Enterprise Architect

Enterprise Architect

Enterprise Architect ⤳ headlines

• Collaboration (Team Work) ⤳ user, group, discuss, Model Review…
• Customization ⤳ Diagram Pattern, Model Template, UML profile ☛, Model Driven Generation -MDG-…
• Data engineering ⤳ Database Builder, re-engineering, Model transformation (Model-Driven Architecture -MDA-), SQL, XML, XSD, XSLT…
• Documentation ⤳ Document Template, Custom Document, Virtual Document, Dynamic Document, HTML, Report Builder…
• Model checking ⤳ Model Validation, execution, simulation…
• Model transformation ⤳ Transformation Template…
• Modeling ⤳ ArchiMate, BPMN, DMN, UML, OCL ☛, best practices…
• Project management (Team Work) ⤳ project resources, project tasks, project issues, Gantt, test management…
• Requirements engineering ⤳ traceability, use cases, user stories, requirements diagrams, Specification Manager…
• Scripting ⤳ Application Programming Interface -API- (a.k.a. Automation Interface), Java, Python, JavaScript, Model Add-In…
• Search ⤳ Object Model, Query Builder, Model Search…
• Sharing ⤳ Server-based Repository, replication…
• Versioning ⤳ Auditing, Baselines, Version Control…

Enterprise Architect ⤳ agenda (1/3)

• Fundamentals, utilities, import/export, project conversion… ☛
• Requirements engineering ☛
  • UML Use Case Diagram, use case narrative, Documentation (publication), Specification Manager, Relation Matrix… ☛
  • UML Activity Diagram, Relationship Matrix, Feature Matrix, user stories, SysML Requirement Diagram… ☛
• Modeling ☛
  • Best practices… ☛
• Data engineering ☛
  • UML Class Diagram, UML Object Diagram, OCL, Model checking (Model Validation), Database Builder, SQL, re-engineering… ☛
  • UML Class Diagram, OCL, Database Builder, Model transformation (built-in DDL transformation), XML, XSD, XSLT… ☛
• Documentation ☛
  • ArchiMate, Document Template, Custom Document, Virtual Document, Dynamic Document, HTML, Report Builder… ☛

Enterprise Architect ⤳ agenda (2/3)

• Search ☛
  • Object Model, Query Builder, Model Search… ☛
• Collaboration ☛
  • BPMN, user, group, discuss, Model Review, Search… ☛
• Project management ☛
  • UML Communication Diagram, UML State Machine Diagram, UML Component Diagram, project resources, project tasks, project issues, Gantt, Search… ☛, test management ☛
• Sharing ☛
  • Server-based Repository… ☛
  • Replication… ☛
• Versioning ☛
  • UML Sequence Diagram, Auditing, Baselines… ☛
  • Version Control… ☛

Enterprise Architect ⤳ agenda (3/3)

• Customization ☛
  • General-purpose customization… ☛
  • Diagram Pattern, Model Template, Model Driven Generation -MDG-… ☛
  • UML profile, Model Driven Generation -MDG-… ☛
• Scripting ☛
  • Java Automation Interface, Python Automation Interface, JavaScript… ☛
  • Model Add-In, Add-In Search, re-engineering, code generation… ☛
• Model checking ☛
  • Model Validation… ☛
  • UML State Machine Diagram execution, UML Activity Diagram simulation… ☛
  • BPMN & Business Process Simulation Interchange Standard -BPSim- simulation, DMN simulation… ☛
• Model transformation ☛
  • Transformation Template… ☛

Enterprise Architect ⤳ fundamentals^*

• “Model” versus “Package” versus “Diagram” versus “Element” versus “Connector”
• Browser (a.k.a. “repository”) ⤳ ≡ ⇝ Model Builder (pattern library)
• Toolbox ⤳ ≡ ⇝ Change Perspective or (top right-hand side ⤳ default perspective)
• Start ⇝ Perspective -All Windows- ⇝ Settings…
• Diagram (view) versus repository ⤳
  • -right click- (element) ⇝ Delete '…'
  • -right click- (element) ⇝ Find ⇝ Find in all Diagrams…
  • -right click- (element) ⇝ Find ⇝ In Project Browser
• Properties versus Features (Features is rather “UML driven”)
• Tags (i.e., UML “tagged values”)
• Notes, Constraints, Scenarios, Requirements…

