How to Store Artifacts into Zachman Framework Cell?

Diagrams, terms and business rules can be added to cells in Zachman Framework to describe enterprise from different perspectives. To edit a cell, click on it. Then, click on appropriate link to add things to cell.

Add/Edit diagrams

1. Click on the cell you want to edit.
   

   To edit the Process Definition cell

2. Click on the Diagrams link.
   

   Click on the Diagrams link

3. In the window popped up, click Add... under the Diagrams tab.
4. In the Select Diagram window, select the diagram(s) to add to cell and click OK.
   

   Select diagram(s) to add

   
   

   NOTE:

   You can check Add as sub diagram to make the selected diagrams be added to the sub-diagrams of the cell element. When unchecked, the selected diagram will have their parent elements unchanged.

5. Click OK to return to diagram. You can see that the symbol in the edited cell is highlighted.

Add/Edit terms

Here 'terms' refers to glossary terms. You can add terms to a cell.

1. Click on the cell you want to edit.
2. Click on the Terms link in the cell.
   

   Click on the Terms link

3. This pops up a window with Terms tab selected. If you want to define a term here, click New Term in toolbar, which is the first button. Then, enter the name of the term. If you want to add reference to an existing term, click on the Add Existing Terms button, which is the second button. Then, select the terms to be added in the popup window and click OK to confirm.
   

   Terms added to cell

4. Click OK to return to diagram. You can see that the symbol in the edited cell is highlighted.

Add/Edit rules

Business rules can also be added to cell.

1. Click on the cell you want to edit.
2. Click on the Rules link in the cell.
   

   Click on the Rules link

3. This pops up a window with Rules tab selected. If you want to define a rule here, click New Business Rule in toolbar, which is the first button. Then, enter the name of therule . If you want to add reference to an existing rule, click on the Add Existing Rules button, which is the second button. Then, select the rules to add an in the popup window and click OK to confirm.
   

   Rules added to cell

4. Click OK to return to diagram. You can see that the symbol in the edited cell is highlighted.

Forming sub-level

1. Click on the cell you want to edit.
2. Click on the button at the left hand side of the cell for adding sub-level.
   

   Form sub-level of cell

3. In the Sub-level window, select either of the following and click OK.
   
   • Unspecified - Nothing will happen (same as clicking Cancel directly)
   • New Zachman framework - Create a new Zachman Framework and add it as the sub-level of the editing cell.
   • Select an existing Zachman framework - Select a Zachman Framework created before to be the sub-level of the editing cell.

   Select the Zachman Framework to add as sub-level

4. Click OK. Now, you are on the sub-level. To go back to the previous level, you may click on the link at the top of Zachman Framework. Cells with sub-level added will have their background painted.
   

   To go back to the parent level

   You can open the sub-level by clicking on the same button as clicked in step 2.
   

   Open sub-level