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Wüthrich
Wüthrich

Reputation: 43

Exporting all Informations flow out of a Diagram with Enterprise Architect

The Enterprise Architect keeps the connections of a Graph in the Database. I am looking for a way to export the information flows of a Diagram.

For this purpose i would need to sets of simple outputs:

  1. A Matrix-View where the Names of the Elements are the X, Y-Axis and an X is drawn where they intersect
  2. A List-View where all Information Flows are listed with their source and sinks.

I tried using a report, but i just could not get this to work for me.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 276

Answers (1)

Uffe
Uffe

Reputation: 10514

It sounds like you're taking slightly the wrong approach here.

In Enterprise Architect, a diagram is not a container of information. It is a display which shows a selection of information from the underlying data store. This is in stark contrast with drawing tools, like MS Visio.

The EA data store is organized into packages, and that shows through the entire product. So if you edit an RTF document template, for instance, you will note that the internal template structure is based on a package structure -- it doesn't start from a diagram. You will also note that the context menu for a package or an element contains a Documentation sub-menu, but there isn't one in the diagram context menu. Same reason; a diagram is not a starting point for a document.

Now that said, you can create an RTF template which outputs only the information flows to/from the elements included in the generation scope, but you need to start off from a package and create your template based on a package structure. Setting up a table in a template is a little fiddly the first time but it's not impossible. In order to select only the information flows, use the Exclude Filters tab in the Generate Documentation dialog to exclude all connector types except Information Flow.

The matrix view you're looking for is known as a Relationship Matrix, located in the View menu (in EA 11.1). Again, it's based on a package structure, not a diagram structure. Relationship matrices can be included in generated documents as well.

Upvotes: 0

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