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Bugs and Issues / Re: Notes input to describe database format issue

« on: May 23, 2014, 10:18:27 am »

This is getting pretty complicated for a relatively simple task.  It looks like I am back to maintaining a separate data dictionary in word.  Unfortunately my customer insists that I add various business rules that affect most columns to the data dictionary, and the notepad style formatting supported by EA is not sufficient for this task.

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Bugs and Issues / Re: Notes input to describe database format issue

« on: May 23, 2014, 04:41:12 am »

I don't understand this suggestion.  I have about 100-150 feature classes and tables in my model with at least (estimate) 10+ attributes (columns) for each.  I want to print out a data dictionary for my customer and I in the data dictionary I want to show in the 'notes' column my 'formatted' explanation for that field.  You are suggesting that I add a 'linked' document, I am not sure how that would help me.  In essence I am writing my data dictionary now outside EA.  I thought EA would allow me to single source my efforts.

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Bugs and Issues / Notes input to describe database format issue

« on: May 21, 2014, 05:20:41 am »

I am using EA to document my database dictionary.  The output for my customer is a generated RTF document.  In order to add sufficient field descriptions I use the 'Notes' field for the field element.  However, the format options are not really sufficient to document a field properly.  For example: I try to copy and paste a small table into the notes field (from Word) and all formatting is immediately lost.  Is there a way to have EA support better formatted notes?

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Bugs and Issues / EA 10 will crash during "Export ArcGIS workspace"

« on: May 21, 2014, 05:38:16 am »

I have a "ArcGIS" data model and am trying to 'Export to ArcGIS Workspace XML".  The progress dialog pops up and I see a "writing XML document" under the progress status.  Then EA displays a crash message and exits.  I am using 10.0.1007.

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Re: «ArcGIS» Workspace Model and tagged values

« on: June 10, 2014, 07:12:14 am »

Just to sum up my experience on using EA to design a Geodatabase: It clearly is not the way to go.  After spending hours editing my model in workspace XML form in order to 'mass' edit items for which the validation complained, I tried to 'import my model using ArcCatalog'.  I am now getting error messages on import like "Import failed" or "Field is not nullable" with no explanation of the error or the source table/attribute.
In Sum: unless you have unlimited funding on your project don't go this route.  

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Re: «ArcGIS» Workspace Model and tagged values

« on: June 07, 2014, 02:56:13 am »

Thanks much, this helped a lot.  I actually exported the XMI and edited the XMI in visual studio in order to get most of my default tags set.  This seemed to have worked.  I will do the same with the max. string length now.  
Thanks again, this was very helpful.

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / «ArcGIS» Workspace Model and tagged values

« on: June 06, 2014, 10:40:06 am »

I created an «ArcGIS» Workspace model from scratch (using the ArcGIS workspace extension/ pattern).  My model is quite extensive and now I realize that EA left virtually all 'tagged values' for attribute columns empty.  Examples are "IsNullable" or "Length" etc.  Needless to say the export to Workspace XML is rattled with errors.  My model has probably about 100 feature classes and tables.  The user interface to enter tagged values is what I consider somewhat "user hostile" meaning that if I have to enter these tags manually it will take me months.  Is there an automated way to do populate these tags (at least with default values?)
I am not sure which errors are show stoppers but when I run the validation script I get an error on line 1702
ArcGIS™.ValidateArcGISModel error: Overflow: 'CInt', Line:1702      
If CInt(length) > MAX_TEXT_LENGTH Or CInt(length) < MIN_TEXT_LENGTH Then
Anyways I am somehow getting the impression that this extension doesn't get too much use.   Has anybody used this extension before and successfully produced an XML model?