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Erwin 4.1.4 21




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  • v4.2.1 (06/29/2005) NEW: fixed bugs related to Java Native Interface (JNI), the java bridges are now working with IBM JVM v1.4.2 Classic and J9VM

  • NEW: added new AppendSystemClassPath configuration parameter in the MIRSetup.XML to control if the system CLASSPATH should be included or excluded

  • NEW: all Java bridges (MIM, JDBC, Cognos 8 Content Manager) can now display the Java environment by specifying DEBUG_JAVA in the filepath

  • NEW: W3C XML Schema export bridge: initial version supporting XSD 1.0 specification, plus Oracle and SQL Server specific extensions

  • NEW: Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services (OLAP) import bridge: prototype version with support for classifiers only (cubes, dimensions, and their lineage to tables)

  • NEW: improved algorithms for conversion of Default Values, Validation Rules, Constraints for the following bridges: CA ERwin 3.5 (ERX) export

  • CA ERwin 4.x (XML) export

  • Sybase PowerDesigner XML (CDM and PDM) 10.0 export

  • UPDATE: JDBC import bridge: fixed bug on the import of Foreign Keys.

  • UPDATE: CA ERwin 4 XML import bridge: fixed various bugs, tested with ERwin version 4.1.4 SP3

  • UPDATE: Microsoft ADOMD / ODBO import bridge: tested support for SAS OLAP Server, improved option description with connection string example

  • UPDATE: SilverrunRDM import bridge: improved import of Views with SQL statement and their View Columns

  • UPDATE: Sybase PowerDesigner XML CDM and PDM import bridges: fixed regression bug about the file version detection

  • v4.2.0 (05/27/2005) NEW: The MIRVisualModelBridge executable has been renamed MIMBDesktop

  • NEW: The MIRModelBridge executable has been renamed MIMB

  • NEW: Improved configuration with conf/MIRSetup.XML file and MIRSetup executable

  • NEW: Most libraries have been updated to use the latest Apache Xerces-C v2.6 XML parser and IBM ICU v3.2 Unicode library

  • NEW: Most bridges DLLs have been renamed, the specification (Vendor, Methodology, File Format) have been updated

  • NEW: Extended MIR metamodel support for ETL metadata: improved Informatica PowerCenter import bridge: added support for ETL mappings and workflows

  • Ascential DataStage import bridge: support of sources, targets and ETL jobs and sequences; support of XML and DSX file formats

  • Ascential DataStage export bridge: support of sources and targets; support of DSX file format

  • NEW: Extended MIR metamodel support for Reporting metadata: BusinessObjects Reporter import bridge: import the report data queries and presentation layout

  • Cognos 8 ReportStudio import bridge: import the report data queries and presentation layout

  • Cognos 8 Content Manager import bridge: allows importing many models and reports stored in the ReportNet repository

  • NEW: Extended MIR metamodel support for Expressions: BusinessObjects Designer import bridge: added support of expression parsing

  • BusinessObjects Designer export bridge: added support of expression parsing and conversion

  • BusinessObjects Reporter import bridge: added support of expression parsing

  • Cognos 8 FrameworkManager import bridge: added support of expression parsing

  • Cognos 8 FrameworkManager export bridge: added support of expression parsing and conversion

  • Cognos 8 ReportStudio import bridge: added support of expression parsing

  • IBM DB2 CubeViews import bridge: added support of expression parsing

  • NEW: Extended MIR metamodel support for Data modeling: the new 'Logicaldatatype' property is now populated by the import bridges: ERwin 4

  • added support for the concept of 'User-Defined Domain' and updated the bridges: ERwin 3, ERwin 4, ERStudio

  • NEW: Extended MIR metamodel support for BI and OLAP modeling: support for Ragged and Mixed OLAP Hierarchies:not implemented by bridges yet

  • support for new concept of DrillPath (business intelligence hierarchies) and updated the bridges: BusinessObjects Designer, MicroStrategy

  • improved modeling of Joins used by Dimensions.

  • NEW: BusinessObjects Designer import and export bridges: added support for version 11.0

  • NEW: MicroStrategy import and export bridges: added support for versions 7.5.0 and 8.0.0

  • UPDATE: BusinessObjects Designer import bridge: added import of DerivedTables in v6.5 as schema layer dimensions.

  • UPDATE: Embarcadero ER/Studio: fixed bug where the Views columns logical name and physical name was not properly imported

  • UPDATE: Informatica PowerCenter import bridge: added datatypes support of flat files and SAP metadata

  • UPDATE: MicroStrategy import bridge: fixed bug on sibling folders with same name, fixed bug on corrupted AttributeForms metadata

  • UPDATE: Oracle Designer import bridge: fixed bug where Designer saved a domain twice in the DAT file

  • UPDATE: Oracle Designer import bridge: fixed bug on some invalid DAT file lines, now allowing the bridge execution to finish

  • UPDATE: Popkin SystemArchitect import and export bridges: added new options to specify the location of the encyclopedia

  • UPDATE: Popkin SystemArchitect import and export bridges: fixed bug on old versions 7.x and 8.x

  • UPDATE: SilverrunRDM import bridge: improved datatype mappings for SQL99 compliance

  • UPDATE: Sybase PowerDesigner CDM import bridge: fixed bug where an AutoIncrement datatype was generated for a Foreign Key column

  • UPDATE: many other bugs fixes and improvements

  • v4.1.6 (1/07/2005) UPDATE: MIMBWizard: added an option -l[ogo] to customize the tool with the image passed as parameter

  • UPDATE: ERStudio import bridge: minor bug fixes and improvements

  • UPDATE: ERwin 4.x import and export bridges: minor bug fixes and improvements

  • UPDATE: SelectSE import bridge: improved import of rolenames on attributes

  • UPDATE: Popkin SystemArchitect export bridge: added support for ER diagrams graphical information

  • v4.1.5 (12/01/2004) UPDATE: BusinessObjects Designer import and export bridges: the bridges now import and export the database schema graphical layout, for improved metadata exchange with modeling tools

  • UPDATE: Cognos ReportNet Framework Manager import bridge: improved import of DBQueries physical tables name

  • UPDATE: Cognos ReportNet Framework Manager export bridge: added a new bridge option to copy the description into the screentip property, so they appear in the ReportNet reporting tools

  • UPDATE: Popkin SystemArchitect export bridges: the bridge can now export the Entity-Relationship diagrams graphical layout (positions and colors), for improved metadata exchange with modeling tools

  • UPDATE: Sybase PowerDesigner CDM and PDM import bridges: minor bug fixes and improvements

  • UPDATE: Sybase PowerDesigner 10 CDM and PDM export bridges: minor bug fixes and improvements, improved export of Descriptive fields with a new option value

  • v4.1.4 (11/24/2004) NEW: the MIMB SDK now includes the MIMBConsole sample application for Java

  • NEW: ModelBridge: the bridges labels are now stored in a customizable XML configuration file

  • NEW: CA ERwin 4.x import and export bridges: two new wrapper bridges now support the native ER1 file format.

