Heatmaps and Archi data

General Questions/Discussions
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Hi Pino,

Thank you for your post. There are two methods to relate a model with a diagram.

Method 1: Sub-diagram

Sub-diagram is a diagram owned by a model element. When you move a model to another location within the model hierarchy, the diagram will follow, and when the model is being deleted, the diagram will be deleted as well. In other words, a sub-diagram is a part of a model element.

To create a sub-diagram:

  1. Click on the shape (For your shape, it should be an ArchiMate shape)
  2. Click on the tiny arrow icon at the bottom right of the shape. If you want to create a new diagram, select New DIagram. If you want to make an existing diagram become a sub-diagram of the selected element, select Existing Diagram…
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  3. If you have selected to create a new diagram, you will be prompted the New Winodw window. Select the type of diagram to create and click Next.
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You said you want to create a heat map, I am not sure if you want a statistical heat map or an ArchiMate -style heat map. We support both heat map chart and ArchiMate.

Method 2: Reference

Reference is a kind of loose connectivity. While sub-diagram is a part of its parent, a reference diagram does not enforce such a coupling between the referencing element and the diagram. To create a reference between an element and diagram:

  1. Click on the shape (For your shape, it should be an ArchiMate shape)
  2. This time, click on the tiny icon at the bottom left of the shape.
  3. Select Add Diagram… from the drop-down menu.
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  4. You will be prompted to select the diagram(s) to reference with. Make a selection and confirm.

No matter you have chosen to create a sub-diagram or a reference diagram, you can open the diagram(s) being selected via the tiny icon at the bottom left/right of a shape.
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Finally, you can relate elements with diagrams in any type. This means that you can make an ERD become a sub-diagram of an ArchiMate process, or adding a UML activity diagram as a sub-diagram of a BPMN task, etc.

Hope this helps. Please feel free to let me know if you have further questions.

Best regards,
Jick Yeung