Create an Actor

You must have a Function Point Modeler diagram open. By default, the Palette view opens when you are editing Function Point Modeler Diagram file in Function Point Modeler.

To create an Actor:

1. Click FPM Notes drawer in the Palette view. The drawer expands and displays a list of items (Applicationsystem, Subsyste, TransactionalFunction, DataFunction and Actor) that you can drag and drop onto the Function Point Modeler Diagram.
2. Drag an Actor item from a drawer to the desired place ( an empty space inside the Function Point Modeler diagram). You can also click a location on the page, and then click on an item in the drawer. Make sure that you drag and drop appropriate items onto a diagram. For example, you can not drop Actor item onto the Application System or Sub System.
3. A new Actor is created and displayed in the diagram with the name Actor.
4. Once the Actor appears on the diagram, you can usually set some attributes for it in the Properties view or you can click the attribut of the Actor to set its value. Type a desired name for the Actor and press Enter.

Actor