  • NEW: IBM DB2 v9 preview Data Models import and export bridges: beta release

  • NEW: MicroStrategy export bridge: initial version supporting MicroStrategy 7.5.2

  • NEW: Sybase PowerDesigner PDM export bridge: new bridge optimized for PowerDesigner version 10

  • added support for User Defined Properties (Extended Attributes)

  • added support for OLAP metadata

  • NEW: Sybase PowerDesigner CDM 10 export bridge: added support for User Defined Properties (Extended Attributes)

  • UPDATE: BusinessObjects Designer import bridge: changed the values of option 'Reverse engineer BI properties'

  • UPDATE: CA ERwin 3.x import bridge: minor bug fixes

  • UPDATE: CA ERwin 4.x import bridge: fixed import of Index Physical name, other minor bug fixes

  • UPDATE: Cognos ReportNet Framework Manager import bridge: added a new option to control the tables design level

  • improved reverse engineering of joins into foreign key relationships

  • UPDATE: IBM Rational Rose import bridge: minor bug fixes

  • UPDATE: IBM Rational Rose export bridge: minor bug fixes

  • UPDATE: IBM DB2 CubeViews import bridge: improved algorithm to import Aggregation Rules

  • UPDATE: Informatica SuperGlue export bridge: many improvements and bug fixes

  • UPDATE: Popkin SystemArchitect import and export bridges: improved compilation parameters to run the bridge against any SA version greater than 9

  • improved import bridge support for ER diagrams graphical information

  • UPDATE: Sybase PowerDesigner CDM and PDM import bridges: minor bug fixes

  • UPDATE: XML Schema import bridge: fixed bug related to empty XML sequences, fixed bug related to the file path

  • v4.1.3 (10/08/2004) WARNING: all libraries have been recompiled because of improvements related to the bridge Manager library NEW: BusinessObjects Designer import and export bridges: added support for version 6.5

  • NEW: Popkin SystemArchitect import and export bridges: added support for version 10.0

  • NEW: Sybase PowerDesigner CDM export bridge: new bridge optimized for PowerDesigner version 10

  • UPDATE: CA ERwin 4.x import bridge: improved support of Validation Rules enumerated values list of ERwin 4.1.4 SP2

  • UPDATE: Embarcadero ER/Studio import bridge: minor bug fixes for generalizations and indices

  • UPDATE: Informatica SuperGlue export bridge: various improvements for BI/OLAP tools

  • UPDATE: MicroStrategy import bridge: various improvements

  • UPDATE: OMG UML XMI import bridge: fixed bug when importing metadata from Gentleware Poseidon 2.5.1

  • UPDATE: Oracle Designer import bridge: minor bug fixes

  • v4.1.2 (08/27/2004) WARNING: The Meta Integration v4.1.2 tools now run on virtually any versions of Windows and Unix operating systems (currently packaged for Sun Solaris and Linux). Consequently, the source code has been upgraded for C++ 98 compliance, and therefore all libraries and executable have been recompiled (even when no modifications were performed). UPDATE: C++ code cleanup for strict compliance to ANSI C++ 98

  • NEW: Debian GNU/Linux Testing (Sarge) version available

  • UPDATE: Oracle Designer import bridge: various bug fixes and improvements

  • v4.1.1 (08/16/2004) NEW: CA Repository import and export bridges: prototype supporting the ODBC model

  • NEW: MicroStrategy import bridge: initial version supporting MicroStrategy v7.5.2

  • UPDATE: Model Subsetting: fixed bug when subsetting a model containing BusinessRules

  • UPDATE: BI/ROLAP import bridges: changed description of import bridge option "Table design level" for easier understanding of what it does

  • UPDATE: BusinessObjects Crystal 9.0 import bridge: fixed bug when reading the bridge options

  • UPDATE: CA ERwin 3.x export bridge: now exports the Unique property for indices

  • UPDATE: CA ERwin 4.x import bridge: fixed bug when opening a file with Japanese characters in its name

  • UPDATE: CA ERwin 4.x export bridge: fixed bug when exporting a physical model to the Japanese ERwin version

  • UPDATE: Cognos Impromptu import bridge: added workaround for unexpected exception thrown by the API when reading some alias tables and columns

  • UPDATE: Cognos ReportNet Framework Manager: various bug fixes and improvements

  • UPDATE: IBM DB2 CubeViews import bridge: added new option to control the mapping of objects' name and business name

  • UPDATE: Sybase PowerDesigner CDM XML import bridge: fixed a relationship cardinality bug specific to version 10

  • v4.1.0 (07/23/2004) NEW: MIR XMI import and export bridges can generate and read XML compliant with the MIR XSD Schema based on XMI 2.0

  • UPDATE: Java v1.4 is now the required version to run the MIMB software's java bridges

  • UPDATE: BusinessObjects Designer import bridge: updated the list of supported databases

  • UPDATE: CA COOL:Enterprise (ADW) import bridge: now import all Alphanumeric fields as CHAR instead of VARCHAR

  • UPDATE: Cognos Impromptu import bridge: fixed bug related to Hotfile tables expressions

  • UPDATE: Cognos ReportNet Framework Manager: fixed bug when exporting Joins and Shortcuts

  • UPDATE: Hummingbird ETL import bridge: fixed bug related to alternate keys

  • UPDATE: Hummingbird ETL export bridge: fixed bugs related to datatypes

  • UPDATE: Informatica PowerAnalyzer export bridge: Beta version, many improvements to support both star schemas and operational schemas

  • UPDATE: Informatica PowerCenter export bridge: now export the business names only if set explicitly

  • UPDATE: IBM Rational Rose import bridge: fixed bug related to foreign keys

  • UPDATE: OracleDesigner export bridge: now truncates description of enumerated type values if longer than allowed by the tool

  • UPDATE: Sybase PowerDesigner CDM and PDM XML import bridges: now imports comment as comment, notes:description as description and notes:annotations as notes

  • UPDATE: XML DTD and Schema import bridges: added an option to customize the name of PCDATA element content

  • v4.1.0 Release Candidate 1 (07/03/2004) UPDATE: renamed the Expat XML parser library to avoid conflicts with third party software.

  • UPDATE: BI import bridges: improved optional algorithm to reverse engineer Dimensional properties onto relational objects

  • UPDATE: added support for many more encodings

  • UPDATE: IBM DB2 CubeViews export bridge: the option 'Dimensional Schema' is now mandatory

  • UPDATE: Oracle Designer export bridge: fixed a bug related to long domain name renaming

  • UPDATE: Relational Database via JDBC import bridge: various adjustments to the bridge options

  • UPDATE: Hyperion EIS export bridge: fixed datatype mapping of DATETIME, added an option to specify the connection name

  • v4.1.0 Beta3 (06/17/2004) NEW: improved datatype system for SQL99 compliance

  • NEW: the MIMB SDK now defines a 'Mandatory' boolean property for bridges options

  • UPDATE: VisualModelBridge: fixed bug related to the bridge options values saved in the registry

  • UPDATE: Business Objects Designer import bridge: added native support for alias tables

  • UPDATE: CA ERwin 3.x export bridge: fixed bug related to the encoding option

  • UPDATE: CA ERwin 4.x import bridge: fixed import of Index related UDPs

  • UPDATE: Cognos Impromptu import bridge: added native support for alias tables, various other improvements

  • UPDATE: Cognos ReportNet FrameworkManager import & export bridges: added native support for shortcuts

