The EA Desktop (Web Front-End)

Common Features : Using HOPEX : The MEGA Desktop : Presentation of the Web Front-End Interface : The EA Desktop (Web Front-End)

To connect to the EA desktop (Web Front-End), select the "Enterprise Architect" business role (or the "EA Standard" profile).

The EA desktop (Web Front-End) is as follows:

You can right-click in your EA desktop (Web Front-End). In particular, right-click enables access to object properties and activation of commands on these objects.

EA desktop presentation (Web Front-End)

The EA desktop (Web Front-End) comprises the following areas:

• In the top, the tool groups that allow you to quickly find commands you require to execute a task.

See "EA desktop (Web Front-End) tool groups".

• On the left, navigation tree panes appear providing access to objects in the repository.

• In the center, an edit area is used to, for example:

• edit diagrams

See "Handling Diagrams".

• display your dashboard, which hosts the widgets for quickly accessing repository information

See "Customizing your Dashboard (Web Front-End)".

• open the properties window of the current object.

• To the right, the advanced search window appears for performing advance searches.

See "Performing an Advanced Search".

• In the bottom, the status bar:

• indicates the name of the MEGA user used for mapping and his/her profile or business role.

• provides access to the chat service and to the notification type alerts.

See "Chat Service (MEGA Web Front-End)".

See "Threads of Posts and Alerts on Objects".

EA desktop (Web Front-End) tool groups

When the desktop page size is not sufficient to display the complete toolbar, arrows appear at the extremities of the toolbar.

To scroll the toolbar:

• to the left, click

• to the right, click

Commands are organized by tool groups.

Repository

The Repository tool group provides access to actions that concern:

• dispatch

You can dispatch or refresh your work at any time.

• collaborative work

This function is available with HOPEX Collaboration Manager. For more details, see "Communicating in MEGA".

• tools:

• import/export

See "Exchanging Data with Excel".

• mapping editor

Edit

The Edit tool group is used to cancel or redo your most recent action(s).

See "Undoing and Redoing Actions on Objects".

View

The Display tool group is used to:

• define the display of navigation panes

See "Hiding a navigation Pane".

• to display, move and hide the properties window

See "Displaying and Docking Object Properties Windows".

• to display favorites

See "Managing Favorites".

• to modify data display language.

See "Specifying the Data Language".

The Search tool group is used for perform a simple search in the repository.

See "Performing a Simple Search".

To perform an advanced search, see "Performing an Advanced Search".

Current task

The Current Task tool group is used to select a design task to which you connect the modeling work carried out in your private workspace.

Desktops

and

enable navigation between EA and Teamwork desktops.

The Teamwork desktop enables management of notifications, requests for change, tasks, workflows and validations via the Web; see HOPEX Collaboration Manager.

For more information, see "Using Design Tasks".

Miscellaneous

The Miscellaneous tool group is used to:

• access your dashboard.

See "Customizing your Dashboard (Web Front-End)".

• manage your account

• modify your password

See "Modify your password (Web Front-End)".

• modify your options

For more information on options available at the user level, see "Available Option Groups (User Level)", page 181.

• modify the theme of your desktop

See "Modify the theme of your desktop (Web Front-End)".