City Planning Diagram Objects

You can create the following objects in a city planning diagram:

Object

Tool

Symbol

Description

Architecture Area





An abstract container object. See Architecture Areas (EAM).

System





A group of applications, services or sub-sytems. See Systems, Applications, and Databases (EAM).

Application





A computer program. See Systems, Applications, and Databases (EAM).

Database





A database. See Systems, Applications, and Databases (EAM).

Business Function





An aggregation of processes and/or sub-functions. See Business Functions (EAM).

Application Service





An externally visible unit of functionality. See Application and Business Services (EAM).

Note:

Most EAM objects can be displayed as icons or as boxes that can display additional properties and sub-objects. You can toggle between the Icon and Detail modes via the contextual menu, or by pressing CTRL+Q. You can control the default mode, and the information displayed in each mode through the options available by selecting Tools > Display Preferences .


Created October 7, 2009. Send feedback on this help topic to Sybase Technical Publications: pubs@sybase.com