  • UPDATE: Embarcadero ER/Studio import bridge: updated detection of the physical models target database

  • UPDATE: Hummingbird ETL import & export bridges: improved datatype support and externalized the mapping as XML file

  • added support for version 5.1

  • UPDATE: IBM Rational Rose import bridge: fixed bug on Notes

  • UPDATE: Informatica SuperGlue export bridge: various improvements

  • UPDATE: Informatica PowerCenter import & export bridges: added support of Metadata Extensions

  • UPDATE: OMG CWM import bridge: added support for SAS ETL Studio in the Target Tool bridge option

  • UPDATE: OMG CWM export bridge: fixed datatype issue for Oracle Warehouse Builder

  • UPDATE: Popkin System Architect import and export bridges: added support for version 9.1.40

  • fixed bug related to the UDL import file path for version 9.0 and greater

  • UPDATE: Relational Database via JDBC import bridge: improved bridge architecture to allow setting the options as regular model bridge options

  • improved support for JDBC Catalogs and Schemas

  • added support for IBM DB2 Information Integration NICKNAME tables

  • added option to import synonyms

  • UPDATE: Sybase PowerDesigner CDM & PDM XML import bridges: added import of Extended Attributes as User Defined Properties, and new bridge option to control it

  • added new option to control how the Rich Text Formatting (RTF) text should be processed

  • added support for new databases and datatypes of version 10.0

  • fixed bug on Annotations

  • v4.1.0 Beta 2 (05/14/2004) NEW: Embarcadero ERStudio 6.5 Beta provides a metadata integration solution based on MIMB

  • NEW: Business Objects Crystal Reports 9.0 import bridge: alpha version with import of tables and columns used in the report

  • NEW: The MIMB VB SDK sample wizard application can now be launched as AddIn inside IBM Rational Rose

  • UPDATE: VisualModelBridge: updated model viewer icons

  • UPDATE: JDBC import bridge: added new option to enable or disable import of system tables

  • added new option to enable or disable import of stored procedures

  • UPDATE: CA ERwin 3.x import bridge: fixed a bug related to ERX file generated by Microsoft Visio

  • UPDATE: CA ERwin 4.x import bridge: fixed a bug related to the index members sort order.

  • UPDATE: Cognos Impromptu import bridge: now in Beta mode, added support of Catalogs using multiple databases or Hotfiles

  • UPDATE: Informatica SuperGlue export bridge: various bug fixes and improvements

  • UPDATE: OMG CWM XMI import bridge: added support for files generated by SAS ETL Studio

  • UPDATE: Sybase PowerDesigner CDM & PDM XML import bridges: minor updates to support version 10.0

  • v4.1.0 Beta 1 (05/03/2004) UPDATE: Model Subsetting: fixed a bug causing the ERwin 3.x export bridge to fail

  • UPDATE: CA ERwin 4 import bridge: added support for new DB2 databases available in ERwin 4.1.4

  • UPDATE: Cognos Impromptu import bridge: added import of Joins, various other improvements

  • UPDATE: Embarcadero ER/Studio import bridge: better support of models with multiple physical catalogs

  • added support for ER/Studio 6.5 dimensional modeling

  • UPDATE: Hummingbird ETL import and export bridges: various improvements and bug fixes

  • UPDATE: IBM DB2 CubeViews import & export bridges: added support for CubeViews version 8.2

  • UPDATE: Informatica SuperGlue export bridge: various improvements and bug fixes

  • UPDATE: Microsoft Yukon DSV import bridge: removed unnecessary XML Schema specific options

  • UPDATE: OMG CWM import & export bridges: various improvements and bug fixes

  • UPDATE: Sybase PowerDesigner PDM XML import bridge: improved support of OLAP metadata

  • v4.0.9 (04/09/2004) UPDATE: BusinessObjects export bridge: added new options to better control the export of objects names, joins and hierarchies

  • UPDATE: CA ERwin 4.x import bridge: fixed bug on SQL view columns datatypes

  • UPDATE: Embarcadero ERStudio import bridge: added support for stored procedures

  • UPDATE: Hummingbird ETL import and export bridges: various bug fixes

  • UPDATE: Informatica SuperGlue export bridge: various improvements and bug fixes

  • v4.0.8 (03/23/2004) NEW: OLAP Database via OLE DB for OLAP import bridge: alpha version, tested with Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services

  • UPDATE: CA ERwin 4.x export bridge: minor bug fixes

  • UPDATE: Embarcadero ERStudio import bridge: bug fixes on Indexes, RoleNames

  • UPDATE: Hummingbird ETL import bridge: fixed detection of the database type

  • UPDATE: Hummingbird ETL export bridge: added support for views, stored procedures and datatypes

  • UPDATE: IBM Rational Rose import bridge: fixed a memory leak, support for Rose 2003.

  • UPDATE: Informatica SuperGlue export bridge: various improvements and bug fixes

  • UPDATE: OMG CWM import bridge: better support for OLAP Level Keys of Oracle Warehouse Builder

  • UPDATE: OracleDesigner import bridge: fixed a memory leak

  • v4.0.7 (03/12/2004) NEW: Hummingbird ETL export bridge: beta support for version 5.1

  • UPDATE: Business Objects Designer import bridge: fixed regression bug related to the import of joins.

  • UPDATE: Business Objects Designer export bridge: performance improvements, fixed a bug on joins cardinality.

  • UPDATE: CA ERwin 3.x export bridge: now escapes control characters when printing text in the ERX file.

  • UPDATE: CA ERwin 4.x import & export bridge: added support for Japanese version of the tool

  • UPDATE: Informatica PowerCenter import & export bridges: various improvements and bug fixes

  • v4.0.6 (03/08/2004) NEW: Cognos Impromptu import bridge: alpha support for version 7.1

  • NEW: Hummingbird ETL import bridge: beta support for version 5.1

  • NEW: Hyperion Essbase Integration Services export bridge: alpha support for version 7.0

  • NEW: Meta Integration XMI (XML) export bridge: beta version

  • UPDATE: MIMB SDK: improved the Visual Basic demonstration wizard

  • UPDATE: License Key: fixed a bug showing an "invalid license key" message box.

  • UPDATE: CA ERwin 3.x and 4.x export bridges: added support for Japanese character encoding and the Japanese version of ERwin.

  • UPDATE: Business Objects Designer import bridge: performance improvements, added new option to import List Of Values.

  • UPDATE: Cognos ReportNet FrameworkManager import & export bridges: various bug fixes and improvements

  • UPDATE: IBM DB2 Cube Views import bridge: fully tested the bridge against the CubeViews Testing Suite

  • UPDATE: OMG CWM XMI import and export bridges: various bug fixes and improvements

  • UPDATE: Sybase PowerDesigner CDM & PDM XML import bridges: better factorization of types

  • UPDATE: W3C XML Schema & DTD import bridges: fixed minor bug when generating default diagram

  • v4.0.5 (02/06/2004) NEW: MIMB SDK: a new type of option is now available for storing passwords.

  • NEW: Hyperion Essbase Integration Services import bridge: alpha support for version 7.0

  • UPDATE: CA COOL:BusinessTeam import bridge: added support for the DOS (IBM850) encoding.

