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Enterprise Architect => General Board => Topic started by: bholtzman on December 11, 2018, 02:10:29 am

Title: XMI import status messages
Post by: bholtzman on December 11, 2018, 02:10:29 am

Hi all:
I was running an "Import Package from XMI" and in the "XMI Import Progress" area of the window this message kept coming up:
"Delete existing connector with ID: [ddd]"

Does anyone know what that is about? I'm not sure why EA would be deleting connectors to accomplish this import. Thank you.

Bill

Title: Re: XMI import status messages
Post by: Geert Bellekens on December 11, 2018, 02:16:04 am

It depends. If you import an xmi file containing already existing elements or packages, the existing elements/packages (and their contents and links) are deleted first. Then they are recreated from the xmi file.

If you want to be sure to only create new items without synchronizing with existing items, you can use the "strip GUID" option.

Geert

Title: Re: XMI import status messages
Post by: bholtzman on December 11, 2018, 02:26:08 am

Thanks, Geert. I should've chosen strip GUIDs. How does EA correlate new items with existing? Does it just use the name of the package and/or object?

Bill

Title: Re: XMI import status messages
Post by: Geert Bellekens on December 11, 2018, 02:48:15 am

EA uses only the GUID of the elements to correlate items.

Geert