Most of the information that you will keep in EA is visible in the Project Browser: Classes, Use Cases, Packages and Diagrams.
EA also keeps some other information, which doesn't appear in the Project Browser, but may also be useful in keeping track of your project.
Some of this information is hidden away in EA menus, but the table below describes where to find the information in EA (using EA v9.1 menu locations), what the data contains, and a link to
(please update with EA15 menu locations)
Item |
EA 9.1 menu location |
Contents |
EA Help * |
eaDocX |
Project Glossary |
Project | Documentation | Glossary or View | More Project tools | Project Information. Glossary tab
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Definitions for key terms from anywhere in your model |
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Project Issues |
Project | Documentation |Issues or View | More Project tools | Project Information. Issues tab |
Central set of issues independent of the Project Browser |
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Project Tasks |
View | More Project tools | Project Information. Tasks tab |
Central set of Tasks, |
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Project Authors |
Settings | Project Types | People > Project Authors(s) |
List of people who are involved with the project. |
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Project Roles |
Settings | Project Types | People > Project Role(s) |
Project roles |
not available |
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Project Clients |
Settings | Project Types | People > Project Clients(s) |
Project Clients |
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Project Resources |
Settings | Project Types | People > Project Resources(s) |
Project Resources |
Resources |
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Project Stereotypes |
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Lists the stereotypes used in the project |
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Project Repository Data |
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Provides some basic data about the current repository |
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Project Datatypes |
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Lists the currently defined project datatypes |
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Update please
* - these are links to the relevant section in the EA online help at www.sparxsystems.com, and were correct at 3/10/2011.