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Enterprise Architect => General Board => Topic started by: Issured on March 06, 2018, 01:54:23 am

Title: Replica conflict resolution help
Post by: Issured on March 06, 2018, 01:54:23 am
Hi there,

I am trying to find out which is my Master and which is my Replica when it comes to merging replicas.  When I go into the Conflict Resolution Table I am presented with 2 columns:
- Current Value
- Conflict Value

Can anyone help me with which column is my master and which is my replica?  i.e. if I choose to overwrite the Current Value with the Conflict Value am I overwriting the master value with the replica value, or the other way round?!

Many thanks in advance...
Title: Re: Replica conflict resolution help
Post by: Nizam on March 06, 2018, 09:57:51 am
AFAIK, for merging replicas, EA uses the MS Access feature in the backend, and I'm afraid we have very little control on it. May be I'm wrong, but I've always recommended users to stay away from this, and just use the Diff / Merge, which albeit being a little more laborious, gives us control
Title: Re: Replica conflict resolution help
Post by: qwerty on March 06, 2018, 06:44:23 pm
I thought this advice would be like carrying owls to Athens (German proverb). I have to join Nizam's advice: do NOT use this feature. Only trust it as far as you can throw it. Think of other ways to achieve what you thought replication could do for you.

q.
Title: Re: Replica conflict resolution help
Post by: Issured on March 07, 2018, 12:02:24 am
Ah right - ok!  Thank you for the suggestion! :)
Title: Re: Replica conflict resolution help
Post by: KP on March 07, 2018, 08:25:31 am
I thought this advice would be like carrying owls to Athens (German proverb).

Wear thick gloves?
Title: Re: Replica conflict resolution help
Post by: Glassboy on March 07, 2018, 08:28:13 am
I thought this advice would be like carrying owls to Athens (German proverb).
Wear thick gloves?

The patron god of Athens is Athena, and Athena's sacred animal is an owl. 
Title: Re: Replica conflict resolution help
Post by: KP on March 07, 2018, 09:14:56 am
I thought this advice would be like carrying owls to Athens (German proverb).
Wear thick gloves?

The patron god of Athens is Athena, and Athena's sacred animal is an owl.

LOL thanks. I actually looked up the proverb after posting and it appears that low denomination silver coins in ancient Athens had a picture of an owl on one side. Carrying silver coins to Athens, where they were in plentiful supply, would be redundant and not worth the effort. It would be like carrying... *looks at Australian 5 cent coin* ... echidnas to Australia.
Title: Re: Replica conflict resolution help
Post by: Paolo F Cantoni on March 07, 2018, 10:37:54 am
I thought this advice would be like carrying owls to Athens (German proverb).
Wear thick gloves?

The patron god of Athens is Athena, and Athena's sacred animal is an owl.

LOL thanks. I actually looked up the proverb after posting and it appears that low denomination silver coins in ancient Athens had a picture of an owl on one side. Carrying silver coins to Athens, where they were in plentiful supply, would be redundant and not worth the effort. It would be like carrying... *looks at Australian 5 cent coin* ... echidnas to Australia.
Or "Coals to Newcastle" - which is true for both the UK and Australian cities...

Oh, and even in these days of gender neutrality, Athena was a Goddess, not a God.  ;)

Paolo
Title: Re: Replica conflict resolution help
Post by: qwerty on March 07, 2018, 10:51:18 am
Or maybe Diesel Volkswagen to Wolfsburg.

q.
Title: Re: Replica conflict resolution help
Post by: Glassboy on March 07, 2018, 12:07:19 pm
Oh, and even in these days of gender neutrality, Athena was a Goddess, not a God.  ;)

True but the operative word was patron and she wasn't above disguising herself as a man.