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General Board / Does version 16.1 support TOGAF 10?

« on: February 01, 2023, 01:23:24 am »

I have recently noted that there is a new version of TOGAF (version 10). Do you know if EA in any of the recent version supports this? (I mean, the TOGAF MDG)

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General Board / Re: Concurrent installation of EA Ultimate and EA-lite

« on: February 01, 2023, 01:22:16 am »

I've used this scenario with older versions (32 bits). I don't know if now, in version 16, they use the same folder in the installation. Regarding licensing, it is assumed that you should not have any issues.

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General Board / Re: Best method to differentiate between AS-IS and TO-BE

« on: February 01, 2023, 01:19:00 am »

My strategy is always based on the following scenario: I have a section of the model that I call "Catalogs" where the "AS-IS" representation is located. This AS-IS always shows the current state of the objects (CIs, Servers, Classes, Databases, Processes, etc.).

Then, in another root node of the model we have the "Projects", which are a representation of the different work fronts that exist in the company, each of which intends to make changes to some of the elements of the architecture (CIs, Servers, Classes, Databases, Processes, etc.), therefore they have their own diagrams, reusing, if necessary, objects from the catalog. Each Project corresponds to a TO-BE state, which will incorporate over the time some changes to the AS-IS model.

If the project is executed and deployed correctly, the diagrams and objects created within the project are "promoted" to the catalog section, meaning they become the new AS-IS. If any project was stopped (due to budget, time, incorrect scope, etc.), it is never promoted to the AS-IS and its documentation is maintained within the project section (TO-BEs).

That is the general strategy I use, where objects are reused between the AS-IS and the TO-BE. The bad thing about this strategy is that it makes it difficult to know if a connector is from the AS-IS or from the TO-BE.

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General Board / Re: Junit integration

« on: February 01, 2023, 01:00:16 am »

Try adding the javac.exe not only to the CLASS_PATH but also to PATH

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General Board / Re: Unable to perform Forum Searches

« on: February 01, 2023, 12:54:47 am »

Have your tried in the same computer with a different browser? (Edge, Brave with shield activated, Chrome incognito mode) in order to check if it is due to some browser restriction?

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PCS General Board / How to restrict some tag value edition in Prolaborate?

« on: October 26, 2022, 08:35:09 am »

When you use EA (in a model with security enabled), you can create a workflow script and allow some users to edit some tag values for some type of elements, according to the security group the user belongs to.

How can I get a similar behavior in Prolaborate? (allow some users to edit some tag values according to security rules?) Is that possible?

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General Board / Re: diagram isn't locked but can't edit

« on: October 07, 2022, 08:10:40 am »

Maybe:
-you are using Lite edition
-you use full edition but have a user with no edition permission
-maybe the diagram were locked by another user after you loaded the browser... so restart EA and try again

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General Board / Re: [SOLVED] Unable to connect via OLEDB to SQLServer from EA

« on: August 18, 2022, 12:41:44 am »

You have now two options:

1. As Geert said: downloads Microsoft® OLE DB Driver 18 for SQL Server®
2. Use EA v16 that uses native SQL connections

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PCS General Board / Is there something like a access log in Prolaborate?

« on: June 09, 2022, 06:06:56 am »

Do you know if there is something like a log file or something similar recording the access logins? or the new sessions or something where you can monitor which users access and when? or any way to enable it? (in Prolaborate)

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Bugs and Issues / Workflow script doesn't work in EA16 (CanEditTag)

« on: May 25, 2022, 01:45:17 am »

A workflow script tested and working since v 13.0 to 15.2 doesn't work in EA v 16. It seems the workflow event is not triggered in v 16.

You can reproduce the issue with this simple code in a workflow script:

Code: [Select]

option explicit

public function CanEditTag( TagName )
Session.Output("TagName="&tagName)
Session.Output("MetaType=" & WorkflowContext.MetaType)
CanEditTag = true
end function

Public Function PreAllowTagUpdate(TagName, OldValue, NewValue)
PreAllowTagUpdate = ""
End Function
You can note in previous versions the event is triggered and you can see the output in the System Output window. Now, you don't see any output. The event is not triggered anymore.

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Bugs and Issues / Tag value dates display calendar depending on regional settings

« on: March 19, 2022, 02:25:56 am »

When you use Tagged Value Types and define one of them as "Date", the tag value displays a calendar when you click it so you can set a given date.
But, if, for example, your regional settings in windows are set as dd/mm/yyyy and you store a date as 04/03/2022 (march 4th) and another user in a different computer has a regional setting like mm/dd/2022, the calendar component assume the date as april 3rd.

Is there a way to deal with it, preserving the regional settings of the users?

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General Board / Re: How to design MDG with tag values for Class and Operations

« on: November 20, 2021, 08:09:21 am »

You put the operation in your toolbox like any other stereotype. Now you can drag it onto your class and the stereotyped operation is created.

q.

Thanks @qwerty ! it works like a charm!

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General Board / Re: How to design MDG with tag values for Class and Operations

« on: November 20, 2021, 01:01:01 am »

You create a stereotype extending class and one or more stereotypes extending operation.

Thanks @Eve, but how can I make the new Operations created into the Class extends certain Operation stereotype? (avoiding changing manually the stereotype for each operation after creation?)

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General Board / How to design MDG with tag values for Class and Operations

« on: November 19, 2021, 01:27:30 pm »

Hi, I'm trying to create a MDG Profile with the purpose of creating a new kind of element called 'MyElement' with a set of predefined tag values, as they normally work: a Metaclass for Class and a Stereotype called 'MyElement' extending the Metaclass.

But as the Operations in a Class could have tag values, I also want my stereotyped element to have some Operations inside, and each Operation to have some predefined tag values (each operation has different values in the tag values, and the element has its own tag values).

When you create a Profile diagram in EA, you can add Operation as Metaclass.. but who extends Operation? 'MyElement'? or 'MyElement' extends Class? or extends Class and Operation?

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General Board / Re: Predefined settings for EA environment AWS based?

« on: July 09, 2021, 05:49:57 am »

Try moving the EA client software to the cloud as well, and then serve it using RDP, or Citrix, or similar.

The main bottleneck in a setup like yours is the roundtrip connection to the database server. Bigger and better machines on the server side won't make a big difference.

Geert

But have you noted that Sparx now offer Cloud ready environments (with Prolaborate added), so, according to you, those environments used in the "common" way, will be slow too?