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Thank you for using Embarcadero ER/Studio Data Architect, previously known as ER/Studio, the award-winning data modeling application for logical and physical database design and construction. ER/Studio Data Architect's (ER/Studio DA) powerful, multi-level design environment addresses the everyday needs of database administrators, developers and data architects who build and maintain large, complex database applications.
ER/Studio DA's progressive interface and processes have been logically organized to effectively address the ease-of-use issues that have plagued data modeling tools for the past decade. The application facilitates your ability to create, understand and manage the mission-critical database designs within an enterprise. It offers strong logical design capabilities, bidirectional synchronization of logical and physical designs, automatic database construction, accurate reverse engineering of databases, and powerful HTML-based documentation and reporting facilities. Before you use ER/Studio, please read the information below.
WHAT'S NEW IN VERSION 8.5.3
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Main Features
General Updates
DBMS Updates
Other Enhancements
The following customer requests have been addressed in this release.
| Issues Addressed in ER/Studio DA 8.5 | |
|---|---|
| ERS-10340 | The JPEG export now supports larger models than in previous versions. |
| ERS-10456 | Export Image now supports GIF and PNG formats. |
| ERS-10575 | The Dependencies tab of the Table/Entity Editor now displays views associated with the table. Views are also now listed in the Explorer tree in the Table/Entity hierarchy. |
| ERS-10822 | Index-organized tables with compression are now supported on Oracle. |
| ERS-14338 | TeraData 12.0 is now supported. |
| ERS-14381 | Definitions and Notes now have separate formatting options in HTML reports. |
| ERS-15554 | Drawing shapes are now supported for data flows on the Data Lineage tab. |
| ERS-15555 | The Display Levels for Data Lineage objects are no longer mutually exclusive. |
| ERS-15557 | In the Data Lineage explorer, the inputs and outputs under each transfromation lists columns and attributes. |
| ERS-16267 | The list of diagrams in the Get from Repository dialog can now be filtered. |
| ERS-16365 | Enable constraint for PK and FK is now supported on Oracle. |
| ERS-16366 | Index-organized tables with compression are now supported for Oracle 10g. |
| ERS-16431 | The Macro Editor now retains any new settings. |
| ERS-17100 | Comments can now be added to model objects. |
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Release Notes
Bug Fixes
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Bugs Fixed in ER/Studio DA 8.5.3
Bugs Fixed in ER/Studio DA 8.5.2
Bugs Fixed in ER/Studio DA 8.5.1
Bugs Fixed in ER/Studio DA 8.5.0
| Bugs Fixed in ER/Studio DA 8.5.3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| ERS-2485 | The Compare Wizard now properly merges logical/physical names when merging Views. |
| ERS-16506 | The Compare Wizard now properly merges semantics changes on Oracle VARCHAR columns. |
| ERS-17276 | Performance when selecting/deselecting objects to be reverse-engineered in the Reverse-Engineer Wizard has been improved. |
| ERS-17445 | Performance when comparing large procedures in the Compare Wizard has been improved. |
| ERS-17516 | The DDL Wizard no longer generates check constraints for columns that have their domains overridden. |
| ERS-17533 | The Domain Update event handler is now triggered when you modify the Override Control settings of a domain. |
| ERS-17567 | The file is no longer marked as changed if you simply scroll through the model using the Overview window. |
| ERS-17792 | The CLUSTER property is now maintained on an index after performing a denormalization mapping. |
| ERS-17833 | It is no longer possible to copy and paste a logical view into an AS/400 physical model. |
| ERS-17868 | Performance accessing the Repository Security dialog has been improved. |
| ERS-17882 | Duplicate view names in the Dependencies tab of the table editor are now qualified by the owner name. |
