Compartments

When you place an element on a diagram, you can display it with a number of compartments that reveal not only the attributes and operations of the element, but also several other properties such as tags, requirements, constraints, allocated resources, discussions and reviews.

Compartment Types

This table describes some of the types of compartment that you can show on an element in a diagram. For a full list of standard compartments, and information on custom compartments, see the Feature Visibility and Define Element Characteristics topics.

Images	Remarks	See also
	Tags Compartment Detail: The tags compartment lists all Tagged Values for an element as entered in the Tagged Values window. The fully-qualified option shows only those Tagged Values that were created in Enterprise Architect release 7.1 or later; it does not expand Tagged Values created in earlier releases.	Tagged Values
	Requirements Compartment Detail: The Requirements compartment shows a list of internal requirements as entered on the 'Requirements' tab of the Responsibilities window for the element.	Requirements
	Constraints Compartment Detail: The constraints compartment shows a list of element constraints as entered in the 'Constraints' tab of the Element Properties window.	Constraints
	Discussions Compartment Detail: The discussions compartment displays the first two lines of each open discussion topic on the element. It does not include closed discussions, so it is a useful reminder of current discussions on the element that you might need to check. If you double-click on a discussion topic, the Collaborate window is displayed with the selected discussion fully expanded.	Informal Discussions
	Reviews Compartment Detail: The reviews compartment displays the first two lines of each open review topic on the element. It does not include closed reviews, so it is a useful reminder of current reviews of the element that you might need to check. If you double-click on a review topic, the Collaborate window is displayed with the selected review fully expanded. If the element has several compartments, the reviews compartment might show fewer topics, to conserve space.	Formal Review Elements

Notes

To set the display of each of the various compartments, see the Feature Visibility topic; the display of the compartments is also controlled through the diagram properties, on the 'Elements' tab - the specific element settings take precedence over the more general diagram settings
Kanban diagrams do not automatically show element compartments, which contain useful and important information; however, you can use the Kanban 'Native Element Draw Style' option to show compartments on a Kanban diagram and display the information they contain

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