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Properties of elements on UML use case diagrams

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In a UML Use Case Diagram, each element on the diagram has properties. To see the properties of an element, right-click the element on the diagram or in UML Model Explorer and then click Properties. The properties appear in the Properties window.

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This topic is about the properties of elements in UML Use Case Diagrams. For more information about how to read UML activity diagrams, see UML Use Case Diagrams: Reference. For more information about how to draw UML activity diagrams, see UML Use Case Diagrams: Guidelines.

Properties of Elements

Property Default Element Description
Name A default name All Identifies the element.
Qualified Name Package :: Name All Identifies the element uniquely. Prefixed with the qualified name of the package that contains it.
Work Items 0 associated All The number of work items associated with this element. To associate work items, see Link model elements and work items.
Description (none) All You can make general notes about the element here.
Color (default) All The color of the shape. Unlike other properties, this is a not a property of the element that the shape displays.
Image Path (none) Actor The file path of an image that should be used instead of the default actor icon. The icon should be a resource file within the Visual Studio project.
Subjects (none) Use Case The Subsystem or other type that owns the use case.

You can set it by placing the use case on a Subsystem in the diagram.
Visibility Public Use Case, Actor, Subsystem Public - globally visible.

Package - visible within the package.
IsAbstract False Use Case, Actor, Subsystem If true, the type cannot be instantiated, and is intended as a base for specialization by other definitions.
Is Indirectly Instantiated True Subsystem The subsystem exists only as a design artifact. At run time, only its parts exist.
Hyperlink (none) Artifact The URL or file path of the diagram or document to which the artifact provides a link.

For a list of the properties of associations, see Properties of associations on UML class diagrams.

See Also

UML Use Case Diagrams: Reference UML Use Case Diagrams: Guidelines