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Addition of a Decision point that has multiple inputs and outputs

In Rational Rose we have models that use a decision point as a combination of a decision node and merge node. We converted our old models over and would like to keep this functionality, whether or not it strictly adheres to the UML 2.1 spec. Right...
almost 16 years ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Software Architect Designer 4 Not under consideration

RSM/RSA should not take a license as soon as Eclipse starts

Skatteverket suggests that the RSA tool extends with two new features/functions to meet our needs. 1- We suggest adding an on/off button where the user can decide when he/she needs to use the modelling tool (i.e. requesting a licence from the serv...
almost 16 years ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Software Architect Designer 3 Not under consideration

Ability to use path map variable or classpath of the project with the Java visualization.

UML models (*.emx-files) and class diagrams (*.dnx-files) should be independent from the project in which they were created.Using Path map variable or the classpath of the current project to resolve Java types could help to achieve this.
almost 17 years ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Software Architect Designer 2 Planned for future release

WADL generation in RSA REST modeling

RSA 8.5 supports modelling RESTful Services. A BIRT report can be created to generate documentation of the REST services in HTML, PDF, Doc and PPT formats. It would be great if RSA/BIRT could also support WADL generation from the designed model fi...
over 11 years ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Software Architect Designer 2 Future consideration

Full Implementation of BPMN groups

RSA?s implementation of OMG?s BPMN 2 specifications provides the user with the ability to create groups as defined in paragraph 8.3.1of the specification. According to the specifications, a Group is linked to a unique CategoryValue, and among the ...
about 12 years ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Software Architect Designer 2 Future consideration

RSA 8.5 x64, unable to word wrap notes in rich text mode

Please add the ability to word wrap text inside of a rich text field on a note within uml models. The word wrap functionality should work the same way as when a note is resized without the rich text feature enabled.
over 12 years ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Software Architect Designer 3 Future consideration

Cannot reconnect communication paths on deployment diagrams

RSA should allow users to reconnect communication paths from one node to another on a deployment diagram. Currently, the "Reconnect not supported" message appears if you try to do this, RSA does not support the re-orientation of communication path...
over 12 years ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Software Architect Designer 4 Planned for future release

RSA 8.04 - Use Case Format / Fill / Custom color broken

In RSA 8.04, in a use case diagram, we are able to change colors of the use case 'bubble'. However, none of the custom colors work. Please enhance the product to allow the additional colors to be displayed. This is necessary for very large diagram...
over 12 years ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Software Architect Designer 4 Planned for future release

RSA Must support Struts 2.x as it does for Struts 1.x

RSA Must support Struts 2.x as it does for Struts 1.x Please refer to the technote for more information as to what is currently supportedhttp://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=2042&context=SSCPU2M&dc=DB520&uid=swg21327401&loc...
over 13 years ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Software Architect Designer 3 Future consideration

It should be possible to save entered text in the Documentation field in Properties view without having to change focus

It should be possible to save entered text in the Documentation field in Properties view without having to change view focus. The RSA model won't get "dirty" until you switch from the Documentation field to a different field or view.
almost 7 years ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Software Architect Designer 0 Future consideration