Creately Update: One Login for Creately and Creately Support

This feature improvement is addressing a long time due request from our users. It’s the ability to log into Creately Support with the same credentials as those used to log in to Creately.com.

Earlier, everyone had to create a separate account in Zendesk (our support management software) to report an issue, a feature request or just ask a question regarding a Creately product.

However, using a system call Single Sign On (SSO) between Creately and Zendesk, you can now login to both the Creately.com application and Creately Support with a single set of login details. A single key which ensures getting support is a smoother experience.

How it works?

When you want to access support and send us a new ticket or update an existing one you need to visit support.creately.com. If you’re already logged in to Creately.com and use a support link you will be automatically logged in to Zendesk and be able to just send us your ticket. If you visit the support site directly ie. from a link in an email you’ll need to click the “login” link in the top right hand corner of the support website to login.

When you’re not already logged in to Creately.com you will be provided with a login screen and once you provide the correct details the site will forward you back to the support site. If you want to submit a ticket but aren’t registered for Creately.com you can register first before being forwarded back to support.

Remember if you don’t have a Creately.com account and don’t want to create one you can contact support to submit a new ticket.

If you previously had an account on support.creately.com and Creately.com using the same email then they have been merged and when you login with the Creately.com details you’ll see you previous tickets. If you used a different email on support.creately.com you might have some issues and we can help you merge the accounts. Just contact support and we’ll walk you through the merging.

This is the latest feature improvements we have been working on. We are looking forward to further improvements and  bringing you a great diagramming experience and assistance. Keep subscribing to our blog and look for the announcement space for more new improvements in our ongoing optimization process.

Creately Update: UX and Shape Improvements in Creately

We’ve been working on improvements since our last Creately update blog post. In this blog post, we will be addressing improvements to Objects, Text handling and other app related fixes.

Text placement in the objects

Some of you have noticed that, when you export a diagram as an image file or PDF document; some part of the text in the objects was missing. It was a bug which caused the issue and is now fixed. You can now export your diagrams without worrying about any text cut-off issues. As you can see from the below example image, in the group A the second line of texts in the objects are missing. With this fix, as shown in the group B, you will be able to export the diagram without an issue.

Text cutoff

Database Object Connector Improvement

This particular improvement is for the connector head of the database object. Before this fix, the connector head wasn’t  sitting in the correct position on the glue point and the connector. As shown in the image  below at A, the point head was out of alignment with the connector line. Databse connector head

With this release, we have fixed up the alignment of the connector heads. As you can see in the below image, now the connector head sits exactly on the connecting point.

Fixed issue on database diagram This particular enhancement implemented to the connectors used in database objects.

Notes and Comments

We have enhanced the notes section so that you can insert notes and comments in an organized manner. Previously, users would have experienced the red bar error message were exceeding the limit of characters supported. This did not allow the users to save the diagram unless the notes section text length was reduced to be within the limit. The limit is 65,000 characters in the notes section.

Notes

Notes

With this fix, You will be notified with a small balloon message when you reach the character limit and you’ll be prevented from typing further so as not to waste your effort. This character limit fix is also applied to the comment dialog box you get when you save a diagram.  You are shown a dialog box when you hit the save button where you are given an option to change the diagram name, diagram type and to add a comment about the diagram, as shown in the below image.

comment section

You will be warned once you have reached the character limit in the comment section to avoid any issues when trying to save the diagram. The limit is 512 characters.

CISCO Objects Optimization

This is addressing an issue that we had with our CISCO objects, where they would not display in the diagram viewer. With this fix we have optimized the CISCO objects and improved their behavior from the back end system. You should be able to create and view diagrams using CISCO objects without an issue.

Diagram viewing issue on viewer

Users could not view certain the diagrams in the viewer due to a minor bug we had with connector heads. This issue was with connectors when one end had an arrow heads, but wasn’t connected to an object. The below images shows an example of this scenario.

connector head

In  this example, earlier the highlighted arrow head was not placed correctly on the head of the connector and it wouldn’t allow the diagram to be viewed in the diagram viewer. We have fixed this minor bug with this enhancement release.

These are the latest fixes and improvements we have been working on. We are looking forward to further improvements and bringing you a great diagramming experience. Keep subscribing to our blog and look for the announcement space for more new improvements in our ongoing optimization process.

Sequence Diagram Templates to Instantly View Object Interactions

A sequence diagram is an interaction diagram that helps you visualize the interactions between objects in a system and the order of those interactions. The sequence diagram templates listed below will help you instantly start drawing them using our online diagramming tool.