^*Keyboard shortcuts: -ctrl + S- (within diagram), -ctrl + Z- (within diagram), -ctrl + A- (within diagram) ⤳ selection of all elements

Enterprise Architect ⤳ “Package”

• Multiple root packages are possible ⤳ Add Root Node…
• Fn+F2 to rename a root package
• Terminology: top-level packages are direct (i.e., child) packages under root package(s)
• -right click- (top-level package within browser) ⇝ Set View Icon… ⤳ Simple, Class View, Use Case, etc.
• Red colored corner indicates a given package is a namespace “root” ☛ ⤳ naming must be under control (e.g., no space because of code generation)

Enterprise Architect ⤳ “Element”

Enterprise Architect supports different options depending on the fact an element is handled from a diagram or from the repository.

• Special Action… -Properties- (Advanced or Details tabs as extra properties compared to Main tab) allows enhanced access to properties, e.g., adapting the type of an element: «iterative» ⤳ «stream» for UML Structured Activity
• -right click- (element within diagram) ⇝ Compartment Visibility… (if applicable)
• (versus) -right click- (diagram within browser) ⇝ Properties… ⤳ Diagram
• -right click- (element within diagram) ⇝ Type Information… ⤳ doc. on the Web
• Design (element) ⇝ Manage… -Element- Change Type… -Advanced- ⤳ core type

Enterprise Architect ⤳ type of “Element”

Any element, e.g., Payer, has a type, e.g., UseCase, that can be known when clicking on the element and looking at the bottom left corner.

Enterprise Architect ⤳ utilities

• Start ⇝ Design -All Windows- ⇝ System -Explore-
• Publish ⇝ Save (Diagram Image) ⇝ Save to File
• Design ⇝ Options -Diagram- ⇝ Change Type… -Custom- (e.g., UML Class Diagram ⤳ Data Modeling)
• Access to relationships of an element
  • -left click- (element within diagram) ⇝ ≡ ⇝ Inspect ⇝ Relationships -Inspector- (Details tab)
  • -right click- (element within diagram) ⇝ ≡ ⇝ Properties… -Properties- ⇝ Links -Related- ⤳ relationships (i.e., connectors)
• Access to properties of an element: -left click- (element within diagram) ⇝ ≡ ⇝ Design… ⇝ Properties -Create-
• Start ⇝ Help -Help- ⇝ Open the Example Model -Resources-

Enterprise Architect ⤳ Style

Enterprise Architect ⤳ Model Builder (pattern library)

Enterprise Architect ⤳ project conversion

• Ver. 15.2 to ver. 17.x (within ver. 17.x): Settings ⇝ Transfer -Model- ⇝ Migrate EAP/EAPX Project to QEA -Move Data-
• ver. 17.x to ver. 15.2
  1. Within ver. 17.x ⤳ Settings ⇝ Transfer -Model- ⇝ Full Project Transfer via Native XML -Move Data- ⇝ Export Complete Project…
  2. Within ver. 15.2 ⤳ Configure ⇝ Transfer -Model- ⇝ Native XML -Move Data- ⇝ Import Complete Project…
• Inter-project stuff, i.e., Reference Data
  • Settings ⇝ Transfer -Model- ⇝ Export Reference Data… -Reference Data-
  • Settings ⇝ Transfer -Model- ⇝ Import Reference Data… -Reference Data-

Reference Data ⤳ example (Image Manager)

Enterprise Architect ⤳ import/export

• BPMN
  • Publish ⇝ Export -Model Exchange- ⇝ BPMN 2.0 -Export to Other Format- ⤳ BPMN 2.0 XML
  • Publish ⇝ Import -Model Exchange- ⇝ BPMN 2.0 -Import Other Format- ⤳ BPMN 2.0 XML
• Package
  • Publish ⇝ Export -Model Exchange- ⇝ Native Format -Export with Full Round Trip-
  • Publish ⇝ Import -Model Exchange- ⇝ Native File… -Import Native/XMI-
• Project update (advanced issues) ☛

Exercise

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1. Download Enterprise Architect Quote.qea BPMN project ver. 17.x
2. Export Quote package for testing interoperability within bpmn.io and liveBPMN.com