| ERS-17973 | It is now possible to add comments to Subtype Cluster objects. |
| ERS-18059 | The SQL Server Synonym name-length restriction has been changed to 128 characters. |
| ERS-18098 | The DB2 Alias parser now handles references to objects named DEVICE. |
| ERS-18100 | Operations conducted prior to using Switch To in the Entity Editor are not added to the Undo stack. |
| ERS-18111 | The Repository no longer creates duplicate attributes when checking in a diagram that has had relationships deleted with the Make Native option enabled. |
| ERS-18154 | Performance logging into the Repository has been improved. |
| ERS-18168 | The DDL Wizard now generates NUMERIC(0,0) columns as NUMERIC for Postgres. |
| ERS-18171 | The domain and datatype are now displayed properly in the diagram. |
| ERS-18216 | The SQL Server Procedure parser now handles the OVER clause. |
| ERS-18231 | Long definition text is now clipped properly in the diagram display. |
| ERS-18238 | It is now possible to set the Identity properly on a MySQL MEDIUMINT column. |
| ERS-18242 | The SQL Server Index Partition editor now allows you to add any table column to the partition. |
| ERS-18279 | The maximum number of allowed columns in a Sybase IQ table has been increased. |
| ERS-18315 | The Capacity Planning dialog now correctly calculates dynamic growth on a per month basis. |
| ERS-18321 | The Compare Wizard now includes the partition key when creating a new SQL Server table. |
| ERS-18322 | The Automation Interface now remains stable when deleting a newly generated physical model. |
| ERS-18332 | The Report Wizard now handles memory better when working with large models. |
| ERS-18333 | The Automation Interface now properly reports any errors that occur while attempting to export to EMF. |
| ERS-18362 | The DDL Wizard no longer generates an extra delimitier at the end of a PostgresSQL view. |
| ERS-18372 | The Naming Standards Utility now properly converts names where the separator in the source is also designated as an invalid character. |
| ERS-18404 | The GenerateSelectedEntities automation method now works properly in conjunction with the GenDDLUsingFileBasedQuickLaunch method. |
| ERS-18409 | The Repository now properly checks in diagrams where colored data lineage components have been deleted. |
| ERS-18537 | The Automation Interface now remains stable when deleting a newly generated physical model. |
| ERS-18549 | The Colors & Fonts dialog no longer displays columns that are hidden due to denormalization mappings. |
| ERS-18550 | The application now remains stable when dragging objects to the Visual Data Lineage pane. |
| ERS-18568 | The Get Diagram dialog now correctly reports the check out status of a diagram.>/td> |
| ERS-18629 | The performance in the Universal Naming Utility has been improved. |
| ERS-18636 | The SQL Server procedure parser now properly handles DELETE statements. |
| ERS-18643 | The Repository Merge now properly handles conflicts in attribute color/font overrides. |
| ERS-18671 | The View Domain Bindings dialog now shows the correct binding information. |
| ERS-18701 | The Compare Wizard no longer truncates DB2 index and foreign key constraint names. |
| ERS-18730 | The Compare Wizard no longer displays differences in logical properties when comparing against an SQL script. |
| ERS-18751 | The Compare Wizard no longer truncates DB2 Sequence names in GRANT statements. |
| ERS-18758 | The Report Wizard now remains stable when generating a report for a diagram that has two data flows with the same name. |
| Bugs Fixed in ER/Studio DA 8.5.2 | |
|---|---|
| ERS-12621 | The Macro Tree no longer displays hidden folders. |
| ERS-16806 | The Oracle Sequence Editor now allows a Max Value of up to 28 digits. |
| ERS-17757 | The Max Length feature in Naming Standards Templates now works properly. |
| ERS-18358 | Attribute bitmaps are now clipped properly when exporting a model image. |
| ERS-18511 | The Online Community link in the Help menu now links to the appropriate web page. |
| ERS-18512 | Attribute bitmaps are now clipped properly when exporting a data flow image. |
