•  Overview of using basic capabilities
  •  System Architect encyclopedia basics
    •  Encyclopedia underlying structure
      •  Encyclopedia tables
        • Object type codes in ENTITY table
        • List of fields in an ENTITY table
      • Non-database encyclopedia files
      • Files outside the encyclopedia database
    •  Encyclopedia maintenance
      • Backing up an encyclopedia
      • Preventing changes to encyclopedia data
      •  Explicit relationships
        • Viewing incomplete explicit relationships
        • Viewing orphan explicit relationships
        • Locating incomplete explicit relationships
        • Locating orphan explicit relationships
  •  Creating and opening encyclopedias
    • Converting encyclopedias for use with latest version of System Architect
    • Converting SQL Server encyclopedias to support Optimized XT Reader
    •  SQL Server
      • Creating a connection
      • Opening older or creating new encyclopedias
      • Creating a SQL Server encyclopedia
      • Creating SQL Server encyclopedias and catalogs through SQL scripts
      • Opening an SQL Server encyclopedia
    •  SQL Server Express
      • Creating an SQL Express encyclopedia
      • Opening an SQL Express encyclopedia
    •  Setting configuration of methods for encyclopedias
      • Setting a project’s property configuration
      • Methodologies supported
      • Default DBMS type
  •  Workspaces
    • Workspace administrators and users
    • Selecting a workspace
    • Creating a workspace
    •  Merge workspace overview
      • Merging or extracting from workspace to encyclopedia
      • Merging workspaces
    •  Workspaces and System Architect utilities
      • System Architect Encyclopedia Manager
      • Comparing diagrams across workspaces
      • System Architect Publisher
      • System Architect XT
  •  Using Enterprise Merge/Extract
    • Extracting and checking out information – Enterprise Extract
    • Merging information – Enterprise Merge
  •  Importing and exporting information
    •  XML interface
      • Exporting XML
      • Importing XML
    •  CSV and TXT format
      • Importing and exporting information through CSV
      • Comma‑separated value (CSV) files
      • Import options for TXT
      • Dictionary menu: Export Definitions
      • Dictionary menu: Import Definitions
      • Import options
  •  History
    •  Object history and property comparison
      • Object history overview
      • Working with object history
      • Searching object histories
      •  Comparing properties
        • Comparing objects with previous workspaces
      • Changing font color for differences
      • Working with IBM Rational Synergy Change requests
    • Purging history
    • Viewing history for files
  •  Using the Explorer tree to browse the repository
    • Explorer window
    • Viewing items in the Explorer
    • Diagram Preview pane
    • Locating referenced objects
    • Adding a diagram
    • Adding a definition through the Explorer
    • Opening a diagram or definition
    • Opening and manipulating the Explorer
    • Explorer: Scroll bars
    •  Introduction to views in Explorer
      • Explorer panes
      • Views
      • User access of views
    •  Creating views for the Explorer
      • Creating panes and views
      • Creating a dynamic view
      • Creating a static view
    • Configure Tabs
    •  Properties
      • Properties pane
      • Editing in the Properties pane
      • Resizing columns or rows of the properties grid
      • Viewing diagram pictures
      • Viewing definition detail
    • Context menu
    • Classic context menu
  •  Diagrams
    • Creating, opening, changing, and deleting diagrams
    • Opening diagram windows outside the System Architect window
    •  Printing diagrams
      • Setting up the page
      • Print layout preview
      • Creating diagram borders
    • Routing lines on a diagram
    • Routing lines automatically on a diagram
    •  Creating parent-child diagram links
      • Parent-child diagrams
      • Balance child(ren) command
      • Balance horizontal command
      • Balance parent command
    •  Explorer network and landscape diagrams
      • Creating an Explorer diagram
      • Populating the diagram
      • Symbol types viewable on the Explorer diagram
      • Symbol types available on the diagram toolbar
      • Dragging and dropping from Explorer to create Explorer diagram
      • Using Explorer object reports to create Explorer diagrams
    • Representationally Consistent diagrams
    •  Working with hierarchy diagrams
      • Hiding subtrees on hierarchy diagrams
      • Arranging hierarchies
    •  Visually comparing diagrams
      • Time variable properties in definitions
      • Creating diagram comparisons
      • Using the time dimension slider
      • Changing diagram opacity
    • Creating a metamodel diagram
    • Using Explorer relationship reports to create Explorer diagram
    • Explore relationships of existing objects and their immediate relatives
