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CA Gen Analysis Tools

CA Gen provides a set of tools that you can use beginning in the analysis phase. These tools are listed in the following table.

CA Gen Tool

Use

Data Modeling, Data Model Browser, Data Model List, and Component Model

Building an Entity Relationship Diagram (ERD).

These tools can also be used to represent data in current data stores and packages.

Component Model

Viewing each Subject Area individually.

Activity Hierarchy Diagram

Building an Activity Hierarchy Diagram to represent business activities hierarchically.

Activity Dependency Diagram

Building a Process Dependency Diagram to record events and dependencies between business activities.

Entity Life-cycle Diagram

Defining and summarizing interactions between processes and entity types, organizational units, roles, and locations.

Matrix

Clustering processes and entity types to help identify groups of functions, subject areas, or business systems.