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Bugs and Issues / DAO.QueryDef [3131] Syntax error in FROM clause.

« on: August 14, 2018, 10:30:00 pm »

I'm trying to write a somewhat complicated query, and I don't seem to be able to get EA to execute my query if it does a join with a subquery
I boiled it down to this type of statement:

Code: [Select]

select * from
t_attribute ta
inner join (select a.ID, a.Name from t_attribute a) dataq on dataq.ID = ta.IDwhen I execute this in EA I get

DAO.QueryDef [3131]
Syntax error in FROM clause.

The annoying thing is that this executed perfectly fine on the same model when I execute it using SQL Anywhere.

Geert

Does anyone know a workaround for this problem?

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Suggestions and Requests / Ability to automate schema composer generation

« on: August 03, 2018, 05:26:51 pm »

I would like to be able to automatically generate schema composer profiles.

We use the schema composer to construct our message definitions (XSD) and with each release we need to be able to generate them all.
This is now a manual task that can take up a significant amount of time, so it would be great if EA would allow access to the schema generation via the API.

Geert

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Bugs and Issues / Schema can still be changed even when not checked out

« on: August 01, 2018, 04:47:48 pm »

Details:
If you put a schema composer artifact in a controlled package the schema itself is not rendered read-only. It can still be changed even without checking out the package.
The same problem with the locking mechanism of user security.

Steps to Reproduce:
- Create a schema composer artifact in a controlled package
- Check in the package
- Try to update the schema in the schema composer
- Notice that you can still change the schema although it should be read-only.

Reported

Geert

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Suggestions and Requests / Export reference data -> allow selection of scripts

« on: July 05, 2018, 04:27:35 pm »

I would like an option in the export reference data to select only certain scripts for export.
EA only has an option to export ALL the scripts (including a bunch of temp debug stuff that should never be exported anyway) and that is costing me a lot of time (and thus my customers a lot of money)

Each time I update a script in DEV that needs to be promoted to TEST/PROD
- Export all scripts
- Open the resulting xml file
- Copy paste the script parts I need to a new file (not forgetting the groups if not yet existing on the target model)
- Remove all scripts in the file with only those I copied

That could be so much easier if I could just select the scripts I want to export.

(bonus points if the export feature would automatically detect !INCLUDES and export those as well)

Geert

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Bugs and Issues / RTF template: Exclude diagram type does not work for diagram elements

« on: May 30, 2018, 09:55:30 pm »

Found an annoying problem today.
I have a template that basically looks like this:

Code: [Select]

package >
diagram >
{Diagram.DiagramImg}
{Diagram.Name}
element >
< element
This should not be if the diagram is excluded
< diagram
< package

This works find and reports all diagrams.
Then I decided that I only wanted this report for a particular type of diagram.
So I configured the exclude filter on the template and excluded all but my own type of diagram: MyDiagramType.

Now when I run the report I get only the images and names of the diagrams of type MyDiagramType, so far so good.

But the text: This should not be if the diagram is excluded still appears for each diagram in the package, regardless of the diagram type.

Problem found in v 12.1 but still a an issue in v 14.0.1421

Geert

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Bugs and Issues / EA 14 v 1420 Diagram Flow direction is completely broken

« on: May 16, 2018, 05:04:36 pm »

Setting the flow direction to horizontal on a (horizontal) BPMN diagram completely messes up the layout (and model)

All Pools and lanes get reduced in size making the Activities fall out of them (they also get moved out of the pool/lanes in the project browser)

Manipulating a (correct) diagram made in a previous version with the flow direction set also results in the same mess.

The only way to use BPMN diagram in v14 is to set the flow direction to None.

Geert

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Bugs and Issues / What's the deal with the «enum» stereotype?

« on: March 27, 2018, 04:29:05 pm »

For a while now I've noticed something strange.
On some models, when I add a value to an enumeration, this new value automatically gets the stereotype «enum»

On other models the stereotype is not there.

Does anyone know where this stereotype is coming from, and why I have this on some models an not on others?

Geert

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Bugs and Issues / GetLatest/Check-out removes tagged value references

« on: March 22, 2018, 08:44:58 pm »

We recently added version control to one of our model in order to share it in a controlled fashion with other models.

