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Enterprise Architect => General Board => Topic started by: combat2k on February 16, 2021, 03:43:06 am

Title: Strange value for custom tag
Post by: combat2k on February 16, 2021, 03:43:06 am

Hello,

custom tag (x) defined in MDG metamodel, referring existing stereotype (y) from metamodel (value selectable from some search Window), different behavior when displaying the name in properties list:

- when selecting an object from stereotype y, object defined couple of years ago (like 5+), the displayed value is the ea_guid;
- when selecting an object from the same stereotype y, but object defined like last year or later, the displayed value is <_stereotype_y> <name_of_object>.

btw, at database level, in t_objectproperties table, both properties have the same value, the ea_guid of selected element.

Anyone has some idea why this behavior?

Thanks in advance,
Dan.

Title: Re: Strange value for custom tag
Post by: Geert Bellekens on February 16, 2021, 05:54:32 am

Dan,


Have a look at t_xref for those elements. I suspect that the "old" elements don't have a "fully qualified stereotype"

Geert

Title: Re: Strange value for custom tag
Post by: combat2k on February 16, 2021, 11:32:20 pm

Hello Geert,

thanks for your quick reply.
I've checked the t_xref table for records related to those 2 elements, it seems that the old one has an extra record with NAME_1 = 'CustomProperties', record which has in Description some long string containing the names of customTags, but not getting the relevant info related to 'fully qualified stereotype".

Can you please point me to some documentation where I can find more info about it?

Thanks again for your help.
BR,
Dan.