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Using Diagrams
A diagram may contain elements from many parts of your model, and eaDocX can use that as the basis for a document.
With/without the diagram
The document does not have to include the diagram. You can specify ‘just the contents’.
For example, suppose you are documenting some new aspect of the company technical architecture. You may have some existing components which have already been defined, possibly in another part of the model to which you have read-only access. You want the descriptions of those to appear in your document, alongside your new components.
So, simply drag the existing components into an EA diagram, then right-click on the diagram. eaDocX will create a profile for all the diagram contents, which can then be edited.
Ad-hoc documents
Another use case when this approach is useful, is for an ad-hoc meeting on a particular topic. You can quickly create a diagram containing just the relevant items for the discussion, and generate a document with everything needed in a form that everyone can use.
Personalized documents
Diagrams can also be used if you are creating personalized diagrams – for just one stakeholder.
Just place that stakeholder actor on the diagram and then add all related elements. Using those diagram contents as your document gives the stakeholder exactly the content they are interested in.