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Re-Using Elements In this latest instalment in the series Phil Chudley will be looking at how to re-use Elements from your repository in Enterprise Architect. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DIs2ROV8fM As always all of our videos are available right now via our YouTube channel ... and don't forget to subscribe!
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Thursday, 19 May 2016 12:04
Nonlinear generation of documentation in Sparx Enterprise Architect
Written by Pawel Zubkiewicz
Even though Agile promised us “working software over comprehensive documentation” in its Manifesto there are still highly regulated industries, such as banking, healthcare, insurance and government administration (to name just few), where IT systems must be properly documented. Even when your development team is agile, proper documentation is still vital for complex solutions. Quite frankly, most of the IT systems developed in-house are complex and closed – they are developed by handful of people who know them inside out but no one else in the organization knows how they work – just image what would happen if they are gone? Usually, documentation is…
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Managing Connectors In this latest instalment in the series Phil Chudley will be looking at managing your connectors in Enterprise Architect. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhTsvUDrgDU As always all of our videos are available right now via our YouTube channel ... and don't forget to subscribe!
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Thursday, 07 April 2016 13:19
Exploring Enterprise Architect through video...part 5
Written by DT_Sam
Creating Composite Elements In this latest instalment in the series Phil Chudley will be looking at creating composite elements in Enterprise Architect. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbWwYAc1ijM As always all of our videos are available right now via our YouTube channel ... and don't forget to subscribe!
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Thursday, 24 March 2016 09:26
Exploring Enterprise Architect through video...part 4
Written by DT_Sam
Creating a Diagram In this latest instalment in the series Phil Chudley will be looking at the basics involved in creating a diagram using Enterprise Architect. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hs98ZjLqCMQ As always all of our videos are available right now via our YouTube channel ... and don't forget to subscribe!
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In this third instalment of exploring EA through video Phil is looking at Creating a Repository: https://youtu.be/7SC9-UCVYFc If you can't wait to view all of our videos from this series please visit our YouTube channel ... and don't forget to subscribe!
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Friday, 19 February 2016 12:00
Define a shared EA project in Microsoft Azure SQL Database Cloud services
Written by Guillaume
This article provides guidance on setting up a Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect modelling project in the Cloud, using Microsoft Azure SQL Database services. Microsoft Azure SQL Database (formerly SQL Azure, SQL Server Data Services, SQL Services, Windows Azure SQL Database) is a cloud-based service from Microsoft offering data-storage capabilities (similar to Amazon Relational Database Service) as a part of the Azure Services Platform (Source: wikipedia). As regards an Azure SQL Database is very similar to a Microsoft SQL Server database, supported by Sparx Enterprise Architect. A few tweaks were needed a while ago, however Sparx Systems has since released an Azure…
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Thursday, 28 January 2016 11:54
Enterprise Architect - Exploring the tool...part 2
Written by DT_Sam
Exploring Enterprise Architect through video...part 2 In this second instalment of exploring EA through video Phil is looking at the visual style and workspace configuration options in Enterprise Architect. https://youtu.be/Bfg_1h4rews If you can't wait to view all of our videos from this series please visit our YouTube channel ... and don't forget to subscribe!
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Tuesday, 19 January 2016 11:35
Harnessing the notational synergy of ArchiMate, BPMN and UML
Written by colin.coates
Introduction Straight out of the box, Sparx Enterpise Architect provides support for multiple modeling notations. Using a synergy of notations can result in a better description of business architecture. This article considers how ArchiMate, BPMN and UML can be combined into a model that is focused at a high-level of abstraction, whilst still allowing for some critical details to be explored. Revealing layers of abstraction As explained in Marc Lankhorst's book Enterprise Architecture at Work (third edition, p. 117), modeling notations provide a way to represent knowledge. The process of building, sharing and transforming the model can foster a new…
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Exploring Enterprise Architect through video I have had the pleasure of working with Phil Chudley over the last 8+ years at Dunstan Thomas Consulting & last year we were working very closely on the online training project. While putting together the various materials that make up our online content we recorded a series of helpful video clips to supplement the materials and we thought we would now share these with the wider EA community. In these videos Phil Chudley, Principal Consultant & OMG Certified UML Professional at DT Consulting, will be walking us through the Sparx Systems modelling tool, Enterprise Architect.…
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Sunday, 27 December 2015 19:29
How to use the Enterprise Architect VBScript Library
Written by Geert Bellekens
The Enterprise Architect VBScript Library is an open source library of VBScripts written to be used in Enterprise Architect. This article explains how to download, import and use the library in Enterprise Architect. Initial Import The Enterprise Architect VBScript Library contains some scripts to load and save scripts from/to your file system, but before we can use those we have to import an initial set of scripts to get started. After downloading the file select menu option Project|Data Management|Import Reference Data and choose the downloaded file. Make sure to select Automation scriptsand click Import. This will import the minimum set of scripts required to load other scripts…
Thursday, 10 December 2015 13:49
Mastering the Creation of Style Sheets for Model Reporting
Written by philchudley
Introduction In order to provide a consistent look-and-feel to documents (RTF/DOCX/PDF) produced from Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect, Sparx Systems provided the facility of a Style sheet so that when applied, the styles defined in the style sheet override the corresponding styles used within the document template(s). A style sheet is selected when a document is to be generated using either: An artefact selected in the Project Browser such as a package. A Master Document. The main challenge faced by EA users is the creation of the style sheet, this tutorial provides you with the…
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Thursday, 19 November 2015 10:24
Capture runtime method calls with the Execution Analyzer
Written by Guillaume
Enterprise Architect is mainly used as a modelling tool to define and maintain a structured set of models based on standard languages or notations such as UML, BPMN, SysML, or ArchiMate. Enterprise Architect includes several features to fulfill other needs, associated with functional, business, design, or architecture aspects. This article illustrates the use of Enterprise Architect Execution Analyzer to capture and record method calls between instances of implementation classes during code runtime. A method call recording feature can be enabled: to visualize and analyze interactions i.e. invoked methods between instanciated implementation classes, to document implementation classes, to understand a software or application behaviour, as an option to identify reasons…
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Thursday, 12 November 2015 19:34
Tutorial: Generate complex documents from Enterprise Architect with a two-step semi-automated approach
Written by Geert Bellekens
Step 1: Create the virtual document with a script Step 2: Generate the document from the virtual document Document generation is important in most organisations that work with Enterprise Architect. Storing information in the model is good, but most stakeholders still require documents. Documents are using as a tool for validation, as a work order, or just to give you an overview of a specific set of thing in the model. The main advantages of a document versus a model is that it has a limited scope and a linear order. You can read a document from start to finish,…
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