Managing projects

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Managing projects with the browser
The Rhapsody® browser displays a list of project elements organized into folders. You can choose to have all elements displayed in a single folder, regardless of their position in the model, or have them displayed in subfolders based on the model hierarchy.
Opening multiple Rhapsody projects
You can have more than one project open at a time in the product. When you have more than one project open, you can use the browser in the product to copy and move elements from one project to another.
Searching in a model
You can search the elements of the model for specific text, and replace occurrences of the text. The search feature includes various ways to restrict the search, for example, limiting the search to specific packages or searching only specific types of element information such as element descriptions. When you perform a search, you can save the search as a Query, for future reuse. You can also load existing queries into the Search window.
Saving packages in separate directories
To assist with configuration management and improve project organization, you might want to store packages in separate subdirectories within a parent folder.
Creating backup projects
To make the product create backups of your model every time you save your project, set the General::Model::BackUps property to the number of backup projects you want the product to create.
Archiving a project to send to another developer
At times, you might want to archive a project to send it to another developer or to IBM® Rational® Software Support.
Using environment variables with reference units
If you have a reference unit in your model (added using Add to Model As Reference), you can edit its location using the Directory field of the Unit Information window, and use an environment variable as part of that location.
Preventing unresolved references
When you delete an element that has references in read‑only files, those references cannot be updated accordingly on the disk because the files are read-only files. These references become unresolved when the model is reloaded. In order to resolve this situation, read‑only files that contain references to elements that you are deleting is made writable before you perform the delete operation.
Using Undo and Redo
You can undo the last 20 operations, and to redo the operation that was most recently undone.
Organizing the common list section of the Add New menu
The section at the start of the Add New menu is known as the common list portion of this menu.
Reorganizing the elements in the Add New menu
You can reorganize the groups and their elements located in the Add New menu.
Customizing the Add New menu
You can completely customize the choices that appear in the Add New menu to focus on a particular process or need.
Reusing property changes for the Add New menu
You can automatically apply the changes that you make to the properties that control the Add New menu for use in other projects by setting your applicable property changes in a New Term stereotype that is associated with a particular profile that is set to be applicable to a project, and then applying the profile to your other projects.
Check spelling
You can check the spelling of labels, names, and textual descriptions in a project.

Parent topic: Designing and modeling