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Project Data Transfer

The Corporate, Business and Software Engineering, System Engineering and Ultimate editions of Enterprise Architect support a range of server-based repositories. At some point, it might become necessary to move a complete model from one repository to another, row by row, table by table.

The project data transfer function enables you to perform the following tasks:

  • Upsize an existing .EAP file to a DBMS repository
  • Download a DBMS repository to a .EAP file
  • Move a repository from one DBMS to another, or from one server to another
  • Move all records from a .EAP file with replication to a model with none (Remove Replication)
  • Copy all records from a .EAP file to another (recommended after serious network crash or repeated database corruption)
  • Copy all records from a JET 3.5 to JET 4 (Access 2000 or XP) repository - or back the other way.

 

Broadly, the process of performing a project data transfer is as follows:

  1. Select the Tools | Data Management | Project Transfer menu option. The Project Transfer dialog displays.
  2. Click on the appropriate option for the required transfer type:
  • .EAP to .EAP
  • DBMS to .EAP
  • .EAP to DBMS
  • DBMS to DBMS
  1. In the Source Project and Target Project fields, type or select the name or connection string for the Source and Target projects.
  2. Click on the Transfer button.

However, you must transfer data into a repository (where scripts have been run to set up tables), not just a database, and each type of DBMS imposes certain conditions on the process; see the Transfer the Data stage in each of the Upsize to a DBMS Repository procedures.

Notes:

  • If Enterprise Architect User Security is enabled you must have Transfer Data permission to transfer project data between repositories.
  • During a project data transfer, all records in the target project are overwritten. Before performing the transfer, take a backup of the target project to ensure that you can recover any important information it contains.
  • It is good practise to do a Project Compare after this process to verify that all records are written.