxsystems.com/downloads/whitepapers/Requirements_Management_in_Enterprise_Architect.pdf

http://www.sparxsystems.com/resources/demos/index.html


Kind regards,
Kris Nunes

[Bonita]

Thanks so much Geert and Kris - both your suggestions helped me out!

I'll be an EA pro, such as yourselves, in no time [smiley=2vrolijk_08.gif]

[sargasso]

Insincerely, the bind moggles.
but, best of luck!