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PCS Frequently Asked Questions / Re: Possible to check differences through a web interface?

« on: January 23, 2026, 05:18:55 am »

Just as I suspected. Thanks for answering, Geert.

Mikael

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PCS Frequently Asked Questions / Possible to check differences through a web interface?

« on: January 22, 2026, 08:36:22 pm »

The Sparx client has tools for letting the user review changes and differences between two versions of a model; for example the current model and a baseline version.
Will someone who doesn't have the client, but just the web interfaces WebEA or ProLaborate, be able to do something similar? And if so, how?

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Bugs and Issues / Re: An issue with the CSV import

« on: October 29, 2025, 06:56:02 pm »

The import only adds or changes elements by design.

Thanks Rob. I had started to suspect that. The user guide mentions a lot of other prerequisites, like Type being mandatory and what will happen if you add rows without a GUID, but not this one. I came to the same conclusion as you though, that shifting State would be comparable. (Though it still leaves you with unwanted elements in diagrams, since the report filter only works on text.)

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Bugs and Issues / An issue with the CSV import

« on: October 27, 2025, 07:11:30 am »

The menu option Publish->Model Exchange->CSV let you export and import items as CSV files. I've tested it with Requirements, to figure out if there are cases that don't work. There is one: If you export a requriement model, remove one of the rows and then import the CSV file again, the matching requirement isn't removed from the model.
All other kinds of updates work marvelously though. You may even add a line in the CSV file, which Sparx will interpret as a new requirement and add to the model. You will get a warning that one of the rows misses a GUID, but the application will then generate one and add the requirement to the model.

Does anyone have an idea to why removals aren't executed? This is a file repository, so it shouldn't be a permission issue.

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General Board / Generate contract tests?

« on: October 24, 2025, 01:34:34 am »

Is Sparx able to generate contract tests from interface models?

Mikael

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PCS General Board / Re: WebEA does not update diagrams

« on: September 24, 2025, 07:30:35 pm »

I'd like to add that this problem was solved some months ago. It turned out that the administrator had misconfigured the EAWorker. Now when that is fixed, the diagrams are promptly updated after any change.

Mikael

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Suggestions and Requests / Re: Right-click to open diagram link in a new tab

« on: September 24, 2025, 07:25:27 pm »

Hi Takeshi,

Not in Sparx EA 16.1, at least. That is the combination I started to try, since that is what you would have done in a web browser.

Mikael

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Suggestions and Requests / Re: Right-click to open diagram link in a new tab

« on: September 18, 2025, 05:50:18 pm »

Thanks for the information Geert! I did't know about that option.

I've tried it now and have only one objection: With that setting off, navigating to a new diagram always results in that diagram being opened in a new tab. I would have preferred it to be an optional behavior, since it leads to a number of unwanted intermediate tabs, but I presume that isn't possible.

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Suggestions and Requests / Right-click to open diagram link in a new tab

« on: September 16, 2025, 10:49:21 pm »

Hi,

I would like to be able to right-click a diagram link and make Sparx open the diagram in a new tab, like I'm able to do in a web browser.
Quite often I need to switch between diagrams, in order to find elements I want to put in the first one.

Mikael

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Bugs and Issues / Re: Use cases sometimes become circular instead of elliptical

« on: August 15, 2025, 11:33:46 pm »

That is my thought as well. I will get in touch with our tool developer and send you the material. I really appreciate your offer, Geert.

Mikael

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Bugs and Issues / Use cases sometimes become circular instead of elliptical

« on: August 06, 2025, 05:50:59 pm »

I have an issue with the use case icon and would like to know if anyone has a solution.

Normally the icon is presented as an ellipsis but sometimes it becomes circular instead. This occurs when I drag the use case into a diagram, either from the toolbox (create use case) or from the Project Browser (create a link to an existing use case). If I use the layout tool, to force the circular use case to get the same measurements as an elliptical one, only the width becomes the same while the height gets proportionally higher and the shape still remains circular.

Screenshot is here: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/qq21bck2976nh04d75vfi/circular_use_case.png?rlkey=o4hr1kxdklu5sygel9dk4r7bi&st=56t7m6cy&dl=0

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Bugs and Issues / Re: Some text fields still character encoded when displayed in result list

« on: April 24, 2025, 09:58:36 pm »

You have to tell EA they are in formatted text fields. See https://sparxsystems.com/enterprise_architect_user_guide/17.0/model_publishing/create_a_custom_sql_query.html
That works for templates, so I guess it will work for searches as well.

Thanks for your suggestion Geert but I can't make it work.
I'm running a file repository (.eap) for my experimentation. According to the documentation a query should then be set up like this:

Code: [Select]

SELECT ea_guid AS CLASSGUID, Object_Type AS CLASSTYPE, Name, Note AS [Note-Formatted]
FROM t_object
Where Object_ID=#OBJECTID#
But the SQL interpreter objects to the square brackets.
Any idea what might be wrong?

Mikael

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Bugs and Issues / Some text fields still character encoded when displayed in result list

« on: April 24, 2025, 02:12:29 am »

I have set up a model search definition, to list all the requirements contained in the selected branch. The requirements have tagged values.

Since the requirements are written in Swedish, they all contain the local letters å, ä and ö. When used in the tagged values, they are all displayed correctly in the result list. But when they appear in the general Note field, the are presented as code, like:

å instead of å
ä instead of ä

The tagged values are Short Text while the Note field is Long Text. Apart from that, there is no difference.

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General Board / Does Visibility Levels work in WebEA as well?

« on: January 10, 2025, 10:12:58 pm »

All elements in a model is stored in the same t_object database table. So, if you need to restrict some user's access to certain branches of your model, you will have to use the Visibility Level feature which works on row-level in the database: https://sparxsystems.com/enterprise_architect_user_guide/17.0/the_model_repository/visibility_levels.html

The mechanism is dependent on each user's database account and its security permissions. Will that user account and its restrictions be reflected in WebEA, in case you add user login to WebEA, or does WebEA use a common web server account to access the content of the database (like a number of older web tools do)?

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General Board / Re: Is there a way to refine model watches?

« on: December 19, 2024, 08:53:21 pm »

Hello Shimon,

Thanks for suggesting the reuse of an already available query; didn't think of that.
I've been able to tweak the SQL myself. My main problem was really that I didn't quite now where to start, since there is no documentation of Sparx' data model.

Mikael