Links Between Enterprise Architecture (EA) projects
Interconnecting EA projects
In a project scheduling diagram, you can easily interconnect different EA projects.
To interconnect EA projects
2. In the insert toolbar of a project scheduling diagram, click the reel.
3. Click on the first EA project and, keeping the mouse button pressed down, draw a line to the second.
If the "Composition" view is activated, an intermediate dialog box appears in which you must select a link type. For more details, see Splitting an EA project.The direction of the link is important. In the case above, the link indicates that "EA Project 1" precedes "EA Project 2".
If you draw the arrow in the wrong direction, you must delete the link.
To delete the link:
1. Right-click the link.
2. Click Delete.
Creating an EA project by linking it with other EA projects
To create a project linking it with two other projects:
1. Click EA Project.
2. Click on the first EA project and, keeping the mouse button pressed down, draw a line to the second.
The new EA project is created and connected to the two others.
Splitting an EA project
To split a project:
1. Click 
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. 2. In the dialog box that opens, select the Splitting check box then click OK.
See also Resizing Elements in a Diagram, for more details on display of views.3. Draw a link between two sub-projects.
The Create Link page appears.
This offers a choice between a "Next Project" link which indicates a sequence between two projects, and a "Sub-Project" link which indicates splitting.
4. Select the "Sub-Project" link. A dotted arrow line is displayed between the two EA projects.
