CS 431 Structured Systems Analysis Design How to

CS 431: Structured Systems Analysis & Design How to Use Visible Analyst Lab 1 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 • Select ERD Notation database Engine Conventions 5) Choose Btrive as the database engine. • Select The Rules to Apply 7) The default notation is Crowsfoot. 8) In the box entitled Names Per Relationship, the default is two. 6) Select Gane&Sarson 9) Click OK to activate in the box entitled Rules. 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 Page Size 6) Open the Page Size drop-down list and select 8 -1/2 x 11. ¨ Select Scaling 7) Accept the default scaling, 100% ¨ Create the Diagram ¨ Select Orientation 5) In the Orientation 8) Click OK to open a area, select Landscape. 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

End of Lab-1