Enterprise Architect provides a status field in the properties dialog. The allowable values are user configurable. We use this feature to indicate the status of configuration items. Each status has a related color. The possible values and their colors are listed below in the order of a component's lifecycle. These status values are only used for emphasis on diagrams. The reports use the tagged values to determine deployment status
Future (orange)
The element is planned to be deployed sometime in the future. This corresponds to a Deployment Date that is in the future but is not specific, i.e. has only the year ('yyyy') or only the year and month ('yyyy-mm') but no day.
Pending (blue)
The element is planned to be deployed in the near future with a fully described Deployment Date ('yyyy-mm-dd').
Current (green)
The element is deployed and there are no plans to retire it. It's Deployment Date tagged value is in the past and the Retirement Date is null.
To be Retired (maroon)
The element is planned to be retired but does not have a specific date yet ('yyyy' or 'yyyy-mm'), just as with the Future status above. New development must not use the element.
Obviated (red)
ContThe element is scheduled for retirement with a fully specified Retirement Date. New development should not use the element and projects should be scheduled to eliminate its existing use before the Retirement Date. The Retirement date is fully specified ('yyyy-mm-dd').ent
Eliminated, aka Retired (black)
The element has been retired and is no longer in use and should not be used be any new development. The term Retired is not used due to a bug in Sparx EA which does not recognize status colors for a status of Retired. The Retirement Date is in the past. It does not have to be fully specified.
