Beginning to Model with EA/Studio

Go Up to Session 2: Understanding the EA/Studio Infrastructure

1 From the Start > Programs menu, choose IDERA EAStudio > EAStudio and the Welcome dialog opens. You can also double-click the EAStudio shortcut that is placed on your desktop at the time of installation.

2 In the Welcome dialog, select Create a new workspace (with optional project, model, and diagram (the first option).

Note: You can also use the “express” create method. If you select this option you only need to select the model type and enter a name. A workspace, project, model, and diagram are then created for you, all with the same name.

3 Click OK and the Create a New Workspace dialog opens.

4 For purposes of this evaluation guide, take the following steps to create a new workspace, project, model, and diagram:

• Enter the workspace name “Acme Company” but leave the default directory as is.
• Enter the new project name “Compliance Reinstatement Project” under Project options.
• Create a new model named “Shipping Process Model” within the project you just created. Leave the Model type as Business Process and leave the default setting as On for the Validate against BPMN specification setting.
• Create a new diagram named “Order Picking” within the model you just created. As you enter the name of the diagram, the Name of Pool with Invisible boundary and First lane name text boxes are populated with the same name.

5 Rename the pool name as “Order Picking Pool” and rename the First lane name as “Order Picking Lane”

6 When you click OK, a new workspace, project, model, diagram, pool, and lane are created and appear in the Model View tree. The items are displayed in the hierarchal mode in the tree.

Reference Objects are also created at this time. We will discuss how to use Reference Objects in Session Six.

In the Model View you have toolbar commands that make it easier to work in the tree.

Icon	Command	Description
	Refresh	Updates all the nodes in the Model View tree.
	Collapse All	Collapses all the nodes in the Model View tree.
	Expand All	Expands all the nodes in the Model View tree.
	Sync with Diagram	If this command is selected, whenever an element in the diagram is selected, the Model View tree automatically selects that element in the Model View tree and vice versa.
	Filter	Opens the Model View Filter dialog.
	Group by Object	Groups items in the Model View tree by element type. This is a toggle switch.

The next portion of Session 2 covers how to use the Model View tree.