Requirements engineering

Requirements engineering ⤳ supports

• -right click- (element) ⇝ Properties… -Properties- ⇝ Requirements -Responsibilities-
• UML Use Case Diagram (diagram), use case narrative (text)
• Specification Manager
• User stories
• SysML Requirement Diagram

UML versus SysML^*

^*More on requirements management in SysML here…

Requirements engineering

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UML Use Case Diagram, use case narrative, Specification Manager, Relation Matrix

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Restaurant

Requirements engineering

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Specification Manager, Relationship Matrix, Feature Matrix, user stories, SysML Requirement Diagram

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New York City Museum Of Modern Art -MOMA-

Modeling

Modeling

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Best practices

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Download UML.qea Enterprise Architect project ver. 17.x

UML ownedBehavior meta-association^*

^*Classifier Behavior (UML Class): -right click- (class) ⇝ Properties… -Properties- ⇝ Classifier Behavior -Details- (dedicated to SysML block)

Child composite diagram (“glasses” icon ⇒ “has child”) ☛

Child composite diagram cont'd

List view

-right click- (diagram within browser) ⇝ Switch View ⇝ Switch to List View

Diagram view ⤳ specification

-right click- (diagram within browser) ⇝ Switch View ⇝ Switch to Specification View

UML modeling “consistency”

• UML Use Case (within browser): -right click- ⇝ Add ⇝ Activity ⇝ With Activity Diagram ⤳ activity as owned behavior
• UML Use Case (within diagram): -right click- ⇝ New Child Diagram ⇝ Select Composite Diagram ⤳ prior activity with activity diagram as child diagram
• UML Action (within diagram): -right click- ⇝ Advanced ⇝ Set Operation…
• UML Connector (within diagram): -right click- ⇝ Advanced ⇝ Information Flows Realized…
• UML Information Flow (within diagram): -right click- ⇝ Advanced ⇝ Information Items Conveyed…

Set Operation…

Information Item Conveyed

Link to feature of element (1/2) (or left curly brace from selected feature)

Link to feature of element (2/2)

Link to feature of element ⤳ Feature Matrix

Modeling widget ⤳ aliasing (e.g., internationalization)

• -right click- (element) ⇝ Properties… -Properties- ⇝ Alias
• Properties… -Properties- (diagram within browser) ⇝ Diagram ⇝ Use Alias if Available

Modeling widget ⤳ annotating

-right click- (element within diagram) ⇝ Set Bookmark Value ⇝ Enable Bookmark

Exercise

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Créer Payer_behavior (activité + diagramme d'activité) comme comportement de Payer (processus : Choisir moyen de paiement ⤳ Vérifier note ⤳ [Procéder paiement ⤳ Quitter table] versus [Fuir en courant])

Créer Payer_behavior (activité + diagramme d'activité) comme comportement de Payer (processus : Choisir moyen de paiement ⤳ Vérifier note ⤳ [Procéder paiement ⤳ Quitter table] versus [Fuir en courant])

Lier Payer_behavior en tant que child diagram de Payer

Créer la classe Note_a_payer (classe active) avec l'attribut prix et l'opération payer()

Créer un information flow (UML Use Case Diagram) de Se restaurer à Payer qui convoie l'information Note_a_payer

Appeler l'opération payer() de la classe Note_a_payer dans l'action Procéder paiement

Créer un diagramme de séquence avec l'occurrence Se restaurer (use case) qui engendre une occurrence Payer (use case)

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Download Restaurant_base.qea Enterprise Architect project ver. 17.x

Data engineering

Data engineering

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UML Class Diagram, UML Object Diagram, OCL, Model checking (Model Validation), Database Builder, SQL, re-engineering

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Prison de Nantes

Exercise

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1. Prison de Nantes ⤳ exercise, question 1
2. Prison de Nantes ⤳ exercise, question 2

Exercise

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1. Prison de Nantes MariaDB database re-engineering (Sample Data Models ⤳ Basic MySQL Model)

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Database connection here…

Data engineering

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UML Class Diagram, OCL, Database Builder, Model transformation (built-in DDL transformation), XML, XSD, XSLT

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Product Lifecycle Management -PLM-

Documentation

Documentation

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ArchiMate, Document Template, Custom Document, Virtual Document, Dynamic Document, HTML, Report Builder

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Clinique

Search

Search

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Object Model, Query Builder, Model Search

