Creating an actor artifact

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

  1. Do one of the following:
    • From the project Artifacts page, click Create Artifact > Actor.
    • In the Project Explorer, right-click a folder and click New > Actor.
    • On the File menu, click New > Actor.
    • On the toolbar, click the New button and select Actor.
  2. In the New Actor window, type a name and browse to a project and folder for the new actor.
  3. (Optional) Add tags to the actor.
  4. (Optional) Select a template for initial content for the actor.
  5. (Optional) To add attribute groups to the actor, click Next.
  6. 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.

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