| ERS-18517 | The application now remains stable when dragging objects to a Data Flow. |
| ERS-18544 | ER/Studio now remains stable when upgrading 8.0 files that have recursive relationships hidden by denorms. |
| Bugs Fixed in ER/Studio DA 8.5.1 | |
|---|---|
| ERS-18254 | ER/Studio DA now remains stable when editing tables. |
| ERS-18293 | ER/Studio DA now remains stable when logging out of the Portal. |
| ERS-18301 | ER/Studio DA now remains stable when generating reports. |
| Bugs Fixed in ER/Studio DA 8.5.0 | ||
|---|---|---|
| ERS-13727 | ER/Studio DA now properly reverse-engineers TeraData primary index partition expressions. | |
| ERS-13792 | The XML Schema Generation wizard now displays Korean characters properly in the Preview window. | |
| ERS-13994 | Naming Standards are now applied properly to rolenamed foreign keys. | |
| ERS-14381 | The formatting options for definitions and notes are now separated in the HTML report wizard. | |
| ERS-14521 | The "Do Not Generate" flag for tables is now taken into consideration when generating DDL via automation. | |
| ERS-14649 | The DDLGenerationObject.GeneratePKByAlterStatement and DDLGenerationObject.GeneratePKByAlterStatementAndUniqueIndex automation interface properties now work properly. | |
| ERS-14820 | The Naming Standards Utility now applies invalid character handling before applying abbreviation and word separation rules. | |
| ERS-14842 | The DDL Wizard no longer quotes lower case owner names when generating aliases. | |
| ERS-14855 | The Branch Merge operation no longer reports that the Data Dictionary needs to be checked in when it is already checked in. | |
| ERS-15101 | The performance of the Repository Check Out Object operation has been improved. | |
| ERS-15107 | ER/Studio DA now properly parses SQL Server synonyms that include a database name. | |
| ERS-15123 | The automation interface now properly handles attachment text lists with duplicate entries. | |
| ERS-15521 | ER/Studio DA now supports Distribute By Hash partitioning for DB2 LUW 9.x. | |
| ERS-16431 | The Macro Editor now retains the last used settings when the editor is invoked. | |
| ERS-16466 | The table editor no longer automatically binds reference values to newly created columns. | |
| ERS-16641 | SRTF files are now deleted when upgrading a Repository database. | |
| ERS-16720 | The Create Associative Entity option state is now saved in the quicklaunch for the Generate Physical Model wizard. | |
| ERS-16805 | The application no longer shuts down after copying all objects in a submodel. | |
| ERS-16693 | ER/Studio DA now generates correct SQL Server scripts when the Generate PK By Alter Statement option is enabled. | |
| ERS-16785 | The Oracle View parser now supports the "UID" keyword. | |
| ERS-16801 | SQL Import now supports columns named "Nickname". | |
| ERS-16834 | It is now possible to specify "Unlimited" for Max Segments in the Oracle Lob Segment editor. | |
| ERS-16850 | Attachment bindings are now propagated to foreign keys when a relationship is created. | |
| ERS-16864 | SQL Import now handles the Enforced clause in DB Alter Table statements. | |
| ERS-16866 | SQL Import now handles DB2 functions with the ATOMIC clause. | |
| ERS-16875 | The performance of the Universal Naming Utility has been improved. | |
| ERS-16954 | The SQL Server view parser now handles table functions with '::" global qualifier. | |
| ERS-16955 | The DDL Wizard now generates the correct error message when attempting to overwrite an existing read-only file. | |
| ERS-16970 | The Report Title field in the Report Wizard is no longer disabled when the dialog is maximized. | |
| ERS-16995 | SQL Server view comments are now generated properly. | |
| ERS-17044 | ER/Studio DA no longer displays foreign keys that are hidden by denormalization mappings. | |
| ERS-17160 | The HTML Report wizard no longer displays duplicate Foreign Keys in the Relationship report. | |
| ERS-17164 | The DB2TbsPartitions automation collection now contains both defined and undefined partitions. A new Defined property was added to the DB2TbsPartition object to indicate whether the partition is defined or not. | |