  • UPDATE: Cognos ReportNet FrameworkManager import and export bridges: various bug fixes and improvements

  • UPDATE: Informatica PowerCenter import & export bridges: added support for version 7.1

  • UPDATE: OMG CWM XMI import & export bridges: bug fixes related to the CWM:OLAP metadata

  • UPDATE: Sybase PowerDesigner PDM XML import bridge: minor patch for versions 9.5.x

  • v4.0.4 (01/23/2004) NEW: MIMB now includes the MIMB SDK for C++, Java and VisualBasic, and open source applications: MIMBWeb implements the Java SDK and allows running MIMB as a Web/Intranet service

  • MIMBConsole implements the C++ SDK and allows running MIMB as a DOS console application

  • MIMBWizard implements the VisualBasic SDK and provides a sample GUI wizard for running MIMB

  • NEW: the MIMB SDK can now use an XML configuration file to control the display of bridges

  • UPDATE: fixed a bug in the metadata validation algorithm related to UML qualifier attributes

  • UPDATE: BusinessObjects Designer import & export bridges: added support for version 6.1

  • UPDATE: CA COOL:Gen import bridge: when importing a physical data model, the bridge now retrieves tables and columns descriptions defined in the logical model

  • UPDATE: CA ERwin 4 import bridge: added a new option to control the import of relationship names

  • UPDATE: Cognos ReportNet FrameworkManager import and export bridges: various bug fixes and improvements

  • UPDATE: Informatica PowerCenter import bridge: added support for version 7

  • UPDATE: Popkin SystemArchitect import and export bridges: added support for version 9.1.13

  • added new log messages to better document the conversion process

  • improved the bridges tooltip

  • UPDATE: Sybase PowerDesigner PDM XML import bridge: added initial support for Multidimensional diagrams (OLAP modeling)

  • v4.0.3 (12/19/2003) UPDATE: ERwin4 import bridge: fixed a bug related to the import of attributes default value

  • v4.0.2 (12/15/2003) UPDATE: fixed a bug when converting UTF8 strings

  • UPDATE: updated License Key Install utility bridge labels

  • UPDATE: Business Objects Designer import bridge: fixed a problem related to the qualifier/catalog information

  • UPDATE: Business Objects Designer export bridge: fixed a problem when exporting Cube measures

  • UPDATE: CA COOL:Gen import bridge: changed foreign key attributes generation rules when importing logical models

  • UPDATE: Cognos ReportNet Framework Manager import & export bridges: various updates and bug fixes

  • UPDATE: Sybase PowerDesigner CDM & PDM XML import bridges: fixed problem with empty type values

  • v4.0.1 (11/21/2003) UPDATE: improved MIMB documentation and bridges tooltips

  • UPDATE: improved import algorithm of User Defined Properties (UDP), the following bridges now benefit from a common import option and values: CA ERwin 3.x import bridge

  • CA ERwin 4.x import bridge

  • Embarcadero ERStudio import bridge

  • IBM Rational Rose import bridge

  • Oracle Designer import bridge

  • UPDATE: the table's Dimensional Role property is now exported in the following bridges: CA ERwin 3.5 export bridge

  • CA ERwin 4.x export bridge

  • Oracle Designer 6i & 9i export bridge

  • Sybase PowerDesigner PDM XML export bridge

  • UPDATE: Cognos ReportNet Framework Manager export bridge: fixed bug related to the Catalog and Schema information

  • UPDATE: Business Objects Designer export bridge: added warning message when a column cannot be detected via the database connection

  • UPDATE: Embarcadero ERStudio import bridge: fixed bug when importing foreign keys

  • UPDATE: CA COOL:BusinessTeam (Groundworks) import bridge: fixed bug when deleting invalid foreign keys

  • UPDATE: CA COOL:DBA (Terrain for DB2) import bridge: added support for Tablespace encoding in recent versions of the VAR file format

  • UPDATE: Silverrun RDM import bridge: added support for new databases versions and datatypes

  • UPDATE: Sybase PowerDesigner CDM and PDM XML import bridges: added workaround for invalid characters at the beginning of some XML files

  • v4.0.0 (10/24/2003) LICENSE KEY: your current license key may no longer be valid with this version. If so, please contact our technical support.

  • NEW: new version 4.0 of the MIR Metadata Repository metamodel and SDK for improved support of OLAP, BI and ETL concepts

  • NEW: VisualModelBridge: added support for SQL Views, Dimensions and Cubes in the model viewer, subsetting and finder

  • added an entry in the Help menu and a toolbar button to start the License Key Install tool

  • NEW: All bridges: improved bridges to support OLAP, BI and ETL concepts as defined by the new MIR metamodel

  • corrected some typos and spelling issues in the bridges options, tooltip and log messages

  • The bridges now support metadata encoding conversion

  • NEW: new import and export bridges for Cognos ReportNet Framework Manager

  • NEW: new import and export bridge for Microsoft Yukon Data Source View

  • NEW: new import bridge from Embarcadero ERStudio 5.1 to 6.0

  • NEW: new export bridge to Informatica PowerAnalyzer v4.0 (Alpha)

  • NEW: OMG CWM 1.0 XMI import and export bridges: now supports Oracle Warehouse Builder 10g OLAP metadata

  • NEW: NCR Teradata MDS import and export bridges: added support for version 5.1

  • NEW: JDBC import bridge: added support for DB2/UDB and improved support for various datatypes

  • UPDATE: Informatica PowerMart/PowerCenter import/export bridges: full support for relational metadata

  • UPDATE: IBM DB2 Cube Views import bridge: Added an option to select the design level of the database tables

  • UPDATE: OMG CWM 1.0 XMI export bridge: fixed a bug related to the export of the UUID property

  • UPDATE: ERwin 4 export bridge: fixed a bug related to the Note2 property

  • UPDATE: Sybase PowerDesigner CDM XML import bridge: now supports generalizations as defined in new version 9.5.2

  • UPDATE: Popkin SystemArchitect export bridge: fixed an issue related to the diagrams of SA v9

  • fixed an issue with the export of logical attributes comment property

  • now escapes the '-' character and quotes the objects names

  • UPDATE: Select SE import bridge: Default value are now set only if specified by the HasDefaultValue property

  • fixed an issue related to the association role names

  • UPDATE: Oracle Designer import bridge: added an option to filter the ER Model entities or the Server Model tables

  • fixed an issue with the import of logical attributes comment property

  • UPDATE: BO Designer import bridge: fixed a bug related to the universe Qualifier/Catalog support

  • added an option to control the import of the Classes and subClasses tree structure

  • added an option to close or keep Designer open after the bridge has run

  • UPDATE: BO Designer export bridges: added an option to choose the dimensions export algorithm: none, create, replace or update

  • added an option to close or keep Designer open after the bridge has completed

  • UPDATE: W3C XML Schema import bridge: added some code to read XSD files only once even if included multiple times

  • v3.1.2 (06/19/2003) UPDATE: IBM DB2 Cube Views import bridge: added reverse engineering of Joins

  • UPDATE: IBM DB2 Cube Views export bridge: better support for snow flake and multi-star models

  • UPDATE: OMG CWM XMI import bridge: better support for IBM Warehouse Manager CWM files

  • UPDATE: CA ERwin 4 import bridge: better support for blank type values (for models created in ERwin 3.x)

  • UPDATE: IBM Rational Rose 4.0 import bridge: A memory leak was sometimes causing the bridge to fail

  • UPDATE: NCR Teradata MDS import and export bridges: fixed a regression due to the previous changes

  • v3.1.1 (05/29/2003) UPDATE: IBM DB2 Cube Views import and export bridges: various improvements

  • UPDATE: NCR Teradata MDS import and export bridges: the bridges libraries can now be loaded even if MDS is not installed

  • v3.1.1 Beta (05/22/2003) UPDATE: all export bridges generating XML files, to support data encoding conversion. These bridges now write XML files encoded in UTF8

  • UPDATE: System Architect import bridges: now accepts a directory or a file path as input path (only the directory path was supported before)

  • UPDATE: BusinessObject Designer import bridge: now concatenates the select and where statements in one property

  • UPDATE: BusinessObject Designer export bridge: added support for forward engineering of design tools' DataWarehouse flags (Fact, Dimension...)

