Chart Diagram

VP-UML enables you to build a chart. In addition to the built-in RACI chart available for general purposes, you can define your own type of chart for problem-specific purposes. In this page, you can learn how to develop a chart, define color for roles and define a new code type.

Developing a chart

1. Right click on Chart Diagram on Diagram Navigator and select New Chart Diagram from the pop-up menu.
   

   Create new chart diagram

2. Name the chart diagram.
   

   Name the chart diagram

3. Select a model element type for row and column respectively to identify which participant is involved in an activity.
   

   Select a model element type for row and column

   NOTE:

   The choice of model element types will be in accordance with your exisiting model elements in the same project.

4. Click OK button.
5. You can then assign the role to participant(s) by clicking Mark Code to Cell button on the top of chart.
   

   Click Mark Code to Cell button

6. When the roles reveal, click the target role and select the target cell to assignment.
   

   Assign role

Adding an item

Apart from selecting existing model elements on chart, you can also create objects without model view. Those objects will have the similar properties with model elements, which you can assign role to them.

To create an item without model view:

1. Right click on a model element where you want to insert an item in font of that model element and select Add item... from the pop-up menu.
   

   Add an item

2. Enter name for new item in the pop-up Input dialog box. Click OK button to confirm and close the dialog box.
   

   Enter item's name

   
   As a result, the newly created item is shown.
   

   The newly created item is shown

Specifying background color for column/ row

The background color of columns and rows are white by default. You can specify background color for the entire columns/ rows by right clicking on the target row/ column and then selecting color for it.

To set background color for column/ row:

Right click on the target row/ column and select Color > [target color] from the pop-up menu. You can select a color from either Default category or Custom category.

Select a background color

As a result, the background color for selected row/ column is set.

Background color is set

Opening model element's specification

You can view and specify the properties of model elements by opening their specification dialog box.

To open a model element's specification:

1. Right click on the target model element and select Open Specification... from the pop-up menu.
   

   Open Lane's Specification dialog box

2. In specification dialog box, specify its properties, for example, documentation, references, tagged values and comments. Click OK button.
   

   The Lane Specification

Selecting model element in Tree

You can view a model element on Model Explorer by selecting it on chart.

To select a model element on Model Explorer:

Right click on the target model element and select Select in Tree from the pop-up menu.

Select in Tree

As a result, the model element is highlighted on Model Explorer.

Model element is highlighted on Model Explorer

Showing the view of model element

When reading the chart, you may want to view the model element on its source diagram.

You can view the model element by right clicking on the target model element and selecting Show View... from the pop-up menu.

Show the view of model element

As a result, the view of model element is selected on the diagram.

Model element is selected on its source diagram

Reordering row/ column

You can arrange the order of model elements with your preference.

Right click on target row/ column and select Move up or Move Down from the pop-up menu.

Move the model element up

Defining color for roles

1. To define a color for roles, you can modify the existing code type by clicking the … button of Code Type in Chart Diagram.
   

   Define code type

2. To define a color for a role, click the target role you want to change its color on the left, click the ... button next to Color and select a color from the pop-up menu.
   

   Select a color for target role

3. Click OK button.

Defining a new code type

1. In Chart Diagram, apart from the built-in code type, you can configure a new code type by clicking the … button of Code Type.
   

   Define a new type of chart

2. In the pop-up Configure Code Type dialog box, select Add > Code Type from the pop-up menu at the bottom to add a code type.
   

   Add a code type

3. Rename the newly created code type in Name.
   

   Rename the code type

4. To configure the roles under the new code type, select Add > Code from the pop-up menu.
   

   Add a new code

5. Enter the name of the code in Name and a letter which presents the code in Code. Click the … button next to Color and select a color for the code from the pop-up menu.
   

   Enter the properties of code

6. Click OK button.
7. The chart type you created previously is currently available from the combo box of Code Type. Select it from the combo box of Code Type.
   

   Select a code type from the combo box of Code Type