If you just want to use them as examples, you can download them for free as well. Just make sure to give proper credit if you’re using them in your articles etc. So let’s get started with the templates.

Sequence Diagram Template for an ATM System

The sequence diagram template shows the various interactions found in an ATM machine. Different colors for entities and timelines make it easier to visualize the processes and their execution.

Sequence Diagram Template for an ATM System

Sequence Diagram Template for an ATM System (Click on image to modify online)

Sequence Diagram Template for an Airline Reservation System

The sequence diagram for an airline booking system includes more main objects than the previous diagram. This diagram also makes use of colors to make it more clear and visually pleasing. Just click on the image to modify it online.

Sequence Diagram Template for an Airline Reservation System

Sequence Diagram Template for an Airline Reservation System (Click on image to modify online)

Sequence Diagram Template for a Banking System

This sequence diagram template shows the various messages passed between objects during a fund transfer. A good place to start if you want to draw a sequence diagram of a bank system or a financial institution.

Sequence Diagram Template for a Bank System

Sequence Diagram Template for a Bank System (Click on image to modify online)

Sequence Diagram Template for a Bus Reservation System

A sequence diagram template for a bus booking system. With a few modifications, you can use it for a taxi reservation system, rent a car system, bus ticket reservation system etc. Just click on the image to instantly modify to fit your system.

Sequence Diagram Template for a Bus Reservation System

Sequence Diagram Template for a Bus Reservation System (Click on image to modify online)

Sequence Diagram Templates for a Library Management Systems

A basic system of a library management created using sequence diagram template. You can use a different color combination to make it more professional and clear. Click on the image to use it as a template.

Sequence Diagram Template for a Library Management System

Sequence Diagram Template for a Library Management System (Click on image to modify online)

Sequence Diagram Template for a Hospital Management System

A sequence diagram template to create a hospital management system. Click on the image to modify the diagram to reflect your hospital system.

Sequence Diagram Template for a Hospital Management System

Sequence Diagram Template for a Hospital Management System (Click on image to modify online)

Sequence Diagram Template for a Railway Reservation System

A sequence diagram template for a railway reservation system.  Click on the image to create your own system as per your need.

Sequence Diagram Template for a Railway Reservation System

Sequence Diagram Template for a Railway Reservation System (Click on image to modify online)

Sequence Diagram Template for a Student Registration System

This student registration system template has numbered the process flow. This hasn’t been used in the previous sequence diagram templates. However, if you see it’s appropriate to number the flow, you can go ahead with that. Click on the image to modify it as per your requirement.

Sequence diagram templates fit for a student registration/reservation systems

Sequence diagram templates fit for a student registration/reservation systems

Sequence Diagram Template for an Online Shopping System

If you want to know how an Online shopping system works, here is a sequence diagram that explains the process for you.  The system shows a breakdown of 5 different steps in online shopping. You can click on the image to add or remove steps as you see fit.

Sequence diagram template for an online shopping system (click on image to modify online)

Sequence diagram template for an online shopping system (click on image to modify online)

Sequence Diagram Template for an Online Movie Ticket Booking

The following sequence diagram template represents the interactions between objects of an online movie ticket booking system. Numbering the process flow of a sequence diagram which shows several interactions between objects like the one below, adds more clarity to the diagram. Click on the image to make changes per your requirements.

Sequence Diagram Template for an Online Movie Ticket Booking

Sequence Diagram Template for an Online Movie Ticket Booking (click on image to modify online)

Sequence Diagram Template with Real Objects

Here is a simple sequence diagram template that shows a balance lookup process of a bank. Using a bit of color in your diagram like the one below is a good way to make it more visually appealing to an audience. Click on the image and make changes using the Creately editor.

Sequence Diagram Template with Real Objects

Sequence Diagram Template with Real Objects (click on image to modify online)

Sequence Diagram Template for a Ticketing System

The sequence diagram template below illustrates the interactions that occur between the objects of a ticketing system once a customer places an order for a ticket. The template has used a vibrant color theme for visual appeal; you can select a color them of your own using Creately editor. Just click on the image to modify.

Sequence Diagram Template for a Ticketing System

Sequence Diagram Template for a Ticketing System

Message Sequence Chart Template

The following template is that of a message sequence chart (MSC). A message sequence chart shows the communication that occurs between the components of a system. Each vertical line here represents a system component and each horizontal arrow represents the messages from one component to the other. Click on the image to edit the diagram according to your needs.

