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PCS Suggestions and Requests / Customize properties tabs with Prolaborate 5

« Last post by Guillaume on Today at 05:47:38 pm »

Hi,

With Prolaborate 3, it was possible to disable some properties tabs (https://prolaborate.sparxsystems.com/resources/v3-documentation/customize-properties-tabs-of-ea-elements-v3).
If you have an ArchiMate repository, disabling class attributes and operations can make sense for instance.

This doesn't seem to be available in v5 ; is it identified for a future enhancement ?

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General Board / Re: Extracting descriptions and comments from Sparx EA

« Last post by Esperani on Today at 03:00:08 pm »

Thanks for the information! I'll check out the CSV and XMI export methods, as well as the XML publishing option.

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General Board / Re: Importing Sparx Models (Repositories) into Prolaborate

« Last post by Geert Bellekens on Today at 05:04:03 am »

There seems to be a misconception here.

There is no such thing as Prolaborat repositories and Sparx Repositories.
There is only one type of repository. You can access such a repository through both Prolaborate and the EA client (Sparx)

So no, you should not need to copy anything. Simply connect Prolaborate to your existing repository(ies)

Geert

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General Board / Importing Sparx Models (Repositories) into Prolaborate

« Last post by Model Trainer on Today at 03:14:44 am »

Hello,

We recently adopted Prolaborate for our organization, and are in the journey of integrating Sparx and Prolaborate repositories. I have a question about using our existing Sparx repositories in Prolaborate.

When we create repositories in Prolaborate, we should copy and paste available packages and diagrams or created new ones within the created repository in Sparx.

My question is: how can I create a repository in Prolaborate that includes everything from Sparx without needing to copy and paste diagrams between models?

Can I put a model on a server (same place as Prolaborate) and then include its name where adding a repository? or there are others considerations.

I appreciate your help with this matter.

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General Board / Re: EA16 - Element Name Position

« Last post by AlTumes on April 16, 2025, 12:55:17 am »

Problem Solved. I can set this via customer draw - though it took me a while to find.

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General Board / EA16 - Element Name Position

« Last post by AlTumes on April 15, 2025, 11:56:08 pm »

Is there a way of positioning the name of an element on a diagram so that it is not just in the middle? I would like to position it at the top - either left justified or centered as the current positioning seems to waste a lot of space.

Apologies if this has been raised before- I have looked but cannot find topic on it.

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General Board / Re: SQL Queries, Connectors, and 'Find in Diagram'

« Last post by Geert Bellekens on April 15, 2025, 12:26:45 am »

AFAIK there is no easy way to get the diagrams a connector is shown on.

I added that feature to my EA Navigator add-in for that reason.

Geert

PS. In general there shouldn't be an issue sharing the sql queries you are using on this forum, but check with your +1 if you are not sure.

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General Board / SQL Queries, Connectors, and 'Find in Diagram'

« Last post by EA Newbie on April 15, 2025, 12:14:46 am »

I am currently running Sparx EA 15.2

I couldn't find an answer elsewhere, but I may not be asking the right questions. My apologies if the answer is obvious and already answered elsewhere.

I have a SQL Query that lists objects as an output in a model view. One of the features of this list is in edit view I can right click and select 'Find in Diagram' and it will pull up the diagrams the object is located in. I can find where an object is used in multiple diagrams and use this to search for potential overlap, redundancy, or opportunity for collaboration.

I have a SQL Query that lists connectors. The connectors are information flows (X document for review, X request for more information, etc.). The idea for listing these connections in a model view is to also search for potential overlap, redundancies, collaboration opportunities. If two different parts of my organization are talking to the same external agency, I would like to be able to locate it and potentially consolidate it. When I put the model view in 'edit view', and I right click on a connector, the option for 'Find in Diagram' is grayed out. One work around I was given was 'Display in Search View' and this worked, somewhat at first. Initially, in search view I could right click, 'Find in Diagram' and navigate to where a connector was from the search list. I'm not sure why, but the feature has stopped working. Maybe I changed something about the SQL Query when trying to get it to 'Find in Diagram' from the model view.

I would provide the SQL Queries I'm using, but I'm unsure what I can share out of my database in my current role. Does anyone know how to write a SQL Query that would accomplish what I'm asking Sparx to do? Or is it not a possibility because of how the database is set up?

Thank you for your time and your help!

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PCS General Board / Sparx EA + PCS + OpenID + callback URI + Citrix Virtual IP

« Last post by didier.pironet on April 14, 2025, 09:58:38 pm »

Hi guys,
When setting up OpenID I have to identify on the ID Provider the callback or redirect URI i.e. http://localhost:8888/openid/callback
As we run Sparx EA v17 on a Citrix platform w/o Virtual IP I was wondering how does it impact OpenID callback flows when several Sparx EXEs run on the same server!?
Unless localhost:8888 is actually hosted elsewhere on the PCS server for instance, is it!?
Documentation is not clear about this...
What does listen to localhost:8888?

Thx a million,

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Re: process TV between relationships and elements

« Last post by MichPaule on April 14, 2025, 04:04:10 pm »

Thank you MichPaule.

What do you mean by "scriptlet" compared to VBscript, Jscript or JS scripts ? 

See here: https://sparxsystems.com/enterprise_architect_user_guide/17.0/modeling_fundamentals/using_scriptlets_in_mdg_technologies.html