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Clinique

Team work here… = Collaboration + Project management

Collaboration

Collaboration

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BPMN, user, group, discuss, Model Review, Search…

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Quote

Project management

Project management

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UML Communication Diagram, UML State Machine Diagram, UML Component Diagram, project resources, project tasks, project issues, Gantt, Search…

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Système de domotique

Sharing

Sharing ⤳ infrastructure

1. File-based Repository ⤳ eap/eapx (Jet), .feap(FireBird), .qea/qeax (SQLite)
2. Server-based Repository ⤳ e.g., MariaDB (MySQL ODBC driver ☛)
   • Service name: MariaDB (localhost:3306, root/fim…)
   • right click (root) ⇝ Create new ⇝ Database ⤳ my_project
   • right click (my_project) ⇝ Run SQL file…
   • Database schema creation ☛ (+ initial data) ⤳ MySQL script(s)
3. Cloud-based Repository (Web) ⤳ Pro Cloud Server

Sharing ⤳ File-based Repository

Sharing ⤳ Server-based Repository

MariaDB user

Server-based Repository ⤳ database

Server-based Repository ⤳ ODBC connection (MariaDB)

Settings ⇝ ODBC Data Sources -User Tools- ⤳ obsolete

Server-based Repository ⤳ project transfer (MariaDB here…)

1. Settings ⇝ Integrity -Model- ⇝ Project Integrity -Project Data- ⤳ check all integrity topics
2. Enterprise Architect logo ⇝ Close Project
3. Settings ⇝ Transfer -Model- ⇝ Full Project Transfer via Connection -Move Data- ⤳ check File to DBMS
   • Native Connection (preferred from Enterprise Architect ver. 17.x)
   • ODBC Connection Wizard ⤳ obsolete

Server-based Repository ⤳ project transfer (MariaDB ODBC connection)

Server-based Repository ⤳ project transfer (MariaDB native connection)

Server-based Repository ⤳ project transfer (MariaDB native connection)

Name and connection string

MariaDB meta-query

Exercise

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1. Create P.qea Enterprise Architect project ver. 17.x, add content, and transfer it to MariaDB

2. Update Language attribute (SELECT Name, GenType, PDATA2 FROM t_object) from Java to NULL by means of HeidiSQL

UPDATE t_object SET PDATA2 = NULL;

3. Update Author attribute (SELECT Name, Author FROM t_object) from <your user id.> to Belzebuth by means of HeidiSQL

UPDATE t_object SET Author = 'Belzebuth';

4. Find 0..1 UML cardinality (Search ⇝ Find text on server ⤳ t_cardinality) by means of HeidiSQL

Sharing

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Replication

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Storage robot

Versioning

Versioning ⤳ Auditing here versus Baselines

Auditing allows model evolution tracking^* (possibly user-based tracking) without “true” versioning capability ⤳ commit, rollback, fork, merge…

• Settings ⇝ Auditing -Model- ⇝ Auditing Settings ⇝ Configure ⇝ Enable Auditing
• Settings ⇝ Auditing -Model- ⇝ Auditing Settings ⇝ Configure ⇝ Clear Logs
• -right click- (element within browser) ⇝ View Audit History

^*Deferred search in particular…

Versioning ⤳ Auditing versus Baselines^* ☛ -package per package-

• Design ⇝ Manage -Package- ⇝ Manage Baselines… -Baselines- or -right click- (package within browser) ⇝ Package Control ⇝ Package Baselines…
  • -left click- (baseline) ⇝ Show Differences ⇝ Merge to Model : Merge change from baseline to Model ⤳ -ctrl + Z- piece by piece
  • -left click- (baseline) ⇝ Restore to Baseline ⤳ -ctrl + Z- whole
• Snapshot of baseline ⤳ Export File
• Creation of baseline ⤳ Import File
• Snapshot of baseline versus model ⤳ Compare Model to File

^*Baselines can be externalized to a “Reusable Asset Service Registry” ☛

Baselines ⤳ principle^*

→

^*my attribute is added in baseline 2 while it is removed in baseline 3.

Baseline 2 versus model, i.e., baseline 3 ⤳ Show Differences

Baseline 2 versus model, i.e., baseline 3^*

^*my attribute is annotated in red.

