Large Models

[Paolo F Cantoni]

We have some very large models in Rose (the XMI export for one of the larger ones > 42Mb!)

What size of models can EA handle - can they be supported with .EAP files or must they have a repository?

Thanx,

Paolo

[Bruno.Cossi]

Hi,

I do not know what the limitations are, but we did have a rather large XMI file (78 MB, also generated from Rose) and once it got imported, EA worked just fine. EAP file could likely handle model of that size, but it sounds pretty risky to me, given that EAP is nothing but an MS Access database. Also, such a large model typically means multiple people working on the model, scenario that should make you think about using a DBMS repository.
A sidenote - importing/exporting a file of that size takes forever (not only with EA though).

Bruno

We have some very large models in Rose (the XMI export for one of the larger ones > 42Mb!)

What size of models can EA handle - can they be supported with .EAP files or must they have a repository?

Thanx,

Paolo

[Paolo F Cantoni]

When I tried to import the large file (generated by Rose Unisys XMI export).

I got a: DAO.Field[3163] the field is too small to accept the amount of data you attempted to add.  Try inserting or pasting less data.

This occurred during visible association import.  Needless to say, the resultant import is missing almost all the associations.

Anybody have any ideas which field may be causing the problem?

Paolo

[thomaskilian]

No. Except you could try it with a SQL server instead and hoping for better error messages....