Importing UML Diagrams Originally From ROSE .mdl

[rjh]

I have many Rose scenario diagrams which need to be imported into EA.  I imported the .mdl into RSA getting a a single EMX file.  When importing the .emx into EA, only the model components appear and no scenario diagrams are present.  In fact, EA only reads the first 'package' from the .emx which is Use cases.  Manually altering the .emx file to have the Logical View 'package' appear first in the XML allowed EA to read in the scenarios but again only model components appear and the actual scenario diagrams appear to be lost.

The same occurs when I export XMI files from RSA and import all the generated .xmi files into EA starting with the profiles, including Rose and RoseLegacy UML profiles.  After importing only model components appear in the project browser and no diagrams are available, other than the usual diagram per project 'package' which shows the isolated components.

Can anyone help provide instructions or have any ideas on how to import Rational Rose diagrams into EA?  RSA is available to create .emx and .xmi files from the Rose .mdl.

Thanks & Regards,
Bob

Robert Hathaway
Solutions Architect
ADP Innovation Lab

[Geert Bellekens]

Robert,

Going from Rose to RSA to EA is not a good idea in my mind since with each transition you are probably loosing some details.

You should try to get hold of the so-called "Unisys XMI addon" for Rational Rose. I got it (without charge) after asking IBM Rational support, but I don't think yo can download it from anywhere (anymore).

That will create an xmi file that can be imported reasonably well in EA. (including diagrams and even some of the layout of the diagram).

My experience with this was that *most* elements got imported into EA.

Back then I wrote a small VB application to do some extra work after the import was finished. I think it imported some elements that were forgotten (tagged values or things like that) and fixed some of the diagram layout issue.

Regards

Geert

[Aaron B]

You should try to get hold of the so-called "Unisys XMI addon" for Rational Rose. I got it (without charge) after asking IBM Rational support, but I don't think yo can download it from anywhere (anymore).

There is a hyperlink on the following FAQ page which I think still points to a valid download location (last time I checked)...
http://www.sparxsystems.com.au/support/faq/import_rose_model.html