  • UPDATE: various bridges: fixed typos in tooltip or option's description

  • v3.1.0 (04/30/2003) LICENSE KEY: your current license key may no longer be valid with this version. If so, please contact our technical support.

  • NEW: IBM DB2 Cube Views import and export bridges

  • UPDATE: Java API to invoke C++ bridges from a Java application: cleaned-up and documented new methods

  • UPDATE: many bridges: updated tooltips and harmonized messages and option descriptions

  • UPDATE: BO Designer import bridge: fixed a bug related to joins attached to one table only

  • v3.1.0 RC1 (04/25/2003) LICENSE KEY: your current license key may no longer be valid with this version. If so, please contact our technical support.

  • UPDATE: all bridges: updated tooltips and harmonized messages and option descriptions

  • v3.1.0 Beta (04/22/2003) LICENSE KEY: your current license key may no longer be valid with this version. If so, please contact our technical support.

  • NEW: Popkin System Architect import and export bridges: added support for version 9.0.19

  • NEW: Oracle Designer, PowerDesigner PDM XML, ERwin 3.x, ERwin 4.x import bridges: imports the Data Warehouse table roles as user defined properties

  • UPDATE: most XML export bridges: added support for two more character sets (Korean and Japanese)

  • UPDATE: Oracle Designer export bridge: now prints the logical entity physical name into the plural name field

  • when generating a Logical model, exports the Comment property as a Note

  • now truncates the Domains comment if longer that supported by the tool

  • added an export option to control the Commit frequency, for easier debugging

  • UPDATE: Oracle Designer import bridge: better support of models with external references

  • fixed an incorrect double quote handling

  • UPDATE: Terrain Map import bridge: added support for multiple encodings (formats) of the mapping information

  • UPDATE: Groundworks import bridge: added support for REFLEXIVE relationships (using twice the same partnership set)

  • added support for Notes for Sterling Bsnteam V7.2

  • UPDATE: PowerDesigner PDM XML export bridge: datatypes applied directly to attributes were not exported properly

  • UPDATE: PowerDesigner PDM XML import bridge: library did not load properly on Unix

  • better support of models with external references

  • UPDATE: ERwin 3.x import bridge: improved the Informix datatype mapping

  • added support for DB2 UDB v5 in ERwin 3.52

  • added import of the Model Definition

  • UPDATE: ERwin 4.x import bridge: now retrieves the Optional property of an Attribute when importing a Logical Only model

  • UPDATE: Informatica export bridge: now correctly set the values for UNIQUE of TARGETINDEX

  • added a warning message for the case of an attribute involved in multiple Foreign Keys, and now exports only the first Foreign Key

  • UPDATE: XMI UML export bridge: added export of Type Values as Attributes

  • UPDATE: BO Designer import bridge: added support for catalogs and alias tables in the traceability algorithm

  • added import of ListOfValues for dimensions

  • UPDATE: BO Designer export bridge: improved support for Owner/Schema and Qualifier/Catalog, better support for SQL Server2000 and Oracle databases

  • UPDATE: System Architect import bridge: added import of the properties Attribute::Data and Entity::Purpose

  • UPDATE: COOL:Gen import bridge: fixed bug occurring when printing log messages

  • Physical Model: better computes the aggregation property on a relationship and the association role multiplicity based on the optionality of the foreign key attributes

  • v3.0.10 (02/24/2003) NEW: Informatica PowerMart & PowerCenter XML export bridge: alpha version

  • NEW: COOL:Gen import and export bridges: added support for Advantage Gen version 6.5

  • UPDATE: Business Objects import and export bridge: added support for version 5.1.6

  • added options to specify the login parameters, in case of a repository installation

  • added an option to specify how classes and dimensions should be imported

  • fixed a COM related issue

  • fixed an option default value related issue

  • UPDATE: ERwin 4 export bridge: now sets a default font size of 10 if it is not set

  • The description and comment of an AssociationRole are now exported along with those of its Association

  • UPDATE: ERwin 4 import bridge: minor improvements to support the latest version of ERwin 4.1

  • added support for relationships between views

  • UPDATE: XMI/CWM export bridge: Now exports both a Object Model and a CWM Catalog when the option "UML and RDB" is selected

  • UPDATE: PowerDesigner 6.1.1 CDM and PDM import bridges: fixed a bug related to empty enumerated type values

  • UPDATE: XMI/CWM export bridge: added support for the 'UTF-8' encoding

  • UPDATE: XMI/CWM, XMI/UML, XIF, MDC, Informatica import bridges: fixed a parsing problem related to UTF-8 characters

  • UPDATE: XMI/UML import bridge: Added support for UML 1.4 and XMI 1.2

  • Added support for Embarcadero Describe v5.8+

  • Added support for Gentleware Poseidon 1.5

  • UPDATE: COOL:Xtras Mapper (TerrainMap for DB2) import bridge: improved support for the various VAR encoding versions of the traceability information

  • now displays in the log if the logical and physical models do correspond to each other

  • UPDATE: COOL:BusinessTeam (Groundworks) import bridge: now creates only one generalization per parent entity

  • v3.0.9 (01/27/2003) UPDATE: improved the MIRNativeConvert Java Class for better OEM integration: Added a method, importFile, to import a model in java from a C++ bridge

  • Cleaner interface and implementation to import and export a model

  • UPDATE: OracleDesigner import bridge: improved the bridge for models with dangling relationship ends

  • fixed a bug related to the import of attributes datatype information

  • fixed a bug where the logical relationships linked to a non-primary identifier were wrongly considered as aggregation

  • now imports the 'help text' of attributes as description

  • UPDATE: BusinessObjects Designer import and export bridges: new export algorithm that supports the update of an existing universe

  • improved support for the notions of Owner/Schema and Qualifier/Catalog

  • added import of BO Dimensions and Classes as MIR Attributes and Classes

  • UPDATE: Rational Rose DataModeler import bridge: Diagrams in a Package were renamed even when there was no unique name conflict

  • UPDATE: Rational Rose DataModeler export bridge: Fixed a bug when exporting generalization subtypes without foreign keys

  • Now correctly exports User Defined Property values that contain quotes

  • UPDATE: COOL:Gen import bridge: the source association role was not always correctly set for 1..1 relationships

