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Using Information Flows
When you drag an Information Flow connector between two elements on a diagram, Enterprise Architect automatically prompts you to identify the Information items conveyed.
You can also create an Information Flow automatically whilst directly defining Information Flow realization, as you might do on a Message on a Sequence diagram.
Create and realize Information Flows
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Open a diagram and add two elements (for example, Nodes on a Deployment diagram). |
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Click on the Information Flow connector in the 'Common' page of the Toolbox and drag the cursor between the two elements. The 'Information Items Conveyed' dialog displays. |
Convey Information on a Flow |
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Add the classifier or Information Item element(s) to the Information Flow. The diagram now resembles this example:
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Convey Information on a Flow |
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Add another connector between the same two elements (for example, a Communication Path connector). |
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Right-click on the connector and select the 'Advanced | Information Flows Realized' option. The 'Information Flows Realized' dialog displays. |
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Tick the checkbox against each required information item in the realized flow and click on the . The connector now resembles this example, where the black triangle indicates the presence and direction of the Information Flow connector:
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Realize an Information Flow |
Notes
- Once the Information Flow is realized, you cannot access the 'Information Items Conveyed' dialog directly; to add or delete information items on the connector, you 'unrealize' the connector on the 'Information Items Realized' dialog
- If you have more than one Information Flow connector between the elements, they form part of the same combined connector; you can again work on them separately through the 'Information Items Realized' dialog
- If you have information flows in a diagram that you use as the source for a Pattern, the 'Information Items Conveyed' and 'Information Flows Realized' data is not copied into the Pattern
- You can locate, in the Project Browser, the classifier or information item element(s) conveyed on the Information Flow connector, using the 'Find Items Conveyed' context menu option on the connector