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Friday, 26 July 2019 05:40

The Ultimate Guide to upgrade to Sparx Enterprise Architect 15

Sparx Systems has recently released its latest version of Enterprise Architect 15. Sparx Systems have added various new features in this version.

Here is a guide with list of menus, frequently used by EA practitioners would be very helpful. This ultimate guide focuses highly up on how to access those frequently used options from menu bars along with some shortcuts. Since there are many changes in menus for frequently used options like Package Baseline, Export/Import of XMI, Linked Documents and others.

You can also find the full comparison between Enterprise Architect version 13.5, 14 and 15 in the below link.
Full Comparison between (EA13.5, EA14, EA15) on Frequently used menus in Enterprise Architect

Below table details the commonly used option of Enterprise Architect.

Enterprise Architect Features	Enterprise Architect 15
Start
Project Browser	Start \| Design \| Browser
	Explore \| Portals \| Windows \| Explore \| Project Browser
	Ctrl+1
Context Browser	Start \| Desktop \| Design \| Browser \| Context Explore \| Portals \| Windows \| Explore \| Context Browser
Diagram Browser	Start \| Desktop \| Design \| Browser \| Diagram Explore \| Portals \| Windows \| Project Browser \| Diagram
Element Browser	Explore \| Portals \| Windows \| Explore \| Element Browser Start \| Desktop \| Design \| Browser \| Element
Preferences / Settings	Start \| Preferences \| Preferences
Preferences / Settings	Ctrl+F9
Menu Customize	Start \| Preferences \| Other Options
Summary	Start \| Design \| Common \| Summary
Resources (Alt +6)	Start \| Share \| Publish \| Resources
Notes (Ctrl + Shift + 1)	Start \| Design \| Common \| Notes
Tagged Values (Ctrl + Shift + 6)	Design \| Element \| Editors \| Properties \| Tags Start \| Design \| Common \| Properties ( Tags Tab )
Element Browser (Alt + 9)	Explore \| Portals \| Windows \| Explore \| Element Browser
Element Browser (Alt + 9)	Start \| Design \| Browser \| Element
Relationships (Ctrl + Shift + 2)	Start \| Design \| Details \| Properties
Element Properties (Alt + 1)	Start \| Design \| Common \| Properties ( Element Tab )
Find in Project (Ctrl + f)	Start \| Search \|Model
Workspace	Start \| Workspace
Visual Style	Start \| Visual Style
Perspective	Start \| Portals \| Perspective
Design
Traceability (Ctrl + Shift + 4)	Design \| Trace \| Traceability
Relationship Matrix	Design \| Matrix \| Relationship Matrix
Gap Analysis Matrix	Design \| Gap Analysis \| Gap Analysis Matrix
Toolbox	Design \| Diagram \| Toolbox
Change Diagram Type	Design \| Diagram \| Manage \| Change Type
Specification View	Design \| Specify
List View	Design \| List View
Gantt View	Design \| Gantt
Change Element Type	Design \| Element \| Manage \| Change Type
Layout
Diagram Layout	Layout \| Diagram Layout
Pan and Zoom	Layout \| Pan and Zoom
Diagram Filter	Layout \| Diagram Filters
Publish
Glossary	Publish \| Glossary
Configure
Project Options	Configure \| Options
UML Types (Stereotypes / Tagged Values / Cardinality Values)	Configure \| UML Types
Project Types	Configure \| Model Types
Database Datatypes	Configure \| Settings \| Database Datatypes
Namespace Roots	Configure \| Settings \| Namespace Roots
Preprocessor Macros	Configure \| Settings \| Preprocessor Macros
Manage Security	Configure \| Administer
Project Transfer	Configure \| Transfer \| Project Transfer
Export Reference Data	Configure \| Transfer \| Export Reference Data
Import Reference Data	Configure \| Transfer \| Import Reference Data
Enable Audit	Configure \| Auditing
Project Integrity	Configure \| Integrity \| Project Integrity
Reset ID	Configure \| Integrity\| Reset IDs
Repair .EAP file	Configure \| Integrity\| Manage .EAPX/.EAP file \| Repair .EAPX/.EAP file
Compact .EAP file	Configure \| Integrity\| Manage .EAPX/.EAP file \| Compact .EAPX/.EAP file
Update .EAP file Indexes	Configure \| Integrity\| Manage .EAPX/.EAP file \| Update .EAPX/.EAP file Indexes
Construct
Discussion	Start \| Discussions
Team Review	Start \| Reviews
Resource Allocation	Construct \| Resources
Develop ( Code in older Versions )
Code Templates	Develop \| Options \| Edit Code Templates
Code Engineering Datatypes	Develop \| Options \| Configure Code Engineering Datatypes
Import Source Code	Develop \| Files \| Import Source Directory
Specialize ( Extend in older Versions )
Manage Add-ins	Specialize \| Add-Ins \| Manage
PCS Integrations	Specialize \| Tools \| Systems integrations \|Open External Data
Import MDG Technology	Specialize \| Technologies \| Publish-Tech \| Import MDG Technology
Generate MDG Technology	Specialize \| Technologies \| Publish-Tech \| Generate MDG Technology
Manage Technology	Specialize \| Technologies \| Manage-Tech
Scripting	Specialize \| Scripting
Others
Linked Document	Start \| Design \| Document
Export XMI	Publish \| Export-XMI
Import XMI	Publish \| Import-XMI
Apply Auto Naming to Elements	Design \| Manage \| Auto Naming
Turn on Level Numbering	Design \| Manage \| Level Numbering
Package Baseline - New	Design \| Manage \| Manage Baselines
Package Control	Publish \| Package Control \| Package Configure
Generate Source Code	Develop \| Source Code \| Generate
Project Browser Search	Project Browser \| Drop Down \| Find in Browser
Document Generation	Publish \| Report Builder \| Generate Documentation
Document Generation	Project Browser Drop Down \| Documentation \| Generate Documentation (RTF/PDF/DOCX)
Diagram Properties Dock	Start \| Design \| Properties
Context Browser (Alt + 0)	Start \| Desktop \| Design \| Browser \| Context
	Explore \| Portals \| Windows \| Explore \| Context Browser
Inline Specification	Design \| View As \| Inline Specification View

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