The Visualiser doesn't handle relation to relation correctly

Started by brain_work, February 28, 2017, 19:55:04 PM

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brain_work

In ArchiMate it's possible to relate something to a relation. The Visualiser shows such relations partly but can't handle it when you increase the Depth level or click on the relation (the rectangle with the arrow in the Visualiser screen) which is linked to a relation. I've also attached the archimate model with the example.

I'm not sure if this is a bug or that it is hard or even impossible to implement better.

Regards,
Peter

Phil Beauvoir

"it is hard or even impossible to implement better." <--- This

The graphics library (Zest) for the visualiser can't do connections to connections. This is the best I can do for now.
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brain_work

Hi Phil,

I just searched a bit more and found this discussion on the Cytoscape forum: https://github.com/cytoscape/cytoscape.js/issues/1217

The Cytoscape people also say it's not possible with graph visualisation tools. They mention a workaround with using intermediate nodes (elements). But I think I can better avoid relations to relations :-)

Regards,
Peter