share search definitions

[marcelloh]

I have made a search definition, and I want to share it amongst my collegues. What is the way to do this?

(I find this a strange question, because that we all work in the same EA-file, so I thought, this was also shared information.)

[Geert Bellekens]

Marcel,

Search definitions are stored in your user profile:
C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Application Data\Sparx Systems\EA\Search Data\EA_Search.xml
That is the reason why others don't see them.

You can export search definitions as an xml file and import them again via the manage option.

Geert

[marcelloh]

So, yet another thing to make more useable. I work in projects with a centralized database. I don't get this. Why is this a local user setting on a file system? Sounds like a quirky solution to me.

To make it more usable, I must be able to have personal searches, and also project-wide user defined searches.
(And of course well hidden inside the database, and not in any local place.)

This makes me wonder if really everything else is stored inside the database, or are there more suprises like this? I don't like this kind of suprises  

[Geert Bellekens]

Marcel,

You are right, it is kind of a PITA to distribute the search definitions to all users.
I'd love a better way then what is currently available.

Geert

[beginner]

We added search definitions to our MDG (which also requires manual work). But at least we share the same searches.

b.