CS 431: Structured Systems Analysis & Design How to Use Visible Analyst Lab1 Yusuf Altunel

The Basic CASE Models  Functional Decomposition Model (FDM) - Business Model  Entity Relationship Model (ERM) - Data Model  Object Model (OCM) - Object Class Model  Process Model (DFD) - Data Flow Diagram

Visible Analyst Workspace

Creating A New Project  Open the Menu 1) Click on the File menu 2) Select New Project.

Name the Project 3) Type TUTOR into the Project Name field. A project name can be up to 128 characters long. It must begin with a letter and can be composed of letters and numbers. Describe the Project 4) Type “Tutorial Project” into the Description field.

Select the database Engine 5) Choose Btrive as the database engine. Select The Rules to Apply 6) Select Gane&Sarson in the box entitled Rules. Select ERD Notation Conventions 7) The default notation is Crowsfoot. 8) In the box entitled Names Per Relationship, the default is two. 9) Click OK to activate the project.

Creating A New Diagram  Open the Menu 1) Click on the File menu 2) Select New Diagram.

 Set the Diagram Type 3) Select Unstructured.  Select a Workspace 4) In the area entitled Workspace, select Standard.  Select Orientation 5) In the Orientation area, select Landscape.  Select Page Size 6) Open the Page Size drop-down list and select 8-1/2x11.  Select Scaling 7) Accept the default scaling,100%  Create the Diagram 8) Click OK to open a blank diagram

Editing A Diagram 1) Adding Symbols to a Diagram

2) Stylizing a Symbol

3) Moving, Cutting, and Pasting a Symbol 4) Adding Lines to a Diagram 5) Selecting and Adjusting Lines 6) Adding Caption Text to a Diagram

The Completed Diagram

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