Message sequence chart template

Message sequence chart template

Sequence Diagram Template with Destroy Objects

A destroy object in a sequence diagram is the X at the bottom of an Activation box. Using a destroy object indicates that the object has been removed from memory, and no other occurrence may occur on the lifeline of the given object once this symbol is used. Click on the image to use this as a template.

Sequence Diagram Template with Destroy Objects

Sequence Diagram Template with Destroy Objects

Hope you like our collection of professionally designed sequence diagram templates. You can access more popular sequence diagram examples in our diagramming community or search a particular diagram using a keyword. Also check out this Ultimate Sequence Diagram Tutorial to learn more about sequence diagrams.

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ER Diagram Templates to Download or Modify Online
ER-Diagram-Templates

An ER diagram is a systematic way of describing and defining a business process. The process is modeled as components that are linked to each other by relationships that express the dependencies and requirements between them.

The ER diagram templates below cover many common scenarios. Just click on the image to edit them online. You can even download them as high-quality images. Check out our ER diagram tutorial to learn more about them.

Use Creately’s ER Diagram Tool to visually design and model your database structure

ER Diagram Template for a Banking System

This template is for a bank management system. It can also be modified and used as a credit card management system, loan management system etc. Just click on the image and we’ll open it ready for editing.

ER Diagram Template for Banking System

ER Diagram Template for Banking System (Click on image to modify online)

ER Diagram Template for College Management System

A simple diagram template showing a College Management System. As with the previous template, this can also be modified and used as a student management system, student enrolling system, course management system or any system along those lines.

ER Diagram Template for College Management System

ER Diagram Template for College Management System (Click on image to modify online)

Entity Relationship Diagram Template for Car Rental System

This diagram is a bit complex, but car rental systems are complex by its nature. This could also be used as a cab reservation system, bus reservation system etc. after some modifications. Just click on the image to modify this online.

ER Diagram Template for Car Rental System

ER Diagram Template for Car Rental System (Click on image to modify online)

ER Diagram Template for Employee Management System

This ER Diagram Template shows the Employee Management in a department. Notice there’s a multivalued attribute connected to one of the entities. Click on the image to modify online as per your requirement

ER Diagram Template for Employee Management

ER Diagram Template for Employee Management (Click on image to modify online)

ER Diagram Template for Hospital Management System

ER Diagram Template for Hospital Management. Using a good color combination gives a better output. If you compare the previous diagram with the below, you find it easy and makes it interesting to read. It’s also a good practice to use the color combination to illustrate complex diagrams since it gives a clearer picture to the reader.

ER Diagram Template for Hospital Management

ER Diagram Template for Hospital Management (Click on image to modify online)

ER Diagram Template for Hotel Reservation System

Entity Relationship diagram template to create a Hotel Reservation system. You can differentiate the attributes using the proper color combination to make it look more interesting. Click on the image to modify online.

ER Diagram Template for Hotel Reservation System

ER Diagram Template for Hotel Reservation System (Click on image to modify online)

Entity Relationship Diagram for Tourism Management System

Entity Relationship Diagram Template for Library Management

A simple ER diagram template for Library Management. Create your own diagram by simply clicking on the image to start over.

ER Diagram Template for Library Management System

ER Diagram Template for Library Management System (Click on image to modify online)

ER Diagram Template for Railway Reservation System

Entity Diagram Template for Railway Reservation System. You can use this template to create any public transport management system. For instance, Bus Ticket reservation system, Flight Reservation, etc. Click on the image to modify online.

ER Diagram Template for Railway Reservation System

ER Diagram Template for Railway Reservation System (Click on image to modify online)

ER Diagram Template for Restaurant Management System

An Entity Relationship diagram for Restaurant Management System. Use this template to create your own restaurant or bar management system. Click on the image to edit online.

Entity Relationship Diagram Template for Student Enrollment System

Create your own ER diagram for a Student Enrollment System. You can start over with this template and modify it as per your requirement. Click on the image to create your own ER diagram.

ER Diagram Template for Student Enrollment System

ER Diagram Template for Student Enrollment System (Click on image to modify online)

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Listed above are the most popular and widely used ER Diagram templates. You can explore more ER Diagram examples as listed in our diagram community. Enjoy creating some awesome diagrams with Creately. Happy Diagramming.

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Class Diagram Templates to Instantly Create Class Diagrams

Class diagrams are used around the world to get a quick overview of a system.It describes the structure of a system by showing its classes, attributes and operations of those classes and the relationship between those classes.

