Managing of the ArchiMate views in an Enterprise Architecture solution
In accordance with ArchiMate® standards:
• A Viewpoint specifies the list of concepts (elements and relationships) mandatory in a specific View type.
• A new View is created depending on a specific Viewpoint in an ArchiMate® model context.
For more details on the types of the elements associated to a Viewpoint, see The properties of a viewpoint.When an ArchiMate diagram is created from an EA building block, the corresponding view is automatically created from “Layered” viewpoint.
To access the list of views associated the an EA Building block: open the ArchiMate Views properties of the object.Accessing ArchiMate Views list
To access the list of Views associated to an ArchiMate model:
1. From the Environment navigation menu, select ArchiMate Models.
2. Expand the folder of the model that interests you.
3. Expand the Views folder.
The list of Views appears.
ArchiMate Views properties
In the Characteristics properties of an ArchiMate View, the Identification section provides access to the following information:
• the Name
• its Owner, by default the ArchiMate model associated to the View.
• the text of its Description.
• the Viewpoint,
• its Status.