Adding and editing connectors
Getting started
Choose a Package containing the source elements to be edited.
From the EA Project Browser Open a Smart Sheet Specialize > eaSheets > Open Smart Sheet.
Separate columns show all the relationships and related element types that exist for for any of the source elements.
Edit / add new related elements
Add the names of elements related to each source element in the correct relationship column.
- Add, edit or delete related element names in each cell. Multiple related elements can be added into any cell.
- To choose from existing elements, right click in the cell and select ‘Add Related Element’. This opens an EA window. Navigate via the package structure to the element(s) to be added.
NOTE: eaSheets will only allow related elements to be added if they are the type/stereotype already defined in the column – e.g. UseCase or Requirement.
Create new relationship type
To add a brand new relationship type/related element type, first create a single example of the source – relationship – target for an element in the source package. The Smart Sheet will then include a column including that relationship ready to be edited for all the elements in the package.
Save into EA
Once the edits are complete, Save to EA: 
To review changes before committing them into EA, Compare sheet with EA: 
. This adds colors to the spreadsheet to show the proposed changes.
- If an element already exists in the model (with the same name, type and stereotype), the relationship is added.
- If more than one element exists in the model (with the same name, type and stereotype), then an error message is displayed and no relationship is created.
- If no such element already exists, eaSheets will create a new element and add the relationship. The new element will be created in the same package as the source elements, so some housekeeping may be needed to move it into a more sensible place, consistent with the rest of your modeling.