Bulk Edit

[Michiel]

Hello All,

First of: I'm a total EA noob! As a system admin, my job is to keep it running, so others can work with it.

The issue I'm facing is this: We are in the process of moving our data to Azure. (sharepoint)
The idea is to keep the existing folder hierarchy intact as much as possible.
But I cannot avoid that my Path/URL O:\department\subfolder\file.docx will change to a https://sharepoint/department/subfolder/file.docx
That means that links in the various EA projects need to be edited.

Can this be automated or at the very least bulk edited by as search and replace??

Thanks in advance.

[Geert Bellekens]

Hi Michiel,

There are a few options

- update the database directly with an SQL update query. You'll have to do a bit of digging to figure out where in the database your links are stored
- Export the whole model to XML (native or XMI) and do a search/replace on the XML file, and then import the XML again.

The first option has the least risk, time and impact on your users. The latter is easier since you don't need to know where in the database you need to make updates.

Geert