Analyzing Sparx System EA UML models

Purpose

The UML analyzer is intended to analyse dependencies between UML elements of a Sparx System Enterprise Architect UML model. The element hierarchy bases on UML package and structure in the model.

Pre requisites

Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect installed

Performing an analysis

Create an analyzer settings file. This can be done by:
- Using the example below or
- Running the analyzer with a not existing settings file. A settings file using default settings will be created.
Edit the analyzer settings file if required:
- Update the Input.Filename setting to point to the UML model file.
- Update the Output.Filename to the name of the product.
- Change the log level if required.
Run the analyzer from the command line with the analyzer settings filename as argument.
The analyzer will:
- Read Sparx System Enterprise Architect UML models to determine dependencies between model packages and elements.
- The found elements and dependencies are written to the Output.Filename.
- At the end of the analysis the percentage of the relations that could be resolved is shown. This is an indication of the reliability of the dependency model.
Import the DSI file in the DSM viewer.

Command line usage

Use the following command to run a analysis:

"C:\Program Files\DsmSuite\Analyzers\UML\DsmSuite.Analyzer.Uml.exe" AnalyzerSettings.xml


## Settings

The following settings are defined:

| Setting                                    | Description                                                                | 
|:-------------------------------------------|:---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| LogLevel                                   | Log level as described above                                               |
| Input.Filename                             | EA model filename                                                          |     
| Output.Filename                            | Filename with dsi extension to which results will be written               |
| Output.Compress                            | Compress output file                                                       |

## AnalyzerSettings.xml example 

Example for analyzing the [DSMViewer UML model](https://github.com/dsmsuite/dsmsuite.github.io\uml_model\DsmViewer.eap).

```xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<AnalyzerSettings xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
  <LogLevel>Error</LogLevel>
  <Input>
    <Filename>SampleModel.EAP</Filename>
  </Input>
  <Output>
    <Filename>SampleModel.dsi</Filename>
    <Compress>true</Compress>
  </Output>
</AnalyzerSettings>

Additional Logging

No additional logging files defined.

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