Replace author accross the model?

[Asperamanca]

Hi,

I've worked on a notebook for a few days, realizing too late the author wasn't configured correctly.

Now I need to change the author of a few dozen elements to fix that error of mine.

How would I do that?

I have a search that shows me all the items I need to change. However, for some items (e.g.) notes, I don't even see a possibility to change the author in the properties window. Also, it would be much more convenient to perform a mass-replace in the model. How do I do that?

[qwerty]

update t_object set author="you";

q.

[Asperamanca]

Hi,

I'm pretty new to EA. It does look like a script or command, but in which context to use it?

[Geert Bellekens]

EA stores the model in a database.
Either ms-access (.eap file) or any of the other supported databases.
You can execute the update statement on the database directly using your preferred sql client.
Otherwise you could also create a script or add-in and use Repository.Execute("your sql statement") to execute an sql statement on your model.

Geert

[Asperamanca]

Ok, thanks, now it's clear.
I had hoped for something in the UI to help me do it.

[Geert Bellekens]

Come to think of it, there is a GUI way of doing this.
If you show your package as element list (package browser option) then you can edit the author of each element right there on the list.

Geert

[Asperamanca]

Thanks! For small amounts of items, that works just fine!

I can't change all the items (only those that appear in the model tree), but that's good enough for now.