Model Expert of EA DocX
Introduction
Model Expert helps you to understand, manage and improve the quality of your EA model content.
Select a package and open the Model Expert dashboard. Here you get an overview of the content of your package – the element types, diagrams and connectors it contains. You can also display this information as a diagram.
What will you discover here?
3 different ways to connect 2 element types
There are several stereotypes of very similar names
Many of the elements have no attributes or TVs
There are several empty diagrams
and more …
Validation
Once you have gained new insights into your model, it is time to eliminate inconsistencies, duplicates and contradictions. Model Expert gives you the tools you need to find and eliminate them.
Here, the modeller checks for duplicate elements and displays them in a diagram. From here, it’s easy to select the right one and connect everything to it; and then remove the one you don’t need.
Model with confidence
Instead of correcting your model after the fact, Model Expert helps you prevent these things from happening in the first place.
Real-time prompts that provide modellers with your tailored contextual help.
For example, you can add modelling hints and tailored instructions on the following topics:
Which elements and connectors are permitted in each diagram type
Which attributes or TVs need to be completed
Where already defined elements can be found (instead of inventing new elements)
Links to your best-practice modelling standards in the EA model or on your intranet
