Search for *connections* ... ?

[matthew.james]

I think GB is saying that you can open the Insert Related Elements dialog to see that information; you don't have to actually insert anything.

Ah - of course, just didn't register the meaning without context.  Yes both of these options are available and are great if you are working from an element.

Archi doesn't allow you to search for elements or connectors.  Nor does it have the ability to use a query language to supplement the canned searches.

Yes there are lots of things that Sparx does more and better than Archi, and there are things that Archi does better than Sparx.  For that matter there are things that Visio and OminGraffle do better than both of them. And there are tools like Troux, Mega and Abacus which can all do things that none of the above can do, but suck in their own special ways.

So, if your point is that a tool which speaks Archimate isn't necessarily going to be better than Sparx - sure.
If your point is that I should stop trying to make Sparx work the way I want it to and just accept that it works the way it does - sure.
However I would ask - how many positive changes have been made to the product because users have said "wouldn't it be good if ..." ?

[skiwi]

I'm just jumping in here belatedly to support Matthew's request.

I too would like to see in "Find in Project" (ctrl-F) a 'Search Category' such as "Connector Searches" where attributes found in a Connector's Properties (such as Name, Alisa, Note) could be searched.

It doesn't seem like rocket science, and it seems strange that in an information management tool such as Enterprise Architect this information is not simply available at a user's fingertips.

[skiwi]

One of the recent query i shared.. (replace Name with Stereotype for your need)

Code: [Select]

select c.Name as Name, ce.Name as ClientName,  ce.Object_Type as ClientType, se.Name as SupplierName, se.Object_Type as SupplierType   
from (( t_connector c
left join t_object ce on ce.Object_ID = c.End_Object_ID )
left join t_object se on se.Object_ID = c.Start_Object_ID )
where c.Name ='<Search Term>'


This is useful thanks, but how to I add CLASSGUID, CLASSTYPE (and optionally CLASSTABLE) as suggested by Geert so I can (say) open the properties of the connector (or even find it in a diagram)?
thanks

[qwerty]

have you been assasined during typing?

q.

[Geert Bellekens]

have you been assasined during typing?

q.

Shrunk more likely

Geert

[qwerty]

oh, those are chars! My eyes only recognized underscores.....

q.

[skiwi]

yeah sorry, fixed now, the forum editor every now and then decides its going to add some formatting (and I didn't notice)

[Paolo F Cantoni]

yeah sorry, fixed now; the forum editor every now and then decides it's going to add some formatting (and I didn't notice)

I ALWAYS use the modify command to re-check the post as the editor ALWAYS makes changes...


In my case, it adds an additional blank line above (and below) - this one I left unedited.  In the original, there was only one blank line above this one.


Paolo