Linking views to relationships or lines in an ArchiMate view

You can link multiple other views to a relationship or line on a view. The advantage of this is that it is easy to click through a relationship or line to another view, which makes it easy to set up a good navigation structure in BlueDolphin and, for example, add in-depth insights to certain parts of the view.

In the edit mode, you can link a view to a relationship/line by clicking on that relationship/line. The following tools will be shown:

By clicking the button , you will see a list of all the views that you can choose from. 

As you can see in the image above, you can search for a view in the search bar or browse through different categories. By clicking a view, it will be linked to the relationship/line. 

In the view mode , you can navigate to the linked views. A relationship/line to which a view is linked is bold as soon as you move your mouse over it. Also, the mouse cursor shows a hand-indicator and you will see a tooltip that tells you to double-click to open the view.

One linked view

If one view is linked, it will open immediately when you double-click on the relationship/line.

Multiple linked view

If multiple views are linked, a list of views is displayed. Clicking on the view you want to see, it opens.

It is also possible that a view has been removed by the owner or that you don't have access to it.
In this case, you will see an orange exclamation mark in front of the title of the toolbox.

By clicking on one of these views, you will get an error message. 

If you work in BPMN, you can also link to other BPMN views. Use Call activity to link to another process. If the process has an official view, it will open the official view by right-clicking.

For additional information, please check out this video.