Author Topic: Linked Documents in Project Browser (Read 7418 times)

dmf · « **on:** February 12, 2008, 02:34:27 pm »

I know this has been raised elsewhere, but could I re-emphasise the request. It is great with the Corporate licence to be able to link documents to any element, but they are effectively hidden from view unless you are aware of them. This is a major complaint of engineers at our workplace who I am trying to convert to EA.

Can we please have some way in the project browser of readily identifying elements with linked documents?!

Paolo F Cantoni · « **Reply #1 on:** February 12, 2008, 05:13:09 pm »

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Can we please have some way in the project browser of readily identifying elements with linked documents?!

Good idea!

But why stop with Linked documents?

Also on diagrams...

If the compartment is displayable, there should be an indication that there are undisplayed compartments. We could discuss the best way to do this, but the principle should be consistently (that word again) applied...

My AU$0.05
Paolo

thomaskilian · « **Reply #2 on:** February 13, 2008, 02:31:02 am »

... and a few other elements not showing in the browser. Notes, Frames, and a few more I forgot (as I don't see them).

«Midnight» · « **Reply #3 on:** February 13, 2008, 03:09:33 am »

...boundaries...

Frank Horn · « **Reply #4 on:** February 13, 2008, 05:35:15 am »

... state machines, concurrent state regions ...

dmf · « **Reply #5 on:** March 26, 2008, 12:54:22 pm »

It's disappointing build 827 does not contain the originally requested linked document identification feature. It is extremely powerful being able to associate editable tables, formatted equations, etc. with model elements and generating reports containing this data. Not being aware of their existence in the model significantly diminishes the usability of this feature.

«Midnight» · « **Reply #6 on:** March 26, 2008, 09:55:25 pm »

I can see it now. Perhaps we're running out of room for indicators in the Project Browser. No problem, we'll put the indicator in a linked document...

Who knows, maybe next year.

ChrisD · « **Reply #7 on:** April 03, 2008, 06:37:12 pm »

Just come across this topic - as I am linking use case documents (internal template) to the use case elements in EA.

Looking through the EA help there is an icon that appears for linked documents - but this does not appear in reality.

Please, Please, Please can we have linked document icons on the elements - Otherwise how do we know they are there?

Geert Bellekens · « **Reply #8 on:** April 03, 2008, 09:41:51 pm »

Where do I vote?

Eve · « **Reply #9 on:** April 04, 2008, 08:31:16 am »

Chris, where in the help is a linked document icon? I see an icon for Document Artifacts, but not for linked documents in general (such as your use case elements with a linked document).

Sorry, no official comment on the feature request.

Discaimer: The following is my own personal opinion and should not be taken in any way to reflect Sparx Systems.

I would like to see optional display of a wide range of indicators on diagrams as Paolo suggested. Where they are drawn onto shape scripts by default, but can be overridden.

I have trouble envisaging more indicators consistently applied in the project browser. Given that packages can have linked documents, where would you put an indicator for a user locked, version controlled, MDG package? Add to that picture all the other things that I've seen requests for visibility in the project browser and all I would be able to see would be a mess.

Geert Bellekens · « **Reply #10 on:** April 04, 2008, 02:41:07 pm »

I agree with Simon on the indicator thing. That would probably only make it messy. But surely adding the linked document in the browser as a separate object should be possible?

dmf · « **Reply #11 on:** April 04, 2008, 02:56:39 pm »

Maybe a separate linked document window, similar to the Notes window, that shows the document when the element is selected, if one is attached. This would avoid the current need to search for a linked document with each element via the context menu.

I don't like the idea of a separate object, as you can effect this currently by using a convention of creating a <<linked document>> artifact sub-element where necessary.

Ronaldo Juliatto · « **Reply #12 on:** October 30, 2008, 12:35:06 am »

Well, the workaround I have found for this was to write a macro for Word that generates a report on the elements that have a linked document attached to it.
This macro makes use of GetLinkedDocument() method, and checks the size of the returned string, for all the elements in a traversed tree.
However, I sure would like to see something as an indicator in the Project Browser. Maybe something similar to the "Namespace root" indication.

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