Tutorial 01 – Visual Paradigm

1. Open Visual Paradigm and run the File -> Open Project command
2. Navigate to and open the tutorial model [D# Engine installation folder]\Workspace\ExternalModels\Training\Tutorial\DemoDW\DemoDW.vpp.

1. Right-click on the Source models folder in Visual Paradigm
2. Select Model Element -> Package from the pop-up menu, and a new Package will be created.
3. Write the name of the package in the Package Specification window that pops open, for example PersMaster person register
4. Click OK.

1. Right-click on the newly created folder, select Sub Diagrams -> New Diagram… from the pop-up menu and a diagram creation dialog pops up.
2. In the search box, start writing class diagram, until the Class Diagram item becomes selected in the diagram type list.
3. Double-click on the Class Diagram item.
4. On the next page that opens, double-click the Blank template to create the diagram.
5. Adjust the diagram’s name in the last step and click OK to create the diagram.
6. Once the diagram is visible, click on it to exit the diagram name editor.

1. From the palette on left side of the diagram window, drag a Class element onto the diagram.
2. Release the mouse, and the class is created in edit mode.
3. Write the class name “Person”
4. Press return.

1. Grab the association tool above the right-side corner of the class in the diagram, and drag it to the right.The tool becomes visible when the mouse pointer is above the class.
2. Release the mouse button while inside the diagram area.
3. From the association type selector that opens, select association type Association -> Class (fourth from the left, top row), and a new class is created in edit mode, connected to the Person class.
4. Call the class “Gender”.

The selected association type will from this point on be visible in the default section of the association type selector (upper left corner of the box).

1. Right-click on the Person class and from the context menu select Add -> Attribute, or press alt-shift-A.
2. In the attribute editor, press the delete key twice, deleting the dash-sign (“-“) before the attribute name.
3. Write a plus-sign and then proceed to write the attribute name, Person Id followed by a colon and the name of the datatype to assign to this attribute, hetu.
4. Press return. The attribute should look like +Person Id : hetu
5. Repeat the process for these attributes (note that the + -sign will now be the default):
   1. Last name : lastname
   2. First names : firstnames
   3. Nickname : firstname
   4. Date of birth : birthdate
6. Having pressed return after the last attribute, you are in edit mode, ready to write a new attribute. At this point press Esc to exit the attribute editor.
7. Click the mouse on the diagram, outside the class.

1. Code : code
2. Name : name

1. Right-click near the end of the association line between Person and Gender.
2. From the pop-up menu, select
   • Multiplicity -> 1 for the Gender end of the association.
   • Multiplicity -> 0..* for the Person end of the association.

1. Click on the Person class in the diagram. In the Property pane, you should see the UML Tagged values assigned to the class.
2. Locate the Implement Tagged value.
3. From its dropdown box, select True.
4. Do the same for the Gender class.

1. Right-click inside the Person class, on top of the Person Id attribute so that it gets selected (black background).
2. From the pop-up menu, select Stereotypes -> Business key.

1. Right-click the Person.Date of birth attribute.
2. From the pop-up menu, select Stereotypes -> DV20. Now that attribute will be assigned a number of Tagged values.
3. Click outside the class box to deactivate the attribute selection.
4. Right-click the Person.Date of birth attribute to re-select it. The newly assigned Tagged values are now visible in the Property Pane.
5. From the Rate of Change dropdown box, select Never.

1. Right-click the association between the Person and Gender classes.
2. In the Propery Pane, locate the role B / Gender subtree.
3. Locat e the Stereotypes item under the Gender subtree (not hierarchically under the Gender subtree).
4. Click on the button with three dots next to the Stereotypes label.
5. From the Stereotype selection box, tick the DV20 Stereotype.
6. Click OK to close the Stereotype selection box.
7. Click on the diagram background to deactivate the selection.
8. Right-click the association between the Person and Gender classes, and locate the Tagged value off Gender. You will now see the Rate of change dropdown box.
9. From the Rate of Change dropdown box, select Never.

1. Right-click inside the Gender class, on top of the Code attribute so that it gets selected (black background).
2. From the pop-up menu, select Stereotypes -> Business key.

1. Select File -> Export… -> XML…
2. In the dialog, select Simple XML Structure and check Export Project.
3. For the  Output path, navigate to your Working Directory (unless there already by default).
4. Press OK to export the project.