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M. King

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Static text for two documents
« on: March 30, 2022, 12:32:25 am »
Greetings everybody.

I am using EA 15.2, and I have a model with a set of packages, that contain a UML application design. I wish to produce two design documents from my model - one high-level and one low-level.

These two documents will have a lot of static text that is the same for both documents - the introduction, the list of references, the list of third-party libraries and licences, and so on. So I would like to store in my model the blocks of text that are common (that's to say, these blocks are the same in both documents). I'm sure there is a simple way to do this, but I cannot find it in the online documentation.

I'm thinking that I need something like:

Template 1     standard text     Template 2
"High level"                     "Low level"
         <--- INTRODUCTION --->
         <--- GLOSSARY ------->
Packages with                    Packages with
high level info                  low level info
         <--- RISKS ---------->
         <--- LIBRARIES ------>
         <--- REFERENCES ----->


I thought that template fragments would do this, but I can only add those into a template at the package level or below. But I wish to add them OUTSIDE the package sections. Can anybody guide me please?

michielper

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Re: Static text for two documents
« Reply #1 on: March 30, 2022, 12:59:54 am »
If you place your common text in the Notes or Linked Document of some special elements, you should be able to include those in the various reports. You can create different documents, each with a selection of elements.

I would not recommend the use of Fragments, they are slow and not easy to use.