Flow Menu

The Flow popup menu contains the following commands:

Split Flows in the Flow Diagram Editor can be split or merged in order to make a Flow Diagram clearer and more meaningful. If you want to change a split or merged Flow back into a simple Flow, you should delete the part of the Flow that you do not want using Delete from the Flow pop-up menu. The merge or split point can be deleted if you first use Show Points and then use Delete from the pop-up menu on the merge or split point.

Bidirect.  When you select Bidirect from the Flow pop-up menu, the data is shown as flowing in both directions. If you select Bidirect again the Flow will become uni-directional again.

Alter  enables you to create or modify the name of the Flow. Alter will not affect the name of the corresponding data entry.

Insert Point enables you to modify a Flow by inserting an intermediate point. This command automatically executes the Show Points command. After choosing Insert Point, the new point is displayed at the pointer position on the Flow, and all other points are also displayed. A Flow can have a maximum of 30 points.

Show Points switches on the display of the points in the selected Flow. The points can then be moved or deleted.

Hide Points switches off the display of the points in the selected Flow.

Delete  enables you to delete a Flow from the diagram. To undo the deletion, use Undo.

Edit DD enables you to create or edit the data definition of the selected Flow. This command opens the Data Editor.

Show Flow Diagram enables you to see a list of the Flow Diagrams associated with a particular Flow. That is, any Flow Diagrams in the current library which contain this object. From this list you can choose a related Flow Diagram for modification whilst still editing the original diagram.

Show E-R Diagram enables you to see a list of the Entity-Relationship Diagrams associated with a particular Flow. That is, any diagrams in the current library which contain data references to the selected object. From this list you can select a related Entity-Relationship Diagram for modification whilst still editing the original diagram.

Check enables you to validate the selected Flow based on the analyzer options. You must name the Flow before you can carry out this command. To analyze the whole Requirements Model, use the Analyze command from the Requirements menu. When the analysis is complete an output window is displayed which contains a list of the errors found.

Annotations enables you to attach annotations to an object. The Annotation Selector is opened listing the Annotation types available for the object.