Chat and Discussion tools in Enterprise Architect have been enhanced
to help keep your team on the same page.
With this release we've added One-to-One Conversations,
Chat Notification Alerts
The Collaboration Window displays Message History
and Element Discussion Notifications.
Enterprise Architect now supports Peer-to-Peer Conversations.
To open the new Chat tab go to the Start Ribbon and select
"Share | Chat" here we can select individuals and groups to collaborate with
and send links to existing elements.
We are now logged in as the recipient.
When a new message is received
notification now appears in the top right hand corner.
We can see three messages including the one sent from "Oliver James",
In Enterprise Architect Actors on a diagram can be set up
to represent members of your team or organization.
To enable this.
Go to the Support Collaboration setting in the Diagram Properties.
Diagram Properties | Elements | Support Collaboration
Collaboration can be turned on by inserting the username
of the user into the Actor's Elements Alias field,
the repository user "user locking" the element or both.
We've selected "Both"
First we can see an example.
Where the Alias of an Actor has been set
to the username of a repository user.
Next we can also see a "user lock" set from the Context Menu.
"Lock Element" and select User Lock.
Once established the Actors behave
as if they are the repository user they represent.
Notifications appear on Actors when there are new message notifications.
Usernames can be found in the User Security settings
Go to Configure Ribbon | Security | Users.
Notifications also appear on Element Discussions.
To receive notifications on Element Discussions.
Right click on the Element and select Collaborate | Monitor Discussions.
We are now notified of any new discussions on this element
both in the message notification area and on the element itself.
We can now select and view the new discussion.
The Collaborations window is where
we can monitor a broader history of messages and discussions.
From here we can see recent collaborative activity in the repository
including Reviews, Element Discussions, Comments, Chats and Model Mail.
As I click on content in the window,
it opens the relevant collaborative activity in the repository.
Enterprise Architect 15.2 facilitates a broader range of collaborative activities
and helps you to manage teams and departments.
So everyone is on the same page.
To learn more about this and other aspects of this release
visit sparxsystems.com/ea152