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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.
For instructions and more detailed descriptions of new features in our last major release, see the ERStudioQuickStart.pdf file, in the ER/Studio DA installation Readme directory or download the most-recent guide from Embarcadero's Web site, http://www.embarcadero.com/resources/documentation.html.
WHAT'S NEW IN VERSION ER/Studio DA 9.0.1
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User Interface Improvement
Double-click behavior on the Where Used tab of the Table Editor and Entity Editor can be controlled by the Tools > Options > Where used tab so that double-clicking an object will either bring up the object editor or the user-defined mapping editor.
DB2 z/OS Support Improvement
For DB2 z/OS physical models a new Generated by Default option is available for ROWID columns and columns marked as IDENTITY columns. That option is also available for TIMESTAMP data types to indicate a "row change timestamp" column.
WHAT'S NEW IN VERSION ER/Studio DA 9.0 and ER/Studio Repository 6.0
Additional Operating System Support
ER/Studio DA and ER/Studio Repository now support Windows 7, 64-bit mode in addition to 32-bit mode.
Additional Platform Support
ER/Studio DA now fully supports Netezza 4.6 and 5.0.
User Interface Improvements
Denormalizations are no longer displayed in the Data Model Tree, denormalizations such as Horizontal and Vertical Splits, and Rollups and Rolldowns, are maintained with the table data and appear on the Where Used tab of the Table Editor. From the Where Used tab you can see the denormalization history of the table. You can also edit and delete denormalization mapping from the Where Used tab. For more information, see the Denormalization section in the ER/Studio Data Architact User Guide or online help.
ER/Studio Repository Performance Improvements
ER/Studio Repository software is now multi-threaded, enabling some processes to occur concurrently. The following describes some important rules that affect multi-threading on the Repository:
Release Notes
Upgrade Instructions
Upgrading ER/Studio Repository
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Release Notes
Bug Fixes
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Bugs Fixed in ER/Studio DA 9.0.1
Bugs Fixed in ER/Studio DA 9.0
Bugs Fixed in ER/Studio DA 9.0.1ERS-14534 | ER/Studio DA no longer places quotes around the keyword USER in DB2 LUW column defaults. |
ERS-18696 | ER/Studio DA no longer generates duplicate Foreign Key constraint DROP statements when generating alter script. |
ERS-18702 | The Compare Wizard now properly matches functions with the same name in different schemas. |
ERS-18703 | The Function Editor now supports creating functions with the same name in different schemas. |
ERS-18704 | The Compare Wizard now properly merges views between models. |
ERS-18914 | The DDL Wizard now generates the table type for all MySQL tables. |
ERS-18934 | The Review Changes dialog no longer displays "Update unified." messages. |
ERS-19000 | ER/Studio DA now generates an error when attempting to rename an "Other Source" in the Data Lineage tree with the name of an existing physical model. |
ERS-19008 | The About box now reflects the current license type. |
ERS-19011 | The Compare Wizard now ignores "Freeze Names" differences when comparing against a database. |
ERS-19073 | The ReverseEngineer.Database automation property now works for Sybase databases. |
ERS-19165 | The Repository Rename Filename dialog no longer allows users to specify illegal filename characters. |
ERS-19194 | The DDL Wizard now properly generates bitmap indexes on partitioned tables. |
ERS-19243 | Mapped images in HTML Reports now work properly when the zoom level is something other than 100%. |
ERS-19280 | The DDL Wizard now offers the Enclose Names in Quotes/Brackets option for Netezza. |
ERS-19299 | Capacity Planning estimates are now reverse-engineered properly from Oracle databases. |
ERS-19333 | Owner name is no longer shown unnecessarily in Where Used. |
ERS-19304 | The Compare Wizard now merges differences in brackets around owner and view names. |
ERS-19314 | The Compare Wizard now retains the column list when merging a view. |
ERS-19337 | The RepoSrvDb.log file now contains the name of the diagram being deleted from the Repository. |
ERS-19412 | The Duplicate Named Attribute editor now appears when multiple relationships are drawn from the same parent to a child. |
ERS-19427 | Reverse engineering from Netezza via automation no longer fails if the owner is the wrong case. |
ERS-19448 | The DDL Wizard now generates column level check constraints for columns bound to UDTs when the "Generate table-level check constraints" option is enabled. |
ERS-19503 | It is no longer necessary to open, save, close, and reopen files from previous versions before a Report can be generated. |
ERS-19537 | Denorm mapping folders are now correctly shown in data model tree in some cases. |
ERS-19538 | Denormalization Mappings are now displayed correctly in HTML Reports containing multiple physical models. |
ERS-19591 | The Compare Wizard no longer truncates FK constraint names in DB2 z/OS alter scripts. |
ERS-19616 | User-defined mappings are shown properly in reports. |
ERS-19619 | Nested column mappings are now properly updated when loading files from older versions. |
ERS-19691 | The "Generate By Default" option has been added for DB2 z/OS TIMESTAMP columns. |
