You can specify that for one or more types of UPIA element
be displayed in a class or freeform diagram.
Before you begin
You must create or open a class or freeform diagram in the
UPIA project.
About this task
To show UPIA elements in a diagram:
Procedure
- In the Palette, on the Explore tab,
click .
- Click inside the diagram. The Element
Types window opens.
- In the Element Types window, from
the Search Scope list, select a location to
define the scope in which to find element types.
- Select one or more element types.
- Optional: Click the Show derived
element types check box to show all elements from a type
hierarchy that is defined in the UPIA profile, without selecting the
individual element types.
- Click OK. The Element Types query runs and the diagram is populated
with the model elements that the query finds. The Query
Execution window opens.
- Optional: If you want to save the Element
Types parameters, click the Save query to the
diagram check box. When you store the query
in the diagram, you can update the diagram in the future and using
the same show element type parameters when you click Refresh.
- Click OK.