How to distribute My Queries?

[ngong]

For distributing scripts and template diagrams to my colleagues I am offering an about empty .eap file as a template.
Recently I created useful SQL and "Query Builder" queries, too. They appear in my EA installation under "Find in Project"/My Searches.
However, they seem not to be part of the .eap file but my personal installation of EA.

How can I distribute "My Searches" to my colleagues?

Kind Regards

Rolf

[Geert Bellekens]

Rolf,

You can distribute them in an MDG technology.

We have a couple of MDG's that contain nothing but searches.

Another alternative is to export/import the searches themselves, but in that case they are still stored in the user profile.

Geert

[Uffe]

Hi Rolf,

Searches are stored locally in the file system as you've found. What you can do is create an MDG Technology, which in turn can be either deployed to a file share or imported into a project.

The MDG Technology generation process is pretty straightforward -- just click through the wizard. It's a good idea to spend a little time thinking about the name and ID, and deployment, but the generation itself is a matter of seconds.

HTH,


/Uffe

[Nizam]

Another alternative is to export/import the searches themselves, but in that case they are still stored in the user profile.

A point to note is that Searches cannot be exported as 'Export Reference Data' rather it must be done from the 'Search Utility (Find In Project)' -> Export Search / Import Search.

or just sharing the file %appdata%\Sparx Systems\EA\Search Data\EA_Search.xml also works.