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Introduction

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An Enterprise Architect project is stored in a data repository.

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Project Files

.EAP Files

In Enterprise Architect Desktop and Professional editions, you store a project in a single file with a .EAP extension. A .EAP file is a Microsoft JET database, so you can also open it using MS Access 97, 2000 or 2003, or any other reporting tool that can work with JET databases.

 

DBMS Repositories

In Enterprise Architect Corporate Business and Software Engineering, Systems Engineering and Ultimate editions, you can use a suitable DBMS database for project files.

DBMS project files have the same logical structure as .EAP files, but must be connected to using ADO/ODBC (see Connect to a Data Repository, below).

 

 

File Based Repositories

 

 

 

 

 

Server Based Repositories

Creating Project Files

On creating a new project, the Model Wizard enables you to create a model containing various Model Packages.

You can also add Model Packages to a project from the Project Browser by:

Right-clicking on an existing model and selecting the New Model or Add a New Model using Wizard context menu options
Right-clicking on a package and selecting the Add | Add a New Model using Wizard context menu option
Clicking on an existing model, pressing ( Insert ) and selecting the New Model or Add a New Model using Wizard context menu options
Clicking on a package, pressing ( Insert ) and selecting the Add a New Model using Wizard context menu option

 

File Based Repositories

Model Wizard

Opening Existing Projects

There are various ways to open a project in Enterprise Architect; new users are advised to explore the EAExample file supplied with Enterprise Architect.

 

Open a project

Connect to a Data Repository

You can connect to any of the following data repositories:

MS Access 97, 2000 and 2003 (in all editions - .EAP files are stored in Microsoft JET databases)
Access 2007
SQL Server 2000, 2005 and 2008
SQL Server Express 2005 and 2008
MySQL
Oracle 9i, 10g and 11g
PostgreSQL
MSDE
Adaptive Server Anywhere
Progress OpenEdge

 

To create a new data repository, you first create a new database with the DBMS management software, then run supplied scripts to create the logical structure.

You then use Enterprise Architect data transfer functions to move a project from a .EAP or DBMS model into the new project.

 

Connect to a Data Repository