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How do I specify Include/Extend/Generalization relationship?

I cannot find an option in creating use case diagrams to specify an Include, Extend or Generalization relationship between use cases.

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Someone correct me if I am wrong, but if you right-click the connector there is an option to define (edit text) the association in the diagram. However, this will not change the connector itself. It only places the <Includes> text over the connector line. I assume the text option is there to allow for other relationship notations like stereotypes between actors and such.


Thank you for your response. In fact I already figured out about the possibility to add text, but I forgot to state that in my question.
You exactly described my problem, I have the possibility to indicate an <<Includes>> / <<Extends>> relationship, but I cannot add an arrow to the connector to indicate the direction of the relation (nor can I indicate a generalization).

I shall create an enhancement request.

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I have the impression that above is not possible in Requirements Composer.
Could somebody from the Jazz development team please give an indication if this is to be realized in a future release of Requirements Composer and when?
I think that this is quite important for making more advanced use case diagrams.

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I cannot find an option in creating use case diagrams to specify an Include, Extend or Generalization relationship between use cases.


Someone correct me if I am wrong, but if you right-click the connector there is an option to define (edit text) the association in the diagram. However, this will not change the connector itself. It only places the <Includes> text over the connector line. I assume the text option is there to allow for other relationship notations like stereotypes between actors and such.

Maybe an enhancement request to default all new associations within a Use Case Model to a <Uses> relationship would clue users in on how/where to specifiy the correct relationship? (or would this promote bad modeling habits?)

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Yes, please do open an enhancement request.

Daniel

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Hi,

have you created this enhancement request? I have the same need and would like to vote on it.

Regards.
Cesar

Someone correct me if I am wrong, but if you right-click the connector there is an option to define (edit text) the association in the diagram. However, this will not change the connector itself. It only places the <Includes> text over the connector line. I assume the text option is there to allow for other relationship notations like stereotypes between actors and such.


Thank you for your response. In fact I already figured out about the possibility to add text, but I forgot to state that in my question.
You exactly described my problem, I have the possibility to indicate an <<Includes>> / <<Extends>> relationship, but I cannot add an arrow to the connector to indicate the direction of the relation (nor can I indicate a generalization).

I shall create an enhancement request.

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There is further discussion in the related enhancement work item 32454

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Daniel,

Will this enhancement be in future version? The link you posted above is wrong, so I can not visualize the discussion.

I am waiting this functionality for a long time. Does anybody opened the enhancement request?

Thank you...and sorry my bad english.

It has been 2 major versions of RRC and 2 years -- do we have have any plan or timeline of when we can see this functionality?   IBM was one of the originators of the OMG / UML group -- why is the Use Case Diagram functionality lacking such significant Use Case Diagram needs?


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The following link should work:

https://jazz.net/jazz03/resource/itemName/com.ibm.team.workitem.WorkItem/32454

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There is any update of this enhancement?

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The latest update, which you got a response to on 32454 yesterday -- is that they are looking to roll this in with
60178 --

https://jazz.net/jazz03/resource/itemName/com.ibm.team.workitem.WorkItem/60178

Which is a great idea to dump the editor plugin and rebuild the editor using HTML v5.

William stated "This year"...  fingers crossed!

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