The Class diagram templates added below cover most systems found around the world. If your system is not there, you can find a related one and modify them to fit your needs. Modifying is always easier than drawing from scratch.

Class diagrams are the primary building block of object oriented systems. You can read more on class diagrams in our ultimate guide to UML Class Diagrams article. All the class diagrams shown below can be downloaded as images or modified online using our diagramming tool.

Class Diagram Templates for Banking Systems

This is a Class diagram template which illustrates the structure of a bank management system, with 4 classes with visibility and validations of each class. A real world banking system is far more complex than this, but this class diagram is a good place to start. This closely resembles a class diagram template for an ATM machine, teller etc.

Banking System

Class Diagram Template for a Banking System (Click on image to modify online)

Class Diagram Template for a Car Rental System

This template shows a Class diagram of a car rental system. Since this is far less than a banking system, it’s very close to a real-world scenario. You can modify and extend the diagram as you see necessary. Just Click on the image to use it as a template.

Class Diagram Template for Car Rental System

Class Diagram Template for Car Rental System (Click on image to modify online)

Class Diagram Templates for Course Registrations

Another very popular Class diagram scenario is a student registration system. This is popular in software engineering classes because students can easily relate to the system. A typical student registration system will have way more classes than this, but this is excellent as a starter template. College management, school registration are few other scenarios that closely match this class diagram.

Class Diagram Template for Course Registration System

Class Diagram Template for Course Registration System (Click on image to modify online)

Class Diagram Template for Employee Management

Now we move on to a bit more complex Class diagram. This template is for an employee management system and is pretty close to a real world scenario. But since different companies have different policies, this will differ from company to company. Just click on the image to modify according to your specification.

Human resources systems, group management systems, payroll management systems are a few other systems that closely resembles this template.

Class Diagram Template for Employee Management System

Class Diagram Template for Employee Management System (Click on image to modify online)

Class Diagram Template for a Flight Reservation System

A Class diagram template for a airline ticket reservation system is shown below. A real world system will be definitely more complex than this, but all the basic operations are covered in this diagram.

Flight reservation systems, airline booking systems, ticket booking systems, bus reservation systems are a few other scenarios that can be covered using this template.

Class Diagram Templates for Flight Reservation System

Class Diagram Template for a Flight Reservation System (Click on image to modify online)

Class Diagram Template for Hospital Management

Class diagrams can be presented as more colorful and interesting to the audience sometimes, as shown in the Class Diagram Template for Hospital Management below. Click on the image to edit online.

Class Diagram Template for Hospital Management System (Click on image to modify online)

Class Diagram Template for a Hotel Management System

A UML Class diagram for Hotel Management System is shown below. The various Classes involved in the system are:

Classes: Receptionist, Rooms, Customer, Bill, Food Items, Stock, Chef, Manager

Click on the image to edit online

Class Diagram Template for Hotel Management System

Class Diagram Template for Hotel Management System (Click on image to modify online)

Class Diagram Template for a Library Management System

A Class diagram template for Library Management System. Click on the image to modify online

Class Diagram Template for Library Management System

Class Diagram Template for Library Management System (Click on image to modify online)

Class Diagram Template for a Railway Reservation System

A Class diagram template for a Railway Reservation System. You can also use this template for buses, taxis, public transport, etc. Click on the image to modify using our Online Diagramming Software.

Class Diagram Template for Railway Reservation System (Click on image to modify online)

Class Diagram Template for a College Management System

A Class diagram template for a College Management System. Various classes such as Admin, Students, Teachers, Class, Subjects, Divisions, and Test Paper are involved. Click on the image to edit online.

Class Diagram Template for College Management System

Class Diagram Template for College Management System (Click on image to modify online)

Class Diagram Template for a Point of Sales System (POS)

The Class diagram below shows a point of sales system. Each Class represents different stages involved in a retail transaction. The classes of a POS could vary according to different retail situations and their particular requirements. You can click on the image below to modify it as you prefer.

Class Diagram Template for Point of Sales System (POS)

Class Diagram Template for Point of Sales System (POS) (Click on image to modify online)

Class Diagram for a Courier Management System

The diagram below depicts a Class diagram for a courier management system. Various classes involved are the owner, franchise holder, client and employees. A system like this can be used for daily activities associated with a courier management system such as booking a courier, maintaining hub details etc.

Class Diagram for Courier Management System

Class Diagram for Courier Management System (Click on image to modify online)

Class Diagram Template for a School Management System

This Class diagram template is of a school management system.  A template like this could be used to portray a management system of other institutes as well, but the various classes involved may change and the diagram could become more complex according to different organizations.

