More connection points on objects in diagram view
David Kitchen
An idea from me has been to increase the number of points if the size of the object has been increased. So if the focus of the context is System A and it is 2x the size of the other systems (clear that it is the main context of the diagram) it has double the number of connection points.
Ángel Moreno | El Corte Inglés
Totally agree. In our organization we have very complex diagrams, where we need flexibility to locate the origin/destination of relationships or at least more points where we can connect relationships and avoid overlaps. I'm attaching an example;)
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Graham Bunce
Any thoughts on this? You can expand the site of a box but this keeps the same number of connection points. Complex diagrams would benefit a lot.
Jacob Shadbolt
Graham Bunce: High level - yes we plan to implement an update for this - it's just not a priority right now. Do you have examples (you can dm if preferred) where connections are messy today?
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Graham Bunce
Jacob Shadbolt I have a context diagram that has 12 external systems (more to be added) and 3 internal systems (more to be added). These are a mix of inbound and outbound messages. I have no choice but to double up these connection points.
This, coupled with the fact I can't manually change the arrow layout, means its not easy to keep the diagram readable
Tim Gaweco
Graham Bunce: To dig into this a bit more, what type of connections are you showing in the diagram? Showing all connections (inbound/outbound) in a single diagram isn't always necessary. Happy to take a look at them as well.
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Graham Bunce
Tim Gaweco I have doubled up connections where I can. Most of these are either in-bound or outbound.
They cannot be doubled up further as they come from independent systems (i.e. system A might send several items to system Z, but I have this as one arrow. I cannot double up between system A, B, C, D, E etc. though as they are individual.