Smart Sheets
An eaSheet shows you a list of EA elements, and any of their EA fields (like name, notes, status) or tagged values:
You can open one of these by finding an EA package, and choosing Specialize / eaSheets / Open elements in sheet.
But in an EA model, the relationships between things are often just as important as the things themselves.
eaSheets lets you open a sheet showing not just the fields and tagged values of each element, but also it’s connection to everything else:
Opening a Smart Sheet
To open A Smart Sheet, find a package in EA, and choose Specialize / eaSheets/ Open Smart Sheet
eaSheets will then:
- Open the sheet with all the fields and tagged values you have used, exactly as with a normal sheet
- Examine each element in the package, and find out what relationships it has with other elements
- For each relationship type, and target element type, eaSheets will add a new column, and populate the contents of each cell with the name of the related element.
Example
If your model has some data like this:
Then when it appears as a row in a Smart Sheet, it will look like this:
Interesting that the diagram and the row in the Smart Sheet are slightly different.
The sheet shows that the ‘Insurance Product development’ business function is related to two business roles:
- Insurance Product manager and
- Actuary
But the diagram just shows one – it’s out-of date. Since we drew the diagram, we must have added some new data, but forgot to update the diagram.
So the Smart Sheet always shows the very latest data from EA: fields and tagged values AND all the current connections.
Editing A Smart Sheet