Highlight and Visualize Dependencies

Use the Highlight options to visually mark direct and transitive dependencies on the canvas.

Before you start
Who this is for Developer, architect
Role required Viewer or higher
Prerequisites Application imported; objects visible at Objects level

Available highlight options

Right-click any object at Objects level to access these options:

Option What it shows
Highlight Callers All objects that call the selected object (direct and indirect)
Highlight Callees All objects that the selected object calls (direct and indirect)
Highlight Immediate Callers/Callees Direct callers and callees only (one level)
Highlight Path All paths between two selected objects

[TODO: Screenshot showing highlighted objects on the canvas]

How to read the result

Highlighted objects are shown at full opacity. All other objects are shown at reduced opacity. This makes it easy to see the dependency chain without removing objects from the view.

Clear the highlighting

Click anywhere on the canvas, or right-click and select Clear highlight.

Next steps