    •  Using the Explorer diagram
      • Isolate selected symbol and attachment
      • Isolate selected symbols and arrange in circle
      • Delete relationships
      • Refreshing the Explorer diagram
      • Hiding relationships on Explorer diagram
      • Edit represented object
      • Edit properties of Explorer symbol
      • Delete unrelated objects
      • Resizing a collection symbol
  •  Symbols and definitions
    •  Setting session preferences
      • Session options in the sa2001.ini file
    • Customizations reached through individual dialogs
    • Grid and Reduced View command
    • Changing diagram grid settings
    • Gradient fills for diagrams
    • Changing the gradient fills for your diagram
    • Setting default gradient fills for an encyclopedia
    • Pointers
    • Drawing in System Architect
    • Drawing options
    • Drawing symbols
    •  Drawing lines
      • Help Me Pick A Line Type
    • Straightening non-elliptical lines
    • Inserting segments into lines
    • Hide/show relationship lines
    • Drawing flag symbols
    • Handles
    • Symbol bounding box
    • Symbol icon indicators
    • Selecting multiple symbols
    • Moving multiple symbols
    • Reposition symbol name
    • Resizing a rectangular symbol
    •  Modifying the look of a symbol
      • Format menu: Diagram format > Display Options
      • Display Mode command
      •  Working with stylesheets
        • Changing the stylesheet setting in the sa2001.ini file
        • Changing the stylesheet in the configuration of an encyclopedia
        • Reconfiguring a encyclopedia with a new stylesheet
      • Imposing stylesheets on selected symbols
      • Adding color themes to diagrams
      • Symbol layering
      • Changing the gradient fill color for your symbols
      • Depiction styles
    •  Defining symbols
      • Adding definitions to an encyclopedia
      • Adding or modifying definitions
      • Deleting symbols and definitions
      • Mirrored properties overview
      •  Working with mirrored properties
        • Creating mirrored properties
        • Mirrored properties and matrices
        • Saving mirrored properties
      • Updating definitions with mirrored properties
      • Definitions with mirrored properties
      • Comments, graphic comments, and descriptions
      • Using grids
      • Browsing, selecting, and dragging
      • Creating a data structure
      •  Understanding the spell checker
        • Spell check
        • Configuring the spell checker
      •  Instance modeling
        • Creating instances of definitions (DoDAF 2.0)
        • How to populate references to other instances
        • Drawing lines between instances
    • Renaming a symbol or definition
    • Running a symbol macro
    • Keyboard accelerators
  • Searching
  •  Analytics
    • Building analytics
    • Analytic definition
    • Analytic collection definition
    •  Heat Map Manager
      • The Heat Map Manager window
      • Working with the Heat Map Manager
    •  Analytic examples in System Architect
      • Application portfolio management
      • BPMN process costs
      • Organization unit roles
    • Removing analytics or analytic collections
    •  Analytic Builder Wizard
      • Specifying an analytic
      • Specifying a report
      • Specifying depictions
      • Displaying analytics in the Heat Map Manager
      • Analytics summary
      • Analytic report definition
  •  Matrix editors
    • Synchronized definitions
    • Matrix types
    • Adding and changing definitions in the matrix editor
    • Printing matrices
    • Using the matrix editor
    • Color-coded matrices
    • Navigating in a matrix
    • Using “X” in cell matrices
    • Using text-in-cell matrices
    • Using multi-dimensional matrices
    • Using mirrored matrices
    • Saving a matrix
    • Creating a user-defined matrix
    • Creating a new matrix using the matrix designer
  •  Working with addressable requirements
    • Built-in addressable system
    • Dictionary menu: Addresses command
    • Dictionary menu: Addresses submenu
    • Requirements
    • Attach dialog box
    • Deleting an addresses definition from the Attach dialog
    • Detach dialog box
  • Using the Picture Browser to add pictures to diagrams
  • Specifying colors
  •  Comparing encyclopedias
    •  Encyclopedia comparison procedure
      • Phase 1: Select encyclopedias to compare
      • Phase 2: Set compare and display parameters and run comparison
      • Phase 3: View compare output
    • Working with parameter sets
    •  Working with filter sets
      •  SA Compare settings
        • Input tab
        • Compare filter sets
        • SQL tab
        • Compare tab
        • Display tab
        • Display filter sets
      •  Viewing compared encyclopedias
        • System Architect Compare files
  • Access Control command
  •  Merging and extracting information between encyclopedias
    • Tools menu: Merge
    • Tools menu: Extract
  • System Architect Data Migration utility (samigrate)