As we know the model information gets larger every day, it would be hard to remember and locate each artifact information. It so happens that the favourite diagrams are not often revisited after the initial creation and they eventually become irrelevant. Hence, for the users who like to visualize & analyze the current state of architecture must use ‘Analyzer’, the feature which allows us to overcome this challenge. Analyzer brings in the capability of creating views to analyze the impact of change in Prolaborate.
A user who is unfamiliar with a specific model and keen to understand the impact of certain application on his enterprise model can use ‘Analyzer’ to visualize easily.
In this article we have covered a simple use case, where a user can visualize relationships up to three levels for an element.
We have a large model with many artifacts. In Top-level we have “Cognos” Application Component and “Report on User Account” connected in the 3rd level.
Let us see how we can achieve this.
Step1: Please select Node from “Repository Browser”
Step2: Click the node once it is available in View
This helps the user get the related elements list under traceability menu
Step3: Choose the next level of connected elements from the list and click “Add Selected” from the Repository browser.
Step4: Click the Second level of Node from ‘View‘ to get the Connected elements list.
Repeat the above-mentioned steps to get the complete relationship View of the element up to the levels required.
By enabling this option, users can see the highlighted flow between artifacts and its direction.
Users can remove nodes to analyze the impact of change in the view.
To learn more about Analyzer functionality click here.