Exercise

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1. Download Baselines.qea Enterprise Architect project ver. 17.x
2. Restore baseline 2

Versioning

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UML Sequence Diagram, Auditing, Baselines

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Railcar control system

Version Control^* ⤳ versioning data in local directory

^*The way about version control data have to be shared is discussed here…

Version Control ⤳ versioning data in version control server

Version Control here ⤳ -package per package-

Versioning infrastructure is independent of Enterprise Architect; it is set up outside Enterprise Architect using, for instance, Subversion ⤳ server here… with login: Bab64/CIMPASAS.

Version Control ⤳ Subversion

• Installation of Subversion
• cd '.\Documents\NetBeansProjects\Apache-Subversion-1.14.2'
• ./bin/svn help
• Version control server
  • ./bin/svn checkout https://svn.riouxsvn.com/cimpa (./bin/cimpa ⤳ configuration, i.e., working space within Subversion)
• Or local directory
  • .\bin\svnadmin create NYC_MOMA_UML_REPOSITORY
  • .\bin\svn checkout file:///C:\Users\franc\Documents\NetBeansProjects\Apache-Subversion-1.14.2\NYC_MOMA_UML_REPOSITORY ./nyc_moma

Subversion ⤳ key actions

• .\bin\svnlook history NYC_MOMA_UML_REPOSITORY
• .\bin\svnlook changed NYC_MOMA_UML_REPOSITORY
• .\bin\svnlook tree NYC_MOMA_UML_REPOSITORY
• .\bin\svn delete .\nyc_moma\
• Etc.

Note: it is strongly recommended to execute Subversion commands inside Enterprise Architect only.

Version Control ⤳ project setup

Settings ⇝ Project-VC -Version Control-

• Subversion executable: C:\Users\franc\Documents\NetBeansProjects\Apache-Subversion-1.14.2\bin\svn.exe
• Subversion working space (i.e., version control server) C:\Users\franc\Documents\NetBeansProjects\Apache-Subversion-1.14.2\cimpa
• Or Subversion working space (i.e., local directory) C:\Users\franc\Documents\NetBeansProjects\Apache-Subversion-1.14.2\nyc_moma

Version Control ⤳ project setup (version control server)

Version Control ⤳ project setup (local directory)

Working spaces: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Sparx Systems\EA64\EA\OPTIONS\VCConfigs

Version Control ⤳ package setup

• Settings ⇝ Package-VC -Version Control- ⤳ include package in versioning (e.g., P ⤳ Get Package… ⤳ P.xml)
  • -right click- (package within browser) ⇝ Package Control ⇝ Check In…^* here… ⤳ XMI file is committed, i.e., versioned, and next locked (i.e., delivered to other users), no change is going to occur…
  • -right click- (package within browser) ⇝ Package Control ⇝ Check Out…^* here… ⤳ XMI file is unlocked (i.e., blocked for other users), change is going to occur…

^* Check In Branch… here… and Check Out Branch… here… allow finer version control.

Version Control ⤳ package version control setup

Example

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New York City Museum Of Modern Art -MOMA- UML case study: version control of Requirements package (Requirements.xml file)

Example ⤳ Requirements ver. 1^*

^*AFTER-right click- (package within browser) ⇝ Package Control ⇝ Check In… here… ⤳ XMI file is committed, i.e., versioned, and next locked (i.e., delivered to other users), no change is going to occur…

Example ⤳ Requirements ver. 2^*

^*BEFORE-right click- (package within browser) ⇝ Package Control ⇝ Check Out…^* here… ⤳ XMI file is unlocked (i.e., blocked for other users), change is going to occur…

Example ⤳ Requirements ver. 3

Example ⤳ Requirements ver. 4

Example

1. -right click- (Requirements package within browser) ⇝ Package Control ⇝ File History… here… ⇝ Retrieve ⤳ Ver. 2
2. -right click- (Requirements package within browser) ⇝ Package Control ⇝ Compare with Controlled Version… ⤳ compare Requirements Ver. 2 to last version, i.e., Ver. 4…
3. -right click- (Requirements package within browser) ⇝ Package Control ⇝ Get latest… ⤳ Ver. 4
4. -right click- (Requirements package within browser) ⇝ Package Control ⇝ Undo Check Out… ⤳ rollback change from last commit…