  • UPDATE: ERwin 4.x import bridge: UTF-8 characters are now properly imported

  • Updated target databases and datatypes available in the latest ERwin 4.1, added support for SAS

  • UPDATE: PowerDesigner CDM & PDM, XMLSchema import bridges: now correctly use the options default value

  • UPDATE: Sybase PowerDesigner PDM import bridge: improved support for models with external shortcuts

  • UPDATE: Sybase PowerDesigner CDM export bridge: now correctly sets the dominant role for 1..1 relationships

  • UPDATE: Sybase PowerDesigner CDM and PDM export bridges: improved renaming conventions of objects

  • UPDATE: XMI/UML import and export bridges: added support for XMI 1.1

  • now supports import and export of Sybase PowerDesigner 9.0 to 9.5 OOM models via XMI

  • now supports import of Computer Associates AllFusion Component Modeler 4.1 models via XMI

  • UPDATE: CWM export bridge: Added an option to generate CWM 1.1 models

  • v3.0.8 (01/03/2003) NEW: NCR MDS import and export bridges: added support for NCR Teradata MDS 5.0

  • NEW: XMI/UML import bridge: added support for Microsoft Visio

  • UPDATE: Rose Data Modeler import and export bridges: indexes are now fully supported

  • UPDATE: Sybase PowerDesigner CDM and PDM XML import bridges: improved support for external shortcuts

  • UPDATE: Business Objects Designer 5.1.5 export: Added support for version 5.1.3

  • Added the login identification, required for a multi-user installation of BusinessObjects

  • Now also export the comment if any

  • UPDATE: Silverrun import bridge: Added an option to specify if the file should be opened as binary or text mode

  • UPDATE: COOL:Gen import bridge: Added an option to let the user choose how the datatypes of logical data model should be converted

  • UPDATE: COOL:DBA (Terrain for DB2) import bridge: fixed a bug related to foreign keys

  • UPDATE: COOL:BusinessTeam (Groundworks) import bridge: changed some datatypes conversions: String datatypes are now converted to CHAR if they have the same minimum and maximum length, VARCHAR otherwise

  • Integer datatypes are now converted to SMALLINT if their maximum value is smaller than 9999, INTEGER otherwise

  • UPDATE: COOL:DBA (TerrainMap for DB2) import bridge: Improved handling of keys, indexes, associations and generalizations when merging models

  • Added a set of options to report the status of the merge process in the log window

  • UPDATE: Oracle Designer export bridge: The physical comments are now always converted

  • The uniqueness of domain names is now properly enforced

  • A problem in the definition of alternate keys was fixed

  • UPDATE: Select SE import bridge: now sets attributes of empty foreign keys based on primary key attributes physical name

  • UPDATE: ERwin 3.x import bridge: added support for target databases found only in ERwin 3.5.2

  • v3.0.7 (11/22/2002) UPDATE: Oracle Designer import bridge: Better handling of incorrect relationships

  • UPDATE: MIRModelBridge executable: fixed a problem related to the subsetting option

  • UPDATE: Subsetting: fixed a bug related to the subsetting of XML DTD/Schema models

  • UPDATE: XML Schema import bridge: better handling of included schemas path, added an option to specify their location

  • UPDATE: Informatica PowerMart import bridge: if datatype is integer and there is a length, the datatype is converted to numeric

  • UPDATE: COOL:DBA (Terrain for DB2) import bridge: added support for the "Bachman DB2 V8.1" file version

  • UPDATE: ERwin 4 export bridge: now export Foreign Key index only if the Foreign Key is exported

  • UPDATE: Rose Data Modeler import bridge: Fixed a bug in the import of nested CAT files

  • Fixed a bug in the import of packages in CAT files

  • Fixed a bug in the import of DM operations

  • v3.0.6 (11/06/2002) NEW: PowerDesigner CDM & PDM import bridges: added support for version 9.5

  • UPDATE: Installer: improved detection and handling of errors related to the Windows registry

  • UPDATE: MIRModelBridge command line executable: fixed a bug related to the subsetting feature

  • UPDATE: ERwin 3.x import bridge: Attributes and SQL View Attributes can now inherit their description from their domain

  • fixed a regression bug related to physical ids

  • fixed a bug related to the import of foreign keys from ERwin 3.0 models

  • now correctly imports SQL View Entities name from ERwin 3.0 models

  • UPDATE: ERwin 4.x import bridge: now correctly imports empty UDP enumerated values

  • UPDATE: ERwin 4.x export bridge: now correctly exports transformed generalizations for all ERwin versions

  • UPDATE: Oracle Designer import bridge: fixed a bug related to the import of SQL View Attributes domains

  • fixed a bug related to the import of SQL View Entities

  • UPDATE: COOL:DBA (Terrain for DB2) import bridge: fixed a bug related to the import of foreign keys, improved related error message

  • UPDATE: CWM export bridge: added an option to not export the indexes associated to keys

  • v3.0.5 (10/18/2002) NEW: Business Objects Designer 5.1.5 import and export bridges: beta version

  • NEW: Sybase PowerDesigner CDM & PDM export bridges: added support for version 9.5

  • NEW: Oracle Designer import and export bridges: added support for version 9i

  • NEW: COOL:DBA (TerrainMap for DB2) import bridge: beta version

  • UPDATE: COOL:DBA (Terrain for DB2) import bridge: minor bug fixes

  • UPDATE: COOL:BusinessTeam (GroundWorks) import bridge: fixed a bug related to the import of diagrams

  • UPDATE: COOL:Gen export bridge: now exports some physical information in logical relationships description

  • UPDATE: COOL:Enterprise (ADW) import bridge: description lines with a starting space character were not imported

  • UPDATE: ERwin 4.x import bridge: minor improvements, added support for new Teradata datatypes available in ERwin 4.1

  • UPDATE: ERwin 3.x import bridge: fixed a bug related to the import of generalizations

  • UPDATE: W3C XML Schema import bridge: minor bug fixes and updates, fixed a regression in the generation of the id attributes

  • UPDATE: Sybase PowerDesigner CDM and PDM XML export bridges: fixed a bug related to the export of packages

  • UPDATE: Sybase PowerDesigner CDM XML export bridges: fixed a bug related to the export of attribute's datatype

  • UPDATE: Oracle Designer import bridge: when importing logical data models, now creates only one generalization per supertype entity

  • fixed a bug related to the import of views with keys

  • reworked the logical relationships import algorithm

  • UPDATE: Informatica PowerMart 5.1 (MX2 XML) import bridge: added support for DB2 datatypes

  • UPDATE: Select SE import bridge: better manage attribute names to avoid name clashes

  • v3.0.4 (09/06/2002) NEW: SystemArchitect 2001 import and export bridges: added support for version 8.8.13

  • NEW: XML Schema import bridge release version added support for Microsoft XDR schemas

  • now supports the include mechanism

  • various bug fixes and improvements

  • UPDATE: Subsetting: fixed a bug related to the subsetting of some generalizations and improved the subsetting of diagrams

  • UPDATE: Validation: added the name of the parent object to the name of the object in error messages

  • UPDATE: JDBC import bridge: now imports the Oracle owner, sid, server name and server domain properties

  • UPDATE: COOL:Gen import bridge: fixed a bug related to the import of physical models foreign keys

