Implied relationships for some filtered views aren't rendered

[richhosek]

Expected

When I create a filtered view, I expect to see all relationships and implied relationships that match the filter.

Actual

For some implied relationships, the relationship does not render.

Steps to reproduce

• Create a model that has a person and a software system.
• Add a container that has two tags "Setup,Payment"
• Inside the container add two or more components that have either the tag "Setup" or the Tag "Payment"
• Create relationships between the person and the components. For the relationships connecting the person to a component tagged "Setup", tag the relationship with the same tag, and for relationships connecting the person to a component tagged "Payment", tag the relationship with the same tag.
• create a container view for the software system, include *.
• create three filtered views:
  • one that includes "Element,Relationship"
  • one that includes only the tag "Payment"
  • one that includes only the tag "Setup"
• In the rendered views, the implied relationships between the person and the container will render for the filtered view that includes "Element,Relationship" and "Setup" but NOT "Payment"

workspace {

    model {
        buyer = person "Buyer" {
            tags "Person,Setup,Payment"
        }
        paymentflow = softwareSystem "Payment Flow" {
            buyerapps = container "Buyer Portal / BuyerApp / Branch (ASAP)" {
                tags "Setup,Payment"
                achprofile = component "ACH (Profile)" {
                    tags "Setup"
                }
                ccprofile = component "Credit Card (Profile)" {
                    tags "Setup"
                }
                ppprofile = component "PayPal (Profile)" {
                    tags "Setup"
                }
                achpayment = component "ACH Payment" {
                    tags "Payment"
                }
                creditpayment = component "Credit Payment" {
                    tags "Payment"
                }
                btpayment = component "Brain Tree Payment" {
                    tags "Payment"
                }
            }
        }
        buyer -> achprofile "Uses" "" "Setup"
        buyer -> ccprofile "Uses" "" "Setup"
        buyer -> ppprofile "Uses" "" "Setup"
        buyer -> achpayment "Uses" "" "Payment"
        buyer -> creditpayment "Uses" "" "Payment"
        buyer -> btpayment "Uses" "" "Payment"
    }   

    views {
        systemLandscape "Buyer"  {

            include *
        }
        container paymentflow pfview "Payment Flow" {
            include *
        }

        filtered pfview include "Payment" "pfviewpayment" 
        filtered pfview include "Setup" "pfviewsetup"
        filtered pfview include "Element,Relationship" "pfviewall"

        component buyerapps baview "Buyer Apps" {
            include *
        }
        
        filtered baview include "Payment" "baviewpayment"
        filtered baview include "Setup" "baviewsetup"   
        filtered baview include "Element,Relationship" "baviewall"

        styles {
            element "Person" {
                shape person
            }
        }
    }
    configuration {
        scope none
    }
}

Version/build information

Structurizr Lite
com.structurizr.lite.StructurizrLite : - build: 2024.03.03 (2024-03-03T10:05:43Z)
com.structurizr.lite.StructurizrLite : - structurizr-java: v2.1.1
com.structurizr.lite.StructurizrLite : - structurizr-dsl: v2.1.1
com.structurizr.lite.StructurizrLite : - structurizr-import: v2.1.1
com.structurizr.lite.StructurizrLite : - structurizr-graphviz: v2.1.1

Severity

Major

Priority

I have no budget and there's no rush, please fix this for free

More information

No response

[richhosek]

Further investigation indicates it's related to the alphabetical order of the tag names.
The one that comes first alphabetically does NOT render its filtered implied relationships.
The one that comes second DOES...

[simonbrowndotje]

This is working as expected ... the implied relationships feature creates a relationship between buyer and buyerapps from buyer -> achprofile "Uses" "" "Setup". After this, no more relationships between buyer and buyerapps are created. There are several options to achieve what you're trying to do:

• Use a different implied relationships strategy.
• Explicitly define the relationship between buyer and buyerapps with both tags (this needs to be done before all other relationships are defined).
• etc

Moving to a discussion...