How to filter related components from other containers in component view?

[awehrung]

Considering the following example, where 2 Services interact with different Schemas on the same DB instance, I have not found out how to filter the component view as I would like to:

workspace {

    model {
        user = person "User"
        softwareSystem = softwareSystem "Software System" "My software system." {
            a = container "A" {
                ma1 = component "Module A1"
                ma2 = component "Module A2"
            }
            b = container "B" {
                mb1 = component "Module B1"
            }
            db = container "DB" {
                tags "Database"
                dba = component "Schema A"
                dbb = component "Schema B"
            }
        }
        
        user -> ma1 "Calls endpoint X" "REST"
        ma1 -> ma2 "Validates with" "Java-Interface"
        ma1 -> dba "Performs operation X" "JDBC"
        
        user -> mb1 "Calls endpoint Y" "REST"
        mb1 -> dbb "Perform operation Y" "JDBC"
    }

    views {
        component a "A-View-1" {
            // shows DB as a container but not the schemas
            include *
            autoLayout
        }
        
        component a "A-View-2" {
            // shows more components than needed (schema B, component B1), does not show User
            include element.type==component
            autoLayout
        }
        
        component db "DB-View-1" {
            // shows A and B as containers instead of the concrete components
            include *
            autoLayout
        }
        
        component db "DB-View-2" {
            // shows unrelated component (module A2)
            include element.type==component
            autoLayout
        }
        
        styles {
            element "Person" {
                shape Person
            }
            element "Database" {
                shape Cylinder
            }
        }
    }
}

In the component view for container A, how to show only elements related to components of A (including User but not Schema B)?

In the component view for DB, how to show only elements related to components of DB (but not Module A2 or User)?

I think I get why the component view only shows the other containers as black-boxes per default, but it feels like it should be possible to get this "filtered white-box" view at the component level. The docs on container view inspired me to try this, now I am kind of stuck. Help would be greatly appreciated!

[simonbrowndotje]

Considering the following example, where 2 Services interact with different Schemas on the same DB instance

It depends on the technology you're using, but I'd probably model the database schemas as containers rather than components, since the schemas can be deployed onto the same DB server instance (one deployment node), or separate DB server instances (two deployment nodes). If you modify your DSL to adopt this approach, you'll likely find it easier to create the views you're looking for.

[awehrung]

Makes sense, I'll post an updated workspace here for future readers. I'll definitely also look into the deployment view.

[awehrung]

Updated workspace:

workspace {

    model {
        user = person "User"
        softwareSystem = softwareSystem "Software System" "My software system" {
            a = container "A" {
                ma1 = component "Module A1"
                ma2 = component "Module A2"
            }
            b = container "B" {
                mb1 = component "Module B1"
            }
            dba = container "DB Schema A" "" "" "Database"
            dbb = container "DB Schema B" "" "" "Database"
        }
        
        user -> ma1 "Calls endpoint X" "REST"
        ma1 -> ma2 "Validates with" "Java-Interface"
        ma1 -> dba "Performs operation X" "JDBC"
        
        user -> mb1 "Calls endpoint Y" "REST"
        mb1 -> dbb "Perform operation Y" "JDBC"
        
        awsProd = deploymentEnvironment "AWS Prod" {
            deploymentNode "EKS" {
                containerInstance a
                containerInstance b
            }
            deploymentNode "Aurora" {
                containerInstance dba
                containerInstance dbb
            }
        }
    }

    views {
        component a "A-View" {
            include *
            autoLayout
        }
        
        component b "B-View" {
            include *
            autoLayout
        }
        
        deployment softwareSystem awsProd "Deployment-View" {
            include *
            autoLayout
        }
        
        styles {
            element "Person" {
                shape Person
            }
            element "Database" {
                shape Cylinder
            }
        }
    }
}

Thanks for taking the time to answer!