| ERS-17183 | Moving attributes with user-defined mappings no longer causes errors in the DM1 file. | |
| ERS-17193 | The DB2 Procedure parser now handles different variations of CASE statements. | |
| ERS-17261 | The Naming Standard Utility now correctly modifies foreign key columss that are unified. | |
| ERS-17264 | The SQL Server function/procedure parser has been updated to handle value assignments in variable declarations. | |
| ERS-17368 | The Sax Basic Help menu item in the Help menu now works properly. | |
| ERS-17392 | The SQL Server View parser now handles views with the National Character Set prefix ('N'). | |
| ERS-17419 | The Compare Wizard now remains stable when comparing models in separate DM1 files to generate alter SQL. | |
| ERS-17449 | ER/Studio DA now imports SQL Server 2008 scripts with computed columns. | |
| ERS-17475 | Deleting an attribute with User Defined Mappings no longer causes an error in the DM1 file. | |
| ERS-17478 | The DB2 table editor now allows users to specify strings of up to 128 characters. | |
| ERS-17485 | Enterprise Data Dictionary names are now preserved after checking in changes to the EDD definition. | |
| ERS-17500 | The MetaWizard now properly imports ERWin 7 files. | |
| ERS-17512 | The MetaWizard now properly imports COBOL Copybook files. | |
| ERS-17524 | The automation interface now maintains index column sequences after deleting a relationship. | |
| ERS-17528 | The Compare Wizard no longer shows differences in whitespace in procedures. | |
| ERS-17577 | The "Auto-Color All Entities With Foreign Keys" sample macro has been updated. | |
| ERS-17582 | The Compare Wizard now properly generates alter code for indexes with new columns. | |
| ERS-17595 | Duplicate parent keys are no longer displayed in the relationship editor after performing a copy and paste. | |
| ERS-17626 | The Compare Wizard now properly merges datatype changes when the source and target columns are bound to different domains. | |
| ERS-17636 | The automation interface Relationships collection has a new method, AddWithUnification that unifies new Foreign Keys with existing native attributes instead of deleting the native attributes. | |
| ERS-17641 | The Compare Wizard now properly sets the text list value to the default value when merging attachment bindings. | |
| ERS-17666 | The Compare Wizard now properly generates view comments for SQL Server. | |
| ERS-17672 | The MetaWizard now properly imports ERWin files that have relationships with no type set. | |
| ERS-17732 | ER/Studio DA now supports BINARY and VARBINARY datatypes for DB2 z/OS. | |
| ERS-17741 | The Compare Wizard now retains the domain folder structure when possible. | |
| ERS-17748 | Tables hidden due to denormalization mappings are now excluded from the Bound Objects automation collection. | |
| ERS-17769 | The MetaWizard now remains stable when selecting the Sparx Enterprise Architect (EA) via the UML 2.x XMI bridge. | |
| ERS-17771 | Foreign Keys are now properly inferred when reverse-engineering from MySQL. | |
| ERS-17825 | ER/Studio DA now remains stable when generating an HTML report with the Use Enhanced Version option enabled. | |
| ERS-17826 | The automation BoundObjects collection now works properly with unified attributes. | |
| ERS-17845 | The SQL Server Trigger parser now handles triggers with "FOR XML". | |
| ERS-17869 | Performance has been improved when displaying the Repository Delete Diagram and Repository Change Diagram Filename dialogs. | |
| ERS-17941 | Oracle Materialized View comments are now generated properly. | |
| ERS-17952 | The "Constraint Generator" sample macro has been updated to handle Reference Values with the "Values NOT Between" option set. | |
| ERS-17997 | The Index Editor now properly handles indexes that had the Piecesize set to an invalid value in the Generate Physical Model wizard. | |
| ERS-18012 | The Compare Wizard no longer shows differences in whitespace in functions. | |
| ERS-18036 | Some performance improvements have been made when expanding a diagram in the Repository Get Diagram dialog. | |
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