  • UPDATE: COOL:DBA (Terrain for DB2) import bridge: now prefixes the view name with the owner name in the view SQL statement

  • UPDATE: COOL:BusinessTeam (GroundWorks) import bridge: improved the way the position is set on migrated attributes

  • UPDATE: Silverrun RDM import bridge: added support for AS/400 Synon/2E datatypes

  • UPDATE: XMI/UML import bridge: now supports the multiplicities as defined by ArgoUML version 0.9 and higher

  • UPDATE: XMI/CWM RDB export bridge: now exports some Oracle specific properties as Tagged Values

  • stored procedure's namespace property now correctly links to the owner schema

  • UPDATE: ERwin 3.x import bridge: now imports the logical and physical name of indices if found in the file

  • the 'Date/Time' datatype for MS Access databases is now imported as SQL_TIMESTAMP MIR datatype instead of SQL_TIME

  • UPDATE: ERwin 4.x import bridge: now opens the XML file in binary mode to work around some invalid characters written in the file

  • improved detection and handling of the ERwin 4 XML file version, added support for file version 4003

  • improved filtering of graphical objects to remove unnecessary presentation elements from diagrams

  • added support for datatypes and databases supported by ERwin 4.1

  • UPDATE: ERwin 4.x export bridge: changed the datatype of the default domains to be the same as the default ones in ERwin

  • added support for datatypes and databases supported by ERwin 4.1

  • UPDATE: XML DTD import bridge: did not set the associations aggregation property when Id attributes were not generated

  • UPDATE: Oracle Designer import bridge: fixed a bug related to the import of some one-to-one relationships in logical models

  • UPDATE: Oracle Designer export bridge, export of physical models: foreign keys associated to generalizations are now correctly exported

  • fixed a bug related to the export of some enumerated type values

  • now correctly sets the "Mandatory" property of foreign keys

  • v3.0.3 (07/12/2002) NEW: W3C XML Schema import bridge: beta version

  • NEW: Informatica PowerMart 5.1 (MX2 XML) import bridge: beta version

  • UPDATE: Rose Data Modeler export bridge: For Sybase and SQL Server target, datatype MIR_SQL_DATE is now mapped to SMALLDATETIME

  • The Comment property is now exported in the Physical Data Model

  • UPDATE: ERwin 4 export bridge: The SQL Statement associated to a View was sometimes exported incorrectly

  • Changed the mapping of Oracle datatypes to use VARCHAR2 instead of VARCHAR

  • UPDATE: Database via JDBC import bridge: Fixed a NullPointerException if a Catalog is specified but the Database does not support the concept

  • MS Access database: Attribute in Primary Key are now always imported as mandatory

  • MS SQL Server and Oracle databases: A cursor was not closed

  • UPDATE: Rose import bridge: improved mapping of Java datatypes

  • UPDATE: Select SE import bridge: added an option to specify the default value for the "Create Constraint" property. WARNING: the default value of the option changes the behavior of the bridge: constraints are now always created unless specified otherwise

  • UPDATE: COOL:Gen import bridge: Derived attributes are now imported as Logical Only attributes

  • UPDATE: COOL:BusinessTeam (Groundworks) import bridge: import of graphical information was not correct for older versions of Groundworks

  • UPDATE: CWM export bridge: the "namespace" property was incorrectly set if the model contained a MIR Schema

  • UPDATE: COOL:DBA (Terrain for DB2) import bridge: now adds 'CREATE VIEW' at the beginning of the SQL statement of an SQL View if it does not start with it

  • UPDATE: Meta Integration Works export bridge: large models were sometimes incorrectly converted from C++ to Java

  • UPDATE: Model Subsetting: when subsetting a diagram or package, the associations between the exported classes are exported as well, whether they are in the Diagram/Package or not

  • v3.0.2 (06/12/2002) NEW: COOL:DBA (Terrain for DB2) import bridge: now imports the model's graphical information

  • NEW: COOL:BusinessTeam (Groundworks) import bridge: now imports the model's graphical information

  • NEW: import bridge from Informatica PowerMart 5.1 (MX2 XML): alpha version

  • NEW: improved MIMB graphical interface: added the Advanced Options window to support a new metadata custom update algorithm

  • UPDATE: ERwin 4 import bridge: The model name is now computed from the file name, as a workaround of a bug in ERwin 4

  • Added support for the previously unknown relationships constraint rules codes imported from a legacy ERwin 3.x model

  • UPDATE: ERwin 4 export bridge: now export correctly the relationships constraint rules

  • UPDATE: Oracle Designer export bridge: now commits foreign keys more frequently during the import of the DAT file in the repository

  • UPDATE: PowerDesigner CDM & PDM import bridges: various bug fixes and better support for the recursive XML file format

  • UPDATE: COOL:Enterprise (ADW) import bridge: better detection of attributes not connected to the model

  • v3.0.1 (05/17/2002) NEW: The following bridges now support the notion of SQL View on (associated to) SQL Views: Rose DM export bridge

  • ERwin 4 export bridge

  • PowerDesigner PDM XML import and export bridges

  • UPDATE: ERwin 4 import bridge: fixed a bug related to the DB2/UDB 5 database

  • improved support for legacy models imported from ERwin 3.x

  • improved preprocessing of the XML file to remove binary characters

  • improved support for models using the Information Engineering notation

  • UPDATE: ERwin 4 export bridge: improved the way ERwin predefined domains are exported

  • UPDATE: Oracle Designer import bridge: fixed a bug related to the association aggregation property

  • improved support of incomplete models (referencing objects undefined in the DAT file)

  • added more explicit warning messages

  • UPDATE: NCR MDS export bridge: added periodic commits to avoid locking the repository for too long

  • added an option to delete the destination database, if it already exists

  • UPDATE: Rose DM import bridge: improved support for import of integrated object/data models

  • UPDATE: Rose DM export bridge: fixed a bug related to the export of enumerated types

  • fixed a bug related to the export of domains

  • added support for generalizations in data models

  • UPDATE: Sybase PowerDesigner 6.1 import bridge: fixed a problem related to associations cardinality

  • v3.0.0 (04/29/2002) LICENSE KEY: your current license key may no longer be valid with this version. If so, please contact our technical support.

  • The import and export menu labels were updated. You may need to re-set your preferences

  • NEW: Popkin System Architect import and export bridges: added support for version 8.5.24

  • NEW: PowerDesigner CDM & PDM XML import and export bridges: added support for PowerDesigner version 9.0 and new target DBMS available in this version

  • updated some datatype mappings

  • NEW: Rose Data Modeler import bridge: now imports integrated object and physical data models

  • NEW: The following bridges now support the import (and/or export) of objects Physical IDs: COOL:Gen import bridge: import of the objects "OBJID"

  • ERwin 4 import bridge: import of the objects "id"

  • Rose DM import bridge: import of the objects "quid"

  • OracleDesigner 1.3.2, 2.1.2, 6.0 & 6i import bridge: import of the object "id"

  • Popkin System Architect import bridge: import of the objects "GUID"

  • PowerDesigner CDM & PDM XML import bridges: import of the objects "ObjectID"

  • CWM 1.0 import and export bridges: import and export of the objects "UUID"

  • XMI 1.0 import and export bridges: import and export of the objects "UUID"

  • UPDATE: JDBC import bridge: better support of MS SQL Server check constraints

  • better support of Oracle stored procedures

  • UPDATE: ERwin 3.x import bridge: added a bridge import option that allows to migrate UDP default values to their applicable objects

  • added support for merged migrated attributes

  • UPDATE: ERwin 4 import bridge: added a bridge import option that allows to migrate UDP default values to their applicable objects

  • updated some datatype mappings

  • UPDATE: Popkin System Architect import bridge: does not import empty notes anymore

  • UPDATE: CWM 1.0 import bridge: provides more options on how to create a schema for tables with no owner

  • v3.0.0 Beta3 (03/22/2002) LICENSE KEY: your current license key may no longer be valid with this version. If so, please contact our technical support.