Example ⤳ Ver.2 (+: green, -: red) versus Ver. 4

Exercise ⤳ Requirements ver. 5

Version Control ⤳ model branch

• -right click- (P within browser) ⇝ Package Control ⇝ Add Branch to Version Control… here… ⤳ Export as Model Branch… ⤳ P.EAB file
• -right click- (P within browser) ⇝ Package Control ⇝ Check Out Branch… here… ⤳ P is for change…
• Change: do what you have to do!
• Rollback: -right click- (P within browser) ⇝ Package Control ⇝ Undo Check Out… here…
• Commit: -right click- (P within browser) ⇝ Package Control ⇝ Check In Branch… here… ⤳ versioned packages are chosen

Customization

General-purpose customization

• Settings ⇝ Options -Model- ⤳ e.g., “Reusable Asset Service Registry” for Baselines
• Settings ⇝ UML Types -Reference Data- ⤳ new stereotypes, new cardinality patterns…
• Settings ⇝ Settings -Reference Data- ⇝ Database Datatypes -Datatypes and Namespaces- ⤳ new database systems, new database types…
• Settings ⇝ Model Types -Reference Data- ⤳ new statuses, new constraint types, people…
• Start -Collaborate- ⇝ Model Home ⇝ Manage -Model Places- ⇝ Choose Default ⤳ default diagram of model…
• Etc.

People as resource

People as resource cont'd

People as resource cont'd

Default diagram

Exercise

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1. A is associated with n B and n is prime
2. Create Belzebuth (resource) as Business Analyst (role)

Customization

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Diagram Pattern, Model Template, Model Driven Generation -MDG-

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Download UML_model_pattern.qea Enterprise Architect project ver. 17.x

UML Diagram Pattern

Diagram Pattern ☛

• Specialize -Technologies- ⇝ Publish-Technology ⇝ Publish Diagram as Pattern -Publish- ⤳ UML_model_pattern_core_classes.xml file is recorded as Diagram Pattern named Core classes
• Usage
  1. Settings ⇝ Resources -Reference Data- ⤳ access to Resources tab of browser
  2. Resources tab of browser ⇝ Patterns ⇝ Import Pattern ⤳ UML_model_pattern_core_classes.xml file is loaded as (project) resource
  3. -drag & drop- (Core classes resource in Resources tab of browser ⇝ Patterns) onto any opened diagram…

Exercise

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1. Create Diagram Pattern for Core use cases

UML Model Template

Model Template ☛

• Publish -Model Exchange- (package within browser) ⇝ Export Package ⇝ Export Current Package to Native/XMI File… -Export-^* ⤳ UML_model_pattern.xml file is recorded as Model Template (UML_model_pattern.rtf as doc. of Model Template)
• Specialize -Technologies- ⇝ Publish-Technology ⇝ Generate MDG Technology -MDG Technology- ⤳ FB.mts and FB.xml files are recorded as Model Driven Generation -MDG- technology

Download Enterprise Architect ver. 17.x Model Template (UML_model_pattern.xml ), doc. of Model Template (UML_model_pattern.rtf ), MDG technology files (FB.mts and FB.xml )

^*XMI (1.1 or 2.1)! ⤳ not native XML!

Model Template ⤳ export

Model Template ⤳ creation of MDG technology

Model Template ⤳ customization of MDG technology (FB.mts)

<MDG.Selections model="UML_model_pattern --- DBType=11;Connect=Provider=SSDB;SRC=C:\Users\franc\Documents\Nextcloud\Modeling\public_html\Enterprise_Architect\UML_model_pattern\UML_model_pattern.qea;UID=;PWD=;">
	<Technology id="FB" name="FB" version="1" notes="Franck Barbier" filename="C:\Users\franc\Documents\Nextcloud\Modeling\public_html\Enterprise_Architect\UML_model_pattern\FB.xml" infoURI="BarbierDarnal.com" icon="C:\Users\franc\Documents\Nextcloud\Modeling\public_html\Enterprise_Architect\UML_model_pattern\FB.bmp"/>
    <ModelTemplates>
        <Model name="UML model pattern Franck Barbier"
            location="UML_model_pattern.xml"
            default="yes"
            icon = "34"
            isFramework="false"/>
     </ModelTemplates>
</MDG.Selections>

Model Template ⤳ import of MDG technology^*

Specialize -Technologies- ⇝ Publish-Technology ⇝ Import MDG Technology -MDG Technology-^**

^*UML_model_pattern.xml and UML_model_pattern.rtf must be located in the directory FB.xml is itself located.

