Offline use of a shared model

[rockfisher]

I'm probably missing something really obvious, but what is the best way to make offline changes on a database backed shared model. From the help it seems replication is the right strategy, but even logged in as admin I'm seeing the tools->manage eap file menu as completely greyed out. What am I missing?

cheers

[Tjerk]

You're probably not using the EAP file (MS Access), but a more mature database. The replication mechanism is one from MS Access and is thus not available when working on other databases. The way to work offline is:

1) Lock package you need to work offline with so that it cannot be changed at the online site;
2) Export package to XML/XMI;
3) Import XMI in a new EAP file, created at the offline site;

When ready to synch:
4) Export XMI again from offline site;
5) Unlock package at online site and if necessary the parent package as well (not sure here);
6) Import XMI at online site in the parent package that you've been working on (the original child package will be deleted just before import);

I've not used these steps a lot, so I might be slightly off at points.

Greetings,
Tjerk