Recent Features

This section lists the features of Enterprise Architect 11.1, for the following builds:

• 1113
• 1112
• 1111
• 1110

Select a version below:

Changes and fixes for Enterprise Architect 11.1 Build 1113

• BPMN
  • Many updates, conformance improvements and diagramming improvements originally included with version 12
  • BPMN diagramming behavior reworked to help users create valid models where possible, without forcing a particular methodology
  • BPMN diagram creation now prompts to create the appropriate owning element for each diagram type:
    • A Business Process for a Business Process Diagram
    • A Choreography Model for a Choreography Diagram
    • A Collaboration Model for a Collaboration and BPEL Diagram
    • A Conversation Model for a Conversation Diagram
  • Behavior when creating a new Pool updated
    • Adding to a diagram directly under a Package will create the Pool under the Package
    • Adding to a Business Process that already contains Pools will add to the Business Process
    • Adding to a Business Process that references a Collaboration will automatically add the Pool to the Collaboration
    • Adding to any other Business Process will give the option between creating a Collaboration or adding to the Process
    • No longer attempts to move the diagram or contents into a Collaboration
  • BPMN 2.0 XML export improvements:
    • Timer Start/Intermediate Events now export 'timeDate' property formatted to ISO 8601 standard
    • DataObjectReference name exported without concatenating its state
    • Pools located under a Choreography Model are now exported as Participants of the Choreography
  • Diagram Rendering Changes:
    • Pools with no name now display the names of the referenced partnerEntity and partnerRole properties instead
    • Lanes with no name now display the name of the referenced partitionElementRef instead
    • Message Icons on BPMN 2.0 MessageFlows will now draw with the correct orientation
    • Expanded activities are now drawn with their name at the top left to give more room for it's children
    • BPMN 2.0 Activity Objects now renders without the 3 bar symbol no matter what value adHocOrdering is set to
  • Process child ownership now enforced on Diagrams
    • Moving children of a Process represented by a Pool will now clip to the parent Pool
    • Helps protect the meaning and integrity of each Process
    • Hold the ALT key to bypass the locking and allow movement outside of the Pool
  • BPMN 2.0 changes and fixes:
    • Root elements and non-BPMN elements are no longer moved around in the Project Browser during diagramming
    • Root elements are no longer moved around in the Project Browser when placing them on a BPMN diagram
    • Call Activities can now have Sequence Flows to (valid) elements
    • Adding children to an Activity will now automatically mark it as expanded
    • Opening the properties dialog of a BPMN element will now set focus to the Name field
    • You can now set the 'processRef' Tagged value for a Pool on a diagram by dragging a Business Process from the Project Browser onto it
    • Corrected the error while creating message flow connectors between BPMN Pools in child diagrams.
    • EA no longer freezes sometimes during diagramming in non-comformant BPMN models (for example when two elements have parents that are each other in the database)
    • Embedded elements in a Pool's children no longer erroneously become the child of the Pool during diagramming
    • Start Events and End Events can now only be edge-mounted to Activities to match with BPMN specification
    • Performance improved during diagramming and encapsulation for BPMN
    • Activity resources property will no longer map to UPDM ResourceRole stereotype
• Other Changes
  • Tagged value types specifying an unqualified stereotype name now allow selection of matching stereotypes from any profile
  • Reusable Asset Service Connection now automatically re-establishes after a disconnection

Changes and fixes for Enterprise Architect 11.1 Build 1112

• Other Changes
  • Additional preventative measures added to address issues introduced on Windows 7 x64 by Microsoft Patch KB2993651
  • Updated Dependency Check option when registering Packages in RAS Registry.

