CS 431: Structured Systems Analysis & Design

How to Use Visible AnalystLab1 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 Menu1) Click on the File menu2) 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 Menu1) Click on the File menu2) Select New Diagram.

Set the Diagram Type

3) Select Unstructured. Select a Workspace4) In the area entitled

Workspace, select Standard.

Select Orientation5) In the Orientation

area, select Landscape.

Select Page Size6) Open the Page Size

drop-down list and select 8-1/2x11.

Select Scaling7) Accept the default

scaling,100% Create the Diagram8) Click OK to open a

blank diagram

Editing A Diagram1) 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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