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General Board / Re: MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for Enterprise Architect has been released

« Last post by Viking on January 16, 2026, 03:05:16 am »

Regard to the following Viking comment, now the latest MCP server can generate better BPMN diagrams including Pools, Lanes, better layout, etc.

Just great !

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General Board / Re: MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for Enterprise Architect has been released

« Last post by Viking on January 16, 2026, 03:00:42 am »

It looks to me like this AI agent does only does the stuff I can easily do myself.

All this can be achieved by just using natural language. Even my grandfather would be able to create a BPMN diagram now.

To make it actually work in a serious modelling environment, it should need to learn and follow the guidelines of the organisation.

You can teach your agent (easily) and the results will quickly improve.

I don't want to rain on your parade, and I'm sure it's really technically a very advanced tool.
But for now I'm not yet able to recommend usage of such a tool to my clients.

I would, I do, we do.

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General Board / Re: MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for Enterprise Architect has been released

« Last post by Viking on January 16, 2026, 02:49:03 am »

Hi Takeshi, the command seems to have a bug. 'get_element_information' always returns 'empty' for 'Owned Diagrams'. Goal is to find out the composite diagram / child diagram of elements.

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General Board / Re: Modelica Library integration with EA/SysML/SysPhS

« Last post by fishy on January 16, 2026, 01:16:42 am »

One additional obstacle to widely leveraging the Modelica Standard Library is that (as of 17.1.1715) EA's Modelica code generation doesn't correctly declare multi-dimensional parameters - an issue described in this bug...

https://sparxsystems.com/forums/smf/index.php/topic,49209.0.html

...many Modelica Library functions and blocks rely on the passing of multi-dimensional structures.

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Bugs and Issues / Re: Errors in Modelica code generation for SysML Sim: multidimensional parameters

« Last post by fishy on January 16, 2026, 01:11:56 am »

Thanks - I did that also, but I hope posting on the forum is a good way for the dev team to discuss requirements/fixes with a wider group?

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General Board / Re: Entities skipped during sync due to max updated time filter – possible delay or

« Last post by Eve on January 15, 2026, 01:56:40 pm »

What is the exact code you're using?

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Re: MenuLocation of EA_GetMenuItems - custom locations possible?

« Last post by Eve on January 15, 2026, 01:50:52 pm »

Pretty sure that that should read "Sparx Systems may add further values". ie. Make sure your code handles unknown values.

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / MenuLocation of EA_GetMenuItems - custom locations possible?

« Last post by Elpis on January 15, 2026, 02:15:52 am »

I am curious about this statement in EA documentation on https://sparxsystems.com/enterprise_architect_user_guide/17.1/add-ins___scripting/eaadd-insea_getmenuitems.html:
"[MenuLocation] Description: A string representing the part of the user interface that brought up the context menu. This can be TreeView, MainMenu, Diagram or Other. You can add further values for MenuLocation at any time." (emphasis added)

Is it really possible to define our own additional values for MenuLocation parameter? How?

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Bugs and Issues / Re: Errors in Modelica code generation for SysML Sim: multidimensional parameters

« Last post by Geert Bellekens on January 15, 2026, 01:02:03 am »

Hi Neil,

Just to give you a heads up. Posting here is to make other users aware of the issue. If you want to report it to Sparx, you have to use the report a bug form on the website:

https://sparxsystems.com/support/forms/bug_report.html

Geert

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General Board / Entities skipped during sync due to max updated time filter – possible delay or

« Last post by ea0921 on January 14, 2026, 06:20:16 pm »

We are facing an issue where one entity is being skipped during synchronization when using timestamp-based filtering. Below are the details and our questions regarding the observed behavior.

Scenario Overview

Our automation works in the following manner:

Fetch the maximum updated time from previously synced entities.

Fetch all entities created or updated after that time up to “now”.

Sync those entities to the target project.

Timeline of Operations (Source Project)

Log Time (IST)   Entity ID   Operation
12:38:43   C6259946-7847-4488-B583-3C4BFD264388   Create
12:38:50   2BC19F08-DFC9-4b17-8F33-C4E12A49E216   Create
12:40:01   887C860A-DE37-460e-86D7-CB15CE044392   Create
12:40:04   9ED1417A-D878-4dc5-ACA8-E8DB9B79AA82   Create
12:40:09   C6259946-7847-4488-B583-3C4BFD264388   Update
12:40:14   2BC19F08-DFC9-4b17-8F33-C4E12A49E216   Update

After these operations, the system calculated:

Max Update Time (per project): Tue Jan 13 12:40:08 IST 2026

Global Max Update Time: Tue Jan 13 12:40:08 IST 2026

Based on this, the next fetch was executed with the following filter:

Fetching entities between:
Tue Jan 06 12:40:27 IST 2026 and Tue Jan 13 12:40:08 IST 2026

Result of Fetch

The following entities were picked:

9ED1417A-D878-4dc5-ACA8-E8DB9B79AA82 (Create – 12:40:04)

C6259946-7847-4488-B583-3C4BFD264388 (Update – 12:40:09)

2BC19F08-DFC9-4b17-8F33-C4E12A49E216 (Update – 12:40:14)

However, the entity below was not picked:

887C860A-DE37-460e-86D7-CB15CE044392 (Create – 12:40:01)

Questions / Clarifications Required

Created vs Updated Time

When an entity is created and no updates occur afterward, is the updatedTime always equal to the createdTime?

If yes, should such entities be reliably returned when filtering using updatedTime-based queries?

Search API Data Source

Do the search APIs (fetch entities created/updated before or after a given time) rely on a separate indexed table rather than the primary entity table?

If so, is there a known eventual consistency or indexing delay between entity creation/update and its availability in the search table?

Observed Behavior

We are observing a delay where a newly created entity appears in logs but is not immediately returned by the search API using time filters.

This resulted in entity 887C860A-DE37-460e-86D7-CB15CE044392 being skipped during sync.

Recommended Fix / Best Practice

Is this behavior expected due to indexing or reconciliation lag?

What is the recommended buffer/delay (if any) before querying for newly created or updated entities to avoid missing data?

Alternatively, is there a more reliable watermark strategy we should use instead of strict timestamp boundaries?

This issue can lead to permanent data gaps in the target project, so guidance on the correct and safe approach would be very helpful.
Looking forward to your clarification and recommendations.