Revision as of 10:18, 31 March 2014

Since Papyrus 0.10 (Eclipse Kepler), Papyrus provides a new version of the tabular editors. This version will replace the previous version in Eclipse Luna.

Existing Tables

• UML Generic Table
  
• SysML Allocation Table
  
• SysML Requirement Table
  
• Views Table
  

UML Generic Table

Elements Accepted : UML Element only (all of them)

Filling Way : User, by Drag&Drop from the Model Explorer

Possible Context : all UML Element.

Save : All rows displayed in the table are saved in the model

Element Creation : All UML Elements

SysML Allocation Table

Elements Accepted : SysML Allocation only

Filling Way : Automatic, by Synchronization on the context of the model. Only the Allocation directly owned by the context of the table are displayed.

Possible Context : UML Package, with the SysML Profile Allocations applied.

Save : The Rows are not serialized in the model, because they are derived of the UML Model.

Element Creation : SysML Allocation

SysML Requirement Table

Elements Accepted : SysML Requirement only

Filling Way : Automatic, by Synchronization on the context of the model. Only the Requirements directly owned by the context of the table are displayed.

Possible Context : UML Package, with the SysML Profile Requirement applied.

Save : The Rows are not serialized in the model, because they are derived of the UML Model.

Element Creation : SysML Requirement

Views Table

Elements Accepted : Papyrus Views (Table/Diagram/...) only

Filling Way : Automatic, by Synchronization on the context of the model.

Possible Context : All UML Elements

Save : The Rows are not serialized in the model, because they are derived of the notation Model.

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Table Features

The table framework provides a large number of features. Here we will describe all existing features supported by the framework, but not necessarly by all the tables.

1. Edit Cell Values
   
2. Change Axis (Columns/Row) Order
   
3. Invert Axis (Exchange Column And Row)
   
4. Add Axis (Column/Row) Element by Drag&Drop from another view (ModelExplorer)
   
5. Remove Column/Row
   
6. Destroy Column/Row Element
   
7. Rename Column/Row Header
   
8. Choose the Displayed Columns/Rows
   
9. Choose the Displayed Columns/Rows for Stereotype Property in the popup menu
   
10. Paste Columns/Rows From External Spreadsheet
    
11. Display Index Column/Row Header
    
12. Display Label Column/Row Header
    
13. Configure Index Header Style (A, B, C...Z, AA, AB, ... or 0,1,2,3)
    
14. Configure Label Header Style : select the information to Display in the Header Label (Name, Multiplicity, Type, Icon, isDerived)
    
15. Export table into the Excel Format
    
16. Print table
    
17. Sort Column/Row Axis by Alphabetic order
    
18. Sort Rows selecting one or several column header
    
19. Save and restore Table Axis Configuration
    
20. Select All
21. AutoResize axis
    

Edit Cell Values

Double Click on a cell or selecting a cell then pressing F2, excepted for derived features

Change Axis Order

Click on the axis to move and drop it to its new location.

Invert Axis

Select the action Invert Axis in the popup menu or change it into the Table Property View.

Add Axis (Column/Row) Element by Drag&Drop

Select your element and drop it into the table, in the column region or in the row region to add it.

Remove Column/Row

Select the header of the axis to remove then right click and select Remove Column/Row. The axis will be remove of the table, but the represented element will continue to be in the model.

Destroy Column/Row Element

Select the header of the axis element to destroy then right click and select Destroy Column/Row Element. The represented element will be destroyed and its axis will be removed from the table.

Rename Column/Row Header

This function can do 2 things according to the usecase :

• Rename the element represented by the axis, when the element is owned by your model
  
• Define an alias to the axis, when the element is not owned by your model (UML Feature for example)
  

Select the header of the axis element to rename then right click and select Rename Header.

Choose the Displayed Columns/Rows

Right click in the table (not in the header) and select Columns ->  Create/Destroy Columns. (the same thing for rows

Choose the Displayed Columns/Rows for Stereotype Property in the popup menu

Right click in the table (not in the header) and select Select Stereotype Properties Columns (or Rows)

Paste From Spreadsheet in a Table

Tables support the paste from Spreadsheet (Excel for example).

This feature is already configured for SysML Requirements and Allocations.

For Generic Table, the user must configure the paste himself.

Steps to paste in a Generic Table :

We assume that the user wants to paste rows (and not columns).

• Create a new Generic table
• Select the columns to display in your table.
• Select the table in the ModelExplorer View in order to display its Property View
• In the Property View goes into the Paste Tab. 4 informations must be completed by the user :
  • Detached Mode :
    • if false, Paste action uses the service edit (initialize default values, apply stereotypes required by element id).
    • if true, stereotype required by the element id will be ignored (uses Post Action to apply stereotypes)
  • Pasted Element Id : define the pasted element: org.eclispe.papyrus.uml.Class will create a UML Class
    • org.eclipse.papyrus.sysml.Requirement will create a uml.Class stereotyped Requirement if detached mode==false
    • org.eclipse.papyrus.sysml.Requirement will create a uml.Class
  • ContainementFeature : the feature owning the pasted elements
  • Post Actions : a way to define actions done just after the element creation but before to paste the cell value. Post Actions are not available when Detached Mode is false; Existing Post Actions allows to apply stereotypes

Table Property View

The Property View of the table is accessible selecting the table in the ModelExplorer.