Class Diagram Template for School Management System

Class Diagram Template for School Management System (Click on image to modify online)

Class Diagram Template for an Online Examination System

Shown below is a Class diagram template of an online examination system. The Classes do not always have to be plain; you can add color to them to make them more appealing to the viewers.

Class Diagram Template for Online Examination System

Class Diagram Template for Online Examination System (Click on image to modify online)

Class Diagram Template for an Online Bus Reservation System

This is a Class diagram template for an online bus reservation system. A template like this can also be used to represent a railway reservation system, taxis etc. Click on the image to modify it according to your requirements.

Class Diagram Template for Online Bus Reservation System

Class Diagram Template for Online Bus Reservation System (Click online to modify online)

Class Diagram Template for Online Medical Clinic System

This template of a Class diagram shows an online medical clinic system. Doctor, patient, staff, receptionist and medicine are the various classes represented in this diagram. Click on the diagram to edit the template. You can also select a different color theme as necessary.

Class Diagram Template for Online Medical Clinic System

Class Diagram Template for Online Medical Clinic System (Click on image to modify online)

Class Diagram Template for Airport Security and Check-in

This simple Class diagram template showcases an airport security and check-in system. A template like this can be used to represent similar security and check-in systems in different public places such as at major train stations etc.

Class Diagram Template for Airport Security and Check-in

Class Diagram Template for Airport Security and Check-in (Click on image to modify online)

Class Diagram Template for an Inventory Management System

This is a Class diagram template of an inventory management system. A system like this could be used to track inventory levels, orders, sales deliveries etc.

Class Diagram Template for Inventory Management System

Class Diagram Template for Inventory Management System (Click on image to modify online)

Class Diagram Template for an Online Shopping System

The Class diagram below portrays an online shopping system. More classes could be added based on the type of online shop you are building. Click on the image to edit the template as you want.

Class Diagram Template for Online Shopping System

Class Diagram Template for Online Shopping System (Click on image to modify online)

Class Diagram Template for Online Movie Ticket Booking

This Class diagram template representing an online movie ticket booking system is somewhat similar to the other online booking systems we have discussed. Click on the image to edit as necessary.

Class Diagram Template for Online Movie Ticket Booking

Class Diagram Template for Online Movie Ticket Booking (Click on image to modify online)

Listed above are some of the widely used class diagram examples. Explore more class diagram examples in our diagramming community. Make use of these class diagram templates to spend less time drawing.

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Creately Update: Creately Compatibility For Confluence 5.5

Creately Diagramming for Confluence has been updated. Confluence users can now continue their diagramming with the latest version of Confluence 5.5.2. We have been supporting Confluence platform versions from 3.1 to 5.4 up until our last plugin version 1.10.2.

With the release of the Creately plugin version 1.11.0 we are adding support for Confluence 5.5.2 and at the same time altering the support for earlier versions of Confluence. We will be discontinuing support for certain older versions of Confluence. The Creately for Confluence plugin will no longer support Confluence 3.x up to 4.0. Confluence 3.x and 4.0. Therefore Creately for Confluence plugin version 1.11.0 will only support Confluence 4.1 up to 5.5.2.

This table shows our recommended Creately plugin version depending on your version of Confluence:

Recommended Creately for Confluence
Release
Supported Confluence Release
1.5.1 3.0 – 3.1
1.10.2 3.1 – 5.4.4
1.11.0 4.1 – 5.5.2

 

Why We Stopped Supporting Older Confluence Platforms

The reason for dropping support for older Confluence platforms is because the of Atlassian licensing system limitations. The latest version of Atlassian licensing does not include compatibility with Confluence 2.x, 3.x and 4.0 as these products have reached end of life as per Atlassian’s product end of life policy.  Since our plugin uses the Atlassian Marketplace Licensing API it isn’t possible for us to continue supporting these earlier versions of Confluence.

For users of the Creately plugin who are on Confluence 3.x up to 4.0 you can still download and install the Creately plugin version 1.10.2 from the Atlassian Marketplace.

With Creately for Confluence you will be able to,

  1. Import Visio Documents, Stencils and Templates
  2. Import and Export SVG documents
  3. Export as Creately Editable SVG
  4. High Resolution Image Export
  5. Other improved features

You can read more on the improved features in this announcement Team Creately is bringing more awesome benefits you can enjoy in the future. Stay tuned for the latest updates and announcements on our ongoing optimization process.

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