The source model is a BPMN model that uses a lot of tagged value references (i.e. MessageRef)
After a user had checked out a package containing messages that were referenced by MessageRef tagged values, those tagged values where emptied, effectively loosing the reference to the message object.
Doing a getlatest on the process package re-instates the tagged value.
This is of course a SERIOUS issue as it slowly destroys our model.
I tried playing with the settings, but nothing seemed to work.


Steps to Reproduce:
packageA
  MessageA

packageB
  ProcessB with messageFlow containing tagged value MessageRef referencing MessageA

- Version control both packageA as PackageB and check-in both packages.
- Do a getLatest on packageA
- Notice that the messageRef tagged value has been cleared.

Reported and hoping for a quick solution as this is destroying our BPMN model

Geert

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General Board / EA v14 beta - The new Features window is awkward!

« on: March 08, 2018, 06:32:29 pm »

I was just trying to create some operations, but the old popup dialog to edit operations and attributes has been replaced by a docked window called "Features".
Problem is that you can only edit part of the operation here (only list view part of the old dialog is here) the other properties you have to edit in the docked properties window.

Aside from the fact that you now don't have an explicit save anymore (as you had with the modal dialog) it is really awkward to have to use two different docked windows to achieve a single thing.

I hope there's a way to revert back to the old style (or at least make editing operations less awkward)

Geert

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Bugs and Issues / Associations with same name don't appear in Schema composer

« on: March 07, 2018, 11:16:50 pm »

When a class has two associations with the same association name, only one of them will show up in the schema composer.


Steps to Reproduce:
- Create class A, B and C
- Add an association from A to B with name "test"
- Add an association from A to C with name "test"
- Create a new schema composer schema
- drag class A into the schema
- notice that only one (random) association with name "test" will show up with no warning at all.
- remove the names from the associations
- notice that now both associations are visible in the schema composer

Reported

Geert

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Bugs and Issues / v14 BETA: Docked windows tabs icons missing

« on: March 07, 2018, 09:09:23 pm »

Before v14, if you docked several windows on the same location there were helpful icons on the tabs to indicate which window to select.
These icons are gone in v14, making it harder to identify the correct tab.

Geert

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General Board / EA v14 beta - Where are the release notes?

« on: March 07, 2018, 06:01:10 pm »

The long awaited version 14 beta is finally been released, but unfortunately I can't find the release notes.

Yes sure there is a marketing page, but that is not the same as actual release notes that list each and every change.

Geert

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Bugs and Issues / Removed elements re-appear in version controlled diagrams

« on: January 06, 2018, 01:36:40 am »

I have the following situation
Package A
  - Class A
Package B
 Diagram B -> contains Class A

Both Package A and Package B are version controlled separately and checked in separately
Now I
- check out Package B
- remove Class A from my Diagram B
- save Diagram B
- check in Package B

Then I get a dialog saying that there are possibly missing cross references with an entry saying Diagram Contents with a count of 1 By default the checkbox is checked.
Since I have no means to figure out which diagram contents EA is talking about, the safe thing seems to be to accept the default setting and click OK.

Nothing weird happens, so I'm happy... that is until (might be months later) I do a checkout of Package B
Suddenly I notice that class A is back on my diagram B, although I removed it previously.
I think that is a clear bug.
I can imagine having safeguards for situation where I would be editing package B in a model that doesn't contain Package A, but in this case it the diagram object is part of Package B, so whether or not it is deleted has nothing to do with external references.

Geert

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Bugs and Issues / RefGUIDList tagged value not saved

« on: January 04, 2018, 07:39:54 pm »

If you select another entity in a RefGUIDList tagged value with the same name as the previous entity then the new value is not saved.

Steps to Reproduce:
Create RefGUIDList tagged value that references attributes like this
Type=RefGUIDList;
Values=Attribute;
AppliesTo=Attribute;
Add this tagged value to an attribute.
Select an attribute with name "A"
Select something else
Now select the same attribute again and select a different attribute with name "A"
Select something else
Go back to the attribute with the tagged value
Notice that the tagged value still references the first attribute with name "A"

Reported

Geert

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Bugs and Issues / Exclude filter does not exclude initial state node

« on: December 19, 2017, 07:48:53 pm »

When you set the exclude filter to exclude everything except for StateMachine and Activity then you still get entries for Initial Statenode entities.
Only after setting the element filter to ObjectType oneOf 'StateMachine','Activity' did it filter out the Initial nodes.

Geert

-- Reported --