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Table of contents

1Access

2Editing Element Properties

2.1Packages

2.2Element Types

2.3Fields and Tagged Values

2.4Filters

3Adding New Elements

4See Also

Editing Elements and Properties

Table of contents

1Access

2Editing Element Properties

2.1Packages

2.2Element Types

2.3Fields and Tagged Values

2.4Filters

3Adding New Elements

4See Also

Access

Open a Model Expert Relationship matrix > Select Source or Target Properties icon.

This shows the Element Properties window.

Editing Element Properties

Option Description

Packages

 Lists the packages being displayed. Add/remove packages with the the +/- buttons

Element Types

 Choose the Element type(s) and stereotype(s).

If you open a matrix using one or more packages, the Element Types list will show all the element types and stereotypes in those packages. Just check the ones you want to see

Fields and Tagged Values

 Lists the fields available to be displayed.

Both the source and target elements can have multiple fields and tagged values displayed. For SOURCE fields, these will be shown as additional columns to the left hand side of the matrix table. For TARGET fields, these will be additional rows at the top of the matrix table.

  • To add a new field to your matrix, just select the adjacent check box.
  • To add a tagged value, just type the tagged value name and choose ‘Add tagged value’
  • To change the order of the rows/columns, use the up/down buttons

Example of multiple source fields:

Example of multiple Target fields:

Filters

 Create filters which will run against the element lists.
  • Choose to see only populated or empty rows ( for source) or populated or empty columns (for target)
  • Add other filters, to display only elements that meet all or any of a number of conditions based on the values of EA fields.

Adding New Elements

New elements can be added to your model/matrix by selecting the + icon next to either Source or Target. This creates a new element in the project browser. Click Refresh in the Matrix view to add these elements to your source/target list

See Also

Setting up an Enhanced EA Matrix Report