Workspace editor beta

Elements

The "Elements" view provides a visual representation of the people, software systems, containers and components contained within the software architecture model.

Adding an element

To add a person or software system, click the root workspace element. To add a container, click the parent software system element. And to add a component, click the parent container element.

Modifying an element

To modify or delete an element, right-click it to open the properties dialog.

Relationships

The "Relationships" view provides a visual summary of the relationships between all elements in the model. The darker lines indicate more than a single relationship between two elements.

Adding a relationship

To add a new relationship between two elements, click the source element followed by the destination element. This will open the relationship dialog, where you can specify the relationship properties.

Modifying a relationship

To modify or delete a relationship, right-click the element that is the source of the relationship to open the properties dialog.

Decisions

The "Decisions" view provides a visual summary of the decision records in the workspace; allowing you to add, edit and delete decision records.

Views

The "Views" view allows you to manage the set of views contained within the software architecture model.

Adding a view

You can use the buttons at the top of the page to add a new System Landscape, System Context, Container or Component view. You will be prompted to enter a unique key to identify the view (alphanumeric characters only), and optionally to select the element that should be the scope of the view.

Modifying a view

To modify the set of elements that are shown in the view, click the "Edit" button after selecting the view in the dropdown list. From here you can select one or more elements that can be shown in the view.

The inline diagram editor can be used to modify the layout of the elements and relationships in the view. See Help - Diagram layout for more details.

Deleting a view

To delete a view, click the "Delete" button after selecting the view in the dropdown list.

Styles

You can also modify the styles that affect how elements and relationships are rendered in the diagrams. See Help - Notation for more details on how tagging and styling works.