You can create an actor artifact that provides textual
detail for an actor in a use-case diagram. An actor artifact can be
used in multiple use-case diagrams.
About this task
Actors in Rational® Requirements Composer share the
same rich-text behavior that is described in Working with text documents. Actors also include a spell checker.
Misspelled words are marked with a red wavy underline. Right-click
a misspelled word and select from suggested spellings or add it to
the project dictionary.
For more information on use cases and
actors, see Use cases.
Procedure
- Do one of the following:
- From the project Artifacts page, click .
- In the Project Explorer, right-click a folder and click .
- On the File menu, click .
- On the toolbar, click the New button
and
select Actor.
- In the New Actor window, type a name and browse to a project
and folder for the new actor.
- (Optional) Add tags to the actor.
- (Optional) Select a template for initial content for the
actor.
- (Optional) To add attribute groups to the actor, click Next.
- Click Finish. The
actor editor opens.
What to do next
After you create the actor artifact, add textual content.
Use the rich-text controls to format the content. For information
on adding links and embedded content, see
Creating documents.