Relationship Menu

The Relationship popup menu contains the following commands:

Connect enables you to connect an Entity with a Relationship or with an IS_A Relationship, or vice versa. Small circles represent the position of the points. If you click on a space, the new point will be an intermediate point. A Connection can have a maximum of 30 points. To complete the Connection, click on the icon where the Connection is to end. If prompting is switched "on" for Connections, you are asked for the type, cardinality and rolename of the Connection. If you do not alter a field which contains a default value then the default value is assigned.If prompting is switched "off" for Connections you can add this information later, using the Alter command from the Connection pop-up menu.

Alter  enables you to create or modify the name of the Relationship. Alter will not affect the name of the corresponding data entry.

Resize

Small. The icon is changed to the "small" size.

Medium. The icon is changed to the "medium" size.

Large. The icon is changed to the "large" size.

Shrink/Grow. Use the mouse to drag the icon to the required size.

Delete enables you to delete a Relationship and its Connections from the diagram. To undo the deletion, use Undo.

Edit DD enables you to create or edit the data definition of the selected Relationship. This command opens the Data Editor.

Edit Relationship opens the Entity/Relationship Editor for the selected Relationship.

Show E-R Diagrams enables you to see a list of the Entity-Relationship Diagrams associated with a particular Relationship. From this list you can select a related Entity-Relationship Diagram for modification whilst still editing the original diagram.

Show Flow Diagrams enables you to see a list of the Flow Diagrams associated with a particular Relationship. This means that the Relationship is defined as a Store or Store component in the Flow Diagram. From this list you can select a related Flow Diagram for modification whilst still editing the original diagram.

Show Traceability Links to

Modular Design opens the Autotracer for the chosen component. The Autotracer automatically displays the Traceability Links from the selected object to Modular Design objects. You can alter the selections in the Autotracer if you want to display the Traceability Links for different objects. If the Autotracer was already open when you used this command then the entries in the Autotracer are updated.

Task Design opens the Autotracer for the chosen component. The Autotracer automatically displays the Traceability Links from the selected object to Task Design objects. You can alter the selections in the Autotracer if you want to display the Traceability Links for different objects. If the Autotracer was already open when you used this command then the entries in the Autotracer are updated.

GUI Design opens the Autotracer for the chosen component. The Autotracer automatically displays the Traceability Links from the selected object to GUI Design objects. You can alter the selections in the Autotracer if you want to display the Traceability Links for different objects. If the Autotracer was already open when you used this command then the entries in the Autotracer are updated.

Check  enables you to validate the selected Relationship within the IM or against the SA Model, based on the analyzer options. You must name the Relationship before you can carry out this command. To analyze the whole Requirements Model, use the Analyze command from the Requirements menu.

Within IM Check within SA enables you to validate the selected Relationship within the Information Model. When the analysis is complete an output window is displayed which contains a list of the errors found.

Against SA Check against SA checks whether the Relationship is defined in the SA Model as Store or Store component. Note: This command applies to SA and IM integration only. When the analysis is complete an output window is displayed which contains a list of the errors found.

Annotations enables you to attach annotations to an object. The Annotation Selector is opened listing the Annotation types available for the object.