^**User-based MDG technology has to be removed from C:\Users\franc\AppData\Roaming\Sparx Systems\EA\MDGTechnologies.

Model Template ⤳ usage of MDG technology^*

^*Refresh may be required ⤳ change perspective to All Perspectives

Exercise

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1. Create BPMN Model Template

Customization

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UML profile, Model Driven Generation -MDG-

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Système de domotique

Scripting

Scripting

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Java Automation Interface, Python Automation Interface, JavaScript, Model Add-In, Add-In Search…

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Scripting & Automation Interface

Model checking

Model checking ⤳ headlines

• Model Validation ☛
• Execution
  • Executable UML State Machine Diagram ☛ ⤳ download Executable_StateMachines.qea Enterprise Architect project ver. 17.x
• Simulation
  • UML Activity Diagram
  • BPMN & Business Process Simulation Interchange Standard -BPSim-
  • Decision Model and Notation -DMN-

Model Validation ⤳ what's wrong (BPMN)?

Model Validation ⤳ what's wrong (BPMN) cont'd?

Model Validation

Design ⇝ Manage -Package ⇝ Validate -Tools- ⇝ Validate Current Package

Executable UML state machines ⤳ UML Signal versus UML Trigger

Executable UML state machines ⤳ UML Artifact

Executable UML state machines ⤳ key actions

• -right click- (UML Artifact) ⇝ Properties ⇝ Properties… ⤳ Language: JavaScript
• Simulate ⇝ Statemachine -Executable States- ⇝ Generate, Build and Run -Execute-
• Simulate ⇝ Simulator -Dynamic Simulation- ⇝ Open Simulation Window -Simulate-
• Simulate ⇝ Events -Dynamic Simulation-
• Execute ⇝ Stop -Run-
  or Simulate ⇝ Stop -Run Simulation-

Executable UML state machines ⤳ execution

Executable UML state machines ⤳ execution cont'd

Model checking

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UML Activity Diagram simulation

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New York City Museum Of Modern Art -MOMA-

BPMN simulation

• Enterprise Architect offers two simulation frameworks:
  1. The first one (BPMN as executable language ⤳ Platform: BPMN) is similar to UML apart from the possibility of assigning JavaScript code to BPMN script tasks . Conditions on sequence flows (if any) are set up via conditionType and conditionExpression tags, e.g., conditionType: Expression and conditionExpression: optional==true.
  2. The second one is based on Business Process Simulation Interchange Standard -BPSim-.
• It would seem that, for 1., Enterprise Architect cancels process execution while some paths are still active. This approach is not BPMN-compliant: “The Process instance is then completed, if and only if the following two conditions hold: (…) There is no token remaining within the Process instance.” (BPMN ver. 2.0.2 - Jan. 2014, p. 443)
• Simulation is package-based: simulation (standalone) blocks must be isolated in different packages.

Model checking

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BPMN & Business Process Simulation Interchange Standard -BPSim- simulation

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New York City Museum Of Modern Art -MOMA-

Model checking

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Decision Model and Notation -DMN- simulation here…

Model transformation

Model transformation

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Transformation Template

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Prison de Nantes (NoSQL - Mongoose)

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JSON Schema

Project update (advanced issues)

P is exported in native format from A project

P is imported in empty B project ⤳ Strip GUIDs is unchecked

Changes occur in A project ⤳ P is (again) exported

P is (again) imported in non-empty B project ⤳ Strip GUIDs is unchecked

B project is updated from A project

Project update ⤳ other case

P1 package (having C1 class) is exported

C1 is moved to P2 package while P1 is deleted

P1 (having C1) is imported ⤳ conflict management

UML Activity Diagram

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UML Activity Diagram ⤳ Call Operation

UML Activity Diagram ⤳ Structured Activity

UML Activity Diagram ⤳ Expansion Region

UML Activity Diagram ⤳ Interruptible Activity Region

UML Activity Diagram ⤳ Interrupt Flow

UML Activity Diagram ⤳ Accept Event Action

UML Activity Diagram ⤳ Create Object