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Add or manage C4 Diagram Set

Use this guide to create and maintain C4 Diagram Sets in Nodinite. You can add new sets, import existing content, sync updates, view architecture, and perform hard delete when governance requires permanent removal.

  • ✅ Create new C4 Diagram Sets from the Repository user interface
  • ✅ Edit set properties to keep architecture documentation accurate
  • ✅ Use Import and Sync to keep set content current
  • ✅ Open View actions directly from the action menu
  • ✅ Perform controlled Hard Delete when required by policy

Tutorial overview

# Topic
1 Open actions and understand commands
2 Add a new C4 Diagram Set
3 Edit set properties
4 Use Import and Sync
5 View set content
6 Hard delete a set

Step 1: Open actions and understand commands

Open the Actions menu for a C4 Diagram Set to access operations.

Actions button
Example of the Actions button used to open command options for a C4 Diagram Set.

Action menu - edit
Example of the Edit command in the C4 Diagram Set action menu.

Action menu - view
Example of the View command in the C4 Diagram Set action menu for direct opening.

Step 2: Add a new C4 Diagram Set

Click Add New Set to create a new set.

Add New Set button
Example of the Add New Set button used to start creating a C4 Diagram Set.

You can also create from BizTalk with the dropdown path when available.

Add New Set from BizTalk dropdown
Example of the Add New Set from BizTalk dropdown option for accelerator-based creation.

Fill in required details in the modal and save.

Important

Creating a new C4 Diagram Set requires Create permission in the C4 Diagram Set permission set.

Add New Set modal
Example of the Add New Set modal where users define set details before creation.

After save, verify the success status.

Create set success status
Example of the success status message after creating a new C4 Diagram Set.

Step 3: Edit set properties

Use the dedicated control to update title, description, ownership, or tags.

Edit set properties button
Example of the Edit Set Properties button used to maintain C4 Diagram Set metadata.

Step 4: Use Import and Sync

Import source diagrams into the selected set.

Important

Import requires Create permission in the C4 Diagram Set permission set.

Import button
Example of the Import button used to bring source diagrams into a C4 Diagram Set.

Run Sync to update set content after source changes.

Sync button
Example of the Sync button used to update content in a C4 Diagram Set.

If no diagrams exist in the set, export and sync options can be disabled.

Export disabled when no diagrams
Example of Export disabled when the C4 Diagram Set has no diagrams available.

Sync disabled when no diagrams
Example of Sync disabled when the C4 Diagram Set has no diagrams available.

Step 5: View set content

Use the view action to open the selected set in read mode.

Action menu - view command
Example of selecting View from the action menu to open a C4 Diagram Set.

Step 6: Hard delete a set

Use hard delete only when the set should be removed permanently.

Action menu - hard delete
Example of selecting Hard Delete from the C4 Diagram Set action menu.

Confirm the intent in the dialog before execution.

Hard delete confirm intent
Example of the hard delete confirmation dialog requiring explicit user intent.

Validate the operation using the success status message.

Hard delete success status
Example of the success status message after permanently deleting a C4 Diagram Set.

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