Tool Mentor: Creating a Design Model Survey Using Rational SoDA

Purpose

This tool mentor describes how to use Rational SoDA to create a Design-Model Survey Report. SoDA automates the generation of the report so that it is created quickly and accurately. You can generate a Design-Model Survey Report with either the Microsoft® Word® or Adobe® FrameMaker® version of SoDA. To create this report, SoDA collects only elements defined in the Design Model in Rational Rose. This works only if the Rose model follows the [structure and naming convention](#3. Structure and naming convention for the Rose model) for the Design Model.

• Report: Design-Model Survey
• Artifact: Design Model

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Overview

This tool mentor is applicable when running Windows 2000, NT 4.0, Windows XP, Solaris, or HP-UX.

To create a Design Model Survey Report using Rational SoDA, use the procedure for your version of the product:

• Use Rational SoDA/Word to generate a Design-Model Survey Report
• Use Rational SoDA/FrameMaker to generate a Design-Model Survey Report

Use Rational SoDA/Word to generate a Design-Model Survey Report

1. From anywhere in Rational Rose, click Report > SoDA Report.
2. When the list of available reports appears in SoDA, select Rational Unified Process Design-Model Survey Report.
3. Click OK to generate the report.

Use Rational SoDA/FrameMaker to generate a Design-Model Survey Report

1. From the FrameMaker button-bar, click New. Double-click SoDA, then double-click RoseDomain and choose RUPDesignModelSurvey.fm.
2. Edit the first Connector and enter the name of the model file.
3. Click File > Save As to save the template to a personal or project directory.
4. Click SoDA > Generate Document.
5. Review the generated document.

The next time you want to generate this same document, simply open the document and click SoDA > Generate Document.

Structure and naming convention for the Rose model