  • NEW: ProActivity import bridge: added support for ProActivity version 4.0

  • UPDATE: PowerDesigner PDM XML import bridge: fixed some datatype mappings

  • UPDATE: PowerDesigner PDM XML export bridge: fixed a bug related to the "Target Database" option

  • UPDATE: NCR MDS export bridge: better handle NUMERIC datatypes

  • now sets the "database type" property

  • now exports object description in the comment property, if the comment property is not set

  • UPDATE: ERwin 4.0 import bridge: added the generic "ODBC" target database and fixed some datatype mappings

  • better support of the ERwin "Transformation" objects

  • support for ERwin 4.1 (file version 4100)

  • added more explicit messages if the input file is not a valid ERwin 4 XML file

  • UPDATE: Oracle Designer import bridge: various bug fixes

  • UPDATE: RoseDM import bridge: fixed a bug related to the Source property of associations roles

  • minor bug fixes and improvements

  • UPDATE: SystemArchitect 2001 import bridge: better handles objects with duplicate names

  • v3.0.0 Beta2 (02/11/2002) LICENSE KEY: your current license key may no longer be valid with this version. If so, please contact our technical support.

  • NEW: SystemArchitect 2001 import and export bridges: added support for versions 8.5.16 and 8.5.20

  • UPDATE: ERwin 4.0 import bridge: Fixed a bug related to associations between two Views

  • Added an option that allows the import of Views as regular Tables

  • New algorithm that better supports ERwin duplicated attributes

  • Support for ERwin 4.0 SP2 (build 1687) XML

  • UPDATE: ERwin 4.0 export bridge: now creates an associative table when exporting many-to-many relationship with transformations, if necessary

  • fixed a bug related to attributes members of multiple keys

  • UPDATE: Silverrun import bridge: now correctly opens the binary .TXT file in binary mode

  • UPDATE: PowerDesigner CDM 7.5 & 8.0 import bridge: fixed an issue related to the import of datatypes

  • UPDATE: COOL:Gen import bridge: now stores the entities in the appropriate package, matching the Subject Area hierarchy

  • fixed a bug related to the import of the "CASCADE" foreign key constraints

  • UPDATE: COOL:Gen export bridge: removed the export of foreign keys and non-unique keys (inversion entries) to the COOL:Gen logical model

  • updated the datatypes mapping regarding the Time and TimeStamp datatypes lengths

  • fixed a bug related to the export of the "CASCADE" foreign key constraints

  • UPDATE: COOL:Enterprise (ADW) import bridge: now correctly renames and imports attributes for which the name was truncated in the .DAT file

  • UPDATE: Oracle Designer import bridge: bug fixes and better support of Oracle Designer "shared" objects

  • UPDATE: Oracle Designer 2000 export bridge: fixed an issue related to the generation of "short names"

  • UPDATE: JDBC import bridge: Added an option that allows the import of Views as regular Tables

  • v3.0.0 Beta (12/14/2001) LICENSE KEY: your current license key may no longer be valid with this version. If so, please contact our technical support.

  • NEW: new version of the Metadata Repository SDK. See the MIRSDK ReadMe file for details

  • NEW: The following bridges now support User-Defined Properties: ERwin 3.5 import and export,

  • ERwin 4.0 import and export,

  • Oracle Designer import,

  • Rose 98 to 2002 import and export

  • NEW: The following bridges now support the Owner/Schema notion: CWM pre-1.0 and 1.0 import and export,

  • ERwin 3.5 import and export,

  • ERwin 4.0 import and export,

  • PowerDesigner PDM 7.5 and 8.0 import and export,

  • Rose Data Modeler 2000e to 2002 import and export,

  • COOL:DBA (Terrain for DB2) import

  • UPDATE: ERwin 4.0 import bridge: Added an option to copy the objects' user-defined properties to their description field

  • UPDATE: ERwin 4.0 export bridge: Now export the Entities comment field

  • Fixed a bug related to the Initial Values

  • UPDATE: Oracle Designer import bridge: Added an option to copy the objects' user-defined properties to their description field

  • Added an option to copy the objects' description to their comment field

  • Various bug fixes and improvements

  • UPDATE: COOL:BusinessTeam (GroundWorks) import bridge: bug fixes

  • v2.5.1.5 (03/22/2002) NEW: SystemArchitect 2001 import and export bridges: added support for versions 8.5.16 and 8.5.20.

  • UPDATE: PowerDesigner PDM XML import bridge: fixed some datatype mappings.

  • UPDATE: PowerDesigner PDM XML export bridge: fixed a bug related to the "Target Database" option.

  • UPDATE: PowerDesigner CDM 7.5 & 8.0 import bridge: fixed an issue related to the import of datatypes.

  • UPDATE: NCR MDS export bridge: better handle NUMERIC datatypes.

  • UPDATE: ERwin 4.0 import bridge: added the generic "ODBC" target database and fixed some datatype mappings.

  • support for ERwin 4.1 (file version 4100).

  • UPDATE: ERwin 4.0 export bridge: fixed a bug related to attributes members of multiple keys.

  • UPDATE: Oracle Designer 2000 export bridge: fixed an issue related to the generation of "short names".

  • UPDATE: Oracle Designer import bridge: Added an option to copy the objects' description to their comment field.

  • various bug fixes and improvements.

  • UPDATE: RoseDM import bridge: fixed a bug related to the Source property of associations roles.

  • minor bug fixes and improvements.

  • UPDATE: COOL:Gen import bridge: now stores the entities in the appropriate package, matching the Subject Area hierarchy.

  • fixed a bug related to the import of the "CASCADE" foreign key constraints.

  • UPDATE: COOL:Gen export bridge: removed the export of foreign keys and non-unique keys (inversion entries) to the COOL:Gen logical model.

  • updated the datatypes mapping regarding the Time and TimeStamp datatypes lengths.

  • fixed a bug related to the export of the "CASCADE" foreign key constraints.

  • UPDATE: COOL:BusinessTeam (GroundWorks) import bridge: bug fixes.

  • UPDATE: COOL:Enterprise (ADW) import bridge: now correctly renames and imports attributes for which the name was truncated in the .DAT file.

  • UPDATE: Silverrun import bridge: now correctly opens the binary .TXT file in binary mode.

  • v2.5.1.4 (12/03/2001) UPDATE: GUI tool: improved command line options

  • UPDATE: ERwin4 export bridge to better handle the logical only/physical only flag.

  • UPDATE: ERwin3.5 export bridge: the target database was not exported if the model had no diagram.

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