Version
8.00
: main
innovations...
 Win’Design access rights
management
A
new module is now available for the network license, to manage
all the access rights to Win’Design ...
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…
Improvement
of the profiles management
The access to the customizing options and profiles
definition has been simplified.
Evolution of the possibilities of levels of parameter settings for the models managed in Win’Design Business
Process module (activity) ...
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Ergonomic innovations
Addition
of a grid, displayed and activated on option, to make the
diagramms drawing easier ...
Function of
automatic edition at the creation of the objects for a direct data entry
of the name …
Addition of an object bar enabling
a direct access to the size, style and display functions related to the
object ...
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Patch 8.0.1, 8.0.2 and 8.0.3 are integrated in
this version
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Win’Design access rights management
1
– Notion of right
A right is the authorization
granted to a user to have access to a function or to do an action.
Generally, the access to a
function means the ability to execute the function or not : generating
documentation, executing a query, converting a diagram(CDM generation
<--> LDM), modifying graphic options, etc ...
For some functions, this
right is completed by complementary authorizations of creating,
modifying or deleting, for instance for the queries, the database
drivers, ...
The actions of
creation, modification, deletion, displaying are related to :
-
the workspaces
- the models
- the diagrams
- the objects
The granted rights are
generic and concern all the object instances of Win’Design.
Therefore, a user having a
modifying right on the objects will be allowed to modify any object
stored in Win’Design repository.
To restrict these
possibilities, two complementary options can be defined :
1
- Modifying and deleting right restricted to the creator of the object
2 - Modisying and deleting right restricted to the members or the
creator's group
The access rights to
Win’Design are regrouped by category (homogeneous subset of rights),
that can be redefined by the administrator.
2
- Notion of group
A group is an homogeneous set of users granted with the
same rights.
A group can be for instance :
- The representation of a working organization (ex :
project group A)
- The representation of a level of skills (ex : project manager,
contracting authority, ...), or any grouping of homogeneous elements.
Groups can be subdevided in sub-groups.
The rights categories are granted to the group or
sub-group level.
3
- Notion of user
A user is a person who intervene in the use of
Win’Design. He is identified by his name and first name and by a
password.
This password allows the user to identify himself
at the opening of Win’Design and to search the rights granted to the
user’s group.
Notice : to define the access rights, it is advisable to define the rights
categories at first, then the groups and finally the users.
4
– Administration function
To
access the administration of Win’Design, select the
"Administrator" function in the "Administration"
menu and check "Enable administration functions".
You will find more
details about the administration functions of Win’Design in the
on-line help
Notice : administration functions are only available for
the network license.
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New
management of the profile
The
access to the customizing functions of Win’Design has been simplified.
The
“Profile configuration” dialog of the Version 8.00 provides a direct
access to the whole configuration options impacting the design.
These options concern :
-
The definition of the diagrams managed in the Business Process module
- The meta model customization
- The graphic options
- The objects palettes
- The presentation of the list of models displayed in the “New
diagram” dialog.
The
configuration of the diagrams types in the Business Process module has
been matched up with the standard abilities of Win’Design,
particularly for the activities that can be defined (processes,
procedures, tasks, …)
The
previous device involved some restrictions of upgradeability that have
then all been suppressed.
In
particular, the activity notion becomes a generic concept, declinable in
type and stereotype (as all the other objects in Win’Design).
That
enables in better conditions, the coexistence of activities having a
different type in the same diagrams.
In
addition, this simplification allows to group in a single file (instead
of three) the whole set of all these parameters.
1
– Displaying
the « profile configuration » dialog
Select
the "Standard profile - Modify ..." function in the
"Options" menu to display the « Profile configuration »
dialog.
Select
the item to be configured (common objects or diagram type in the
Database, Business Process or Object module), and then activate one of
the icons to display the dialogs to :
Configure the meta-model (types, stereotypes, extended characteristics,
...)
Configure
the graphic options
Configure
the objects palettes
Configure
the types of diagrams and the presentation of the list of models
displayed in the “New diagram” dialog
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Ergonomic innovations ...
1
– Grid
A
grid can now be displayed and acvivated in the windows to help in the
diagram designing.
To
display and activate or Hide and desactivate the grid, click once on
1.1
– Available options of the grid
To
display the « grid options » dialog, select the " Grid"
function in the "Options" menu.
This
dialog enables the following selections :
- Display or hide
the grid
- Activate or disactivate the grid
- Modify the size and the style of the grid squares
- Select an alignment (magnetization) of the objects in the center
or on the edge of the grid squares
1.2
– Moving the objects in the grid
The
objects can be moved in the grid in two ways :
Either
by selection and moving with the mouse. As soon as the object has been
moved, it is magnetized on the grid according to the chosen option
(center or edge of the squares)
Or by selection and moving step by step using the top, down, left and
right arrows of the keyboard.
Notice
: this step by step moving option can also be used if the grid is not
activated.
2
- Edition of the objects name
The
automatic edition of the object name at creation, makes the opening of
the object pop up useless to enter its name.
To
edit the name afterwards for modification, place the cursor on the name
of the object, press and hold the left mouse button.
To
close the editing box, click on
 to
close and save the modifications, or on
 to
close without keeping the modifications.
As
the objects contain other objects (ex : properties for an entity, ...),
the name of the included objects is also editable.
To
rename an object like another one, click on 
or select the "Rename like .." function in its pop up menu.
2.1
– Avalailable options for this function
To
activate or disactivate the text edition, select the "Editing
text" function in the "Options" menu.
The
"Editing text options" dialog is displayed.
Check
or not the option to activate the editing function at object creation.
The
second option enables the editing function for modification. The click
duration can be specified.
3
– Object bar
As
the object is selected, a bar is displayed at its top, displaying
several icons for a direct access to the size, style and text displaying
options.
Click
on this icon to adjust the object size automatically to the size of the
text (opened padlock) or to fix the size (locked padlock)
Click
on this icon to display the name of the object on 1, 2 or 3 lines. The
number is the number of lines on which the text is displayed. The letter
indicates the text related to the icon (N = name, L = Libellé, A =
alias).
If
the libellé and/or alias are displayed, complementary icons are
inserted in the bar.
Click
on this icon to place the text of the object (inside, above, under, on
the left or on the right).
Click
on this icon to define the object as a container or not (any object
placed inside the container will move simultaneously with it).
Click
on this icon to enable the free moving of the object, without
magnetization on the grid.
Click
on this icon to display the styles options attached to the object.
 Click on
this icon to decompose the object
Notice
: the object bar is displayed on option.
Select the function : « Tools bar – Object bar » in the
« View » menu or « Object bar » in the
"Options" menu.
4
– Group/Dissociate objects function
The
« Group/dissociate objects » function has been added. Select
two objects at least and click on the icon  to
create a group. Select a group and click again on this icon to
dissociate the objects.
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