Creating a child diagram or attaching a child diagram

SA XT for web access : System Architect XT : Working with diagrams : Creating diagrams : Creating a child diagram or attaching a child diagram

1 On the Home page of System Architect XT, click System Architect XT Explorer.

2 Open the Business Process or Organization Chart diagram from which you want to create child diagram.

3 Right-click a symbol (for example, a Process symbol), and then click Create Child Diagram or Attach Child Diagram. The CREATE DIAGRAM window is displayed.

4 Select a diagram type, and then enter the name in the Diagram Name field.

5 Click OK. The Address bar shows the diagram’s URL, which includes DDID=NNNN, where N is the number assigned to the diagram you created. For example, the URL can appear as:

http://<computername>/SAXT/diagramming.aspx?DDID=4745

6 You can now work on your diagram with the same drawing options that are available in System Architect for the diagram type you have created.

7 In the parent diagram, click Refresh. The symbol that is the parent of the child diagram will now contain a small box, with + (plus sign), to denote that it has child diagram.

8 To open the child diagram from the parent symbol, right-click on the symbol and select Open Child Diagram. The context menu also lets you Detach Child Diagram.