Changes and fixes for Enterprise Architect 11.1 Build 1111

• Reporting & Document Generation
  • Document Generator now prompts user to save changes to Templates before generating
  • Linked Document and Template editors now prompt to save changes before closing
  • Document Editor now refreshes display when changing Page options for a section
  • Attribute filters can now be applied during document generation
  • Method filters can now be applied during document generation
  • Document Generator handling of nameless lists in templates improved
  • Document Generation using custom sql searches will now substitute <Search Term>
• BPMN
  • Modeling of Collaborations simplified
    • Pool elements now include all required properties directly instead of referencing an external participant element
    • Pools are now nested directly inside the Collaboration they define instead of the Process they reference
    • Elements created inside Pools referencing a Process are now created directly inside the Process
    • Process for a Pool can now be omitted for a simplified model if no re-use is required (Flow elements owned directly by Pool)
    • Main Pool for a Collaboration can now be omitted for a simplified model (Flow elements owned directly by Collaboration)
    • Alternatively the main Pool can be referenced by the tag 'mainPool' on the Collaboration (Allows setting additional properties on the Pool)
    • Context menu command for Pool in Project Browser added to allow encapsulating its process into a re-useable Business Process element
    • Context menu command for Collaboration and Collaboration diagram to allow encapsulating the Process for its default Pool
  • PartnerEntity and PartnerRole types now available:
    • Allows traceability between Pools and what they are representing
    • Drop either type onto a Pool link the Pool to the Entity/Role it represents
    • Full round-trip using BPMN XML included
  • Convenience notation of edge-mounted Start and End Events now available:
    • Handled by model export as a normal Start Event inside the parent
  • Import and export functions for BPMN now all require the Professional edition of Enterprise Architect or higher
  • Export to BPMN XML updated to prevent creation of a Process for Pools not containing any behavior
  • Round trip of label positions to BPMN XML improved
• Version Control
  • TFS 2012/2013 reporting file lock owner using 'Display Name' rather than 'AccountID' no longer prevents package check-in
  • TFS integration now detects use of TFS 2013 local workspaces and reports the error
• Other Changes
  • API call Repository.GetElementsByQuery will now substitute for custom sql queries
  • Issues introduced on Windows 7 x64 by Microsoft Patch KB2993651 no longer result in Operating System exceptions and blue screens when using enhanced diagram rendering

Changes and fixes for Enterprise Architect 11.1 Build 1110

• BPMN
  • Import from BPMN 2.0 XML added
  • Export to XPDL 2.2 added
  • Properties dialogs for BPMN 2.0 elements improved:
    • Easily select the type of the element from the valid sub-types
    • View and edit only the properties that are valid for the selected type
  • Modeling of Collaborations improved:
    • Creating a Pool on a diagram will now convert the diagram to a collaboration diagram and add corresponding Business Process and Participant elements
  • Start and End Events will no longer prompt to create an Edge Mounted element
  • Intermediate Events will now only prompt to create an Edge Mounted element when dropped onto an Activity
  • Nesting of elements on BPMN diagrams improved
  • Set the message for a message based event or task by dragging the message onto it from the Project Browser
  • Orthogonal connector line routing to Gateway elements improved
  • Diagram specific properties for Gateway marker visibility and Activity expanded added
    • Adding children to an Activity will mark it as expanded automatically
    • Expanded activities are now drawn with their name at the top left to maximize room for child elements
  • Export to BPMN 2.0 XML updated:
    • Message Flow to/from a Pool will now reference the matching Participant as the end object
    • Pool/Lane orientation now exported
    • Call Activity now exports the referenced Activity using the expected attribute name
    • Participant Multiplicity on a Pool not explicitly referencing a Participant now exported
    • Diagram export of Pools now references the source Participant
    • User, Manual, Script and Business Rule Tasks without connectors will now be exported as Global Tasks
    • A default Collaboration will no longer be created to own Message Flows if a Collaboration already exists in the package
    • Pools will now create appropriate additional elements required to fully specify the model on export
    • Diagrams directly owned by a Package will now create the appropriate container for export
    • Group, Category and Category Value elements now exported
    • Resource Parameter type now exported
    • Positions of Labels are now exported
    • Sub-Process and Sub-Choreography elements now export isExpanded property based on the contents of the diagram
  • Message Flow validation updated to allow connecting two Pools owned by a common collaboration
• Reporting & Document Generation
  • HTML reports showing Win32 objects updated to ensure correct position of hyperlinks on diagram images
  • Printing selected text from a document editor no longer causes a print error
  • Insertion of new sections where no gap exists between existing markers improved
  • IDocumentGenerator API object now allows multiple classes to be generated using different templates
• Other Changes
  • Reuseable Asset registration process updated to make it easier to create dependencies to existing assets
  • Reuseable Asset Service now supports an administrator password to prevent creation of new registries
  • Specification Manager is now able to restrict display to Test Cases
  • ArcGIS Validation Script updated to improve Length, Precision and Scale checks
  • ArcGIS partial schema export now includes packages that are indirectly linked to the Schema
  • Renaming a Table column when auditing is enabled no longer displays an error
  • Element Browser updated to allow copying Testing and Maintenance items by dragging them to another element on a Diagram