ERS-19733 | ER/Studio no longer prefixes the owner name on denormalized tables when converting the DM1 from an earlier version. |
ERS-19752 | The Submodel.SchemaObjDisplays collection now returns all schema objects in the submodel. |
ERS-19755 | The Entity/Table editor now displays the Logical/Physical Only status of FK columns in read-only format. |
ERS-19811 | The License Registration dialog is no longer displayed when performing a "silent" installation. |
ERS-19842 | The "Data Lineage Import from Excel" macro has been updated to not generate "Stack overflow" errors when the model constains large table and/or column id's. |
ERS-11021 | Entity names now wrap properly in Name display mode. |
ERS-12204 | It is now possible to set PRIQTY -1 for DB2 indexes and tablespaces. |
ERS-15307 | Relationship lines are now drawn properly after copy/paste. |
ERS-16515 | Auto-Layout now properly handles subtype relationships. |
ERS-16568 | Performance of Repository Get Diagram has been improved. |
ERS-18001 | The Automation Interface methods for Visual Data Lineage now work properly. |
ERS-18111 | Duplicate attributes are no longer created during check-in after deleting a relationship with Make Native enabled. |
ERS-18341 | The Compare Wizard now generates the index COMPRESS clause when comparing against an Oracle database. |
ERS-18410 | The performance of copying and pasting stored procedures has been improved. |
ERS-18588 | Foreign Keys are now displayed in the Binding Information tab of the domain and UDT editors. |
ERS-18682 | The Submodel Synch Utilty no longer synchronizes submodel members when the option is unchecked. |
ERS-18732 | The Project.AddDiagrams automation interface method now works properly. |
ERS-18737 | The Compare Wizard now generates the correct alter script when modifying DB2 tables that have Generated columns. |
ERS-18752 | The Compare Wizard now properly drops indexes prior to recreating PK constraints that use indexes. |
ERS-18798 | The Compare Wizard now properly generates "GENERATED ALWAYS" columns when altering a DB2 table. |
ERS-18809 | HTML Report images no longer contain errant relationship lines. |
ERS-18833 | SQL Import now supports TeraData scripts with the COMMENT clause. |
ERS-18837 | Performance of Repository Get Diagram has been improved. |
ERS-18842 | The DDL Wizard now properly generates Foreign Keys. |
ERS-18848 | HTML Reports no longer include tree nodes for submodels that were excluded from the report. |
ERS-18849 | The Automation Interface now remains stable when exporting submodel images. |
ERS-18862 | The XML Schema Wizard now includes datatype lengths for local simple types. |
ERS-18880 | The MergeModelObject automation method now uses the specified quicklaunch file. |
ERS-18903 | The Model.Entities collection now only returns entities in the current model. |
ERS-18905 | The DDL Wizard now properly generates Foreign Keys. |
ERS-18931 | The ERSVersion automation method now returns the entire version string. |
ERS-18941 | Oracle triggers using the keyword EXEMPT as an identifier are now supported. |
ERS-18956 | The Generate DLL wizard now checks to make sure that the owner name being bracketed inside procedures and views is followed by a period. |
ERS-18978 | ER/Studio Data Architect now remains stable when revese-engineer DB2 sequence object permissions. |
ERS-19118 | The Automation Interface methods for Visual Data Lineage now work properly. |
ERS-19152 | The View parser now supports SQL Server views that use INTERSECT. |
ERS-19154 | The View parser now supports SQL Server views that use EXCEPT. |
ERS-19187 | HTML Report images no longer contain errant relationship lines. |
ERS-19226 | The correct column sequence is now maintained when merging new columns into split tables. |
ERS-19235 | Adding entities with relationships to a submodel no longer affects other submodels. |
ERS-19244 | The Positioning Complete option has been removed from the View menu. |
ERS-19245 | The DDL Wizard now properly generates Foreign Keys. |
ERS-19260 | A file now remains marked dirty if an error occurs when saving the file. |
ERS-19355 | The Automation Interface methods for Visual Data Lineage now work properly. |
ERS-19388 | Naming Standards are no longer applied to Foreign Keys when translating Physical to Logical in a physical model |
ERS-19422 | Diagram Attachments are now preserved after renaming a diagram |
ERS-19510 | SQL Import now supports DB2 objects that have an owner name that begins with "$". |
Upgrade Instructions
Upgrading ER/Studio Data Architect
Use the following checklist to ensure ER/Studio Data Architect is correctly upgraded.
Upgrade Checklist
Important Notes
The steps that follow are for ER/Studio Enterprise installations only, which include ER/Studio Repository.
Upgrading ER/Studio Data Architect
Follow the instruction for installing ER/Studio Data Architect, in ER/Studio Quick Start Guide located in the installation Readme directory.
If you have an ER/Studio Data Architect installation that does not include ER/Studio Repository, see "Upgrading ER/Studio Data Architect Standard Diagrams". If you have ER/Studio Enterprise, which includes ER/Studio Repository, see "Upgrading ER/Studio Data Architect Diagrams".
Note: Since the denormalization feature has changed in 9.0, any documents containing denormalization mappings will be upgraded to use the new feature of ER/Studio DA 9.0. Denormalization mappings are now retained with the table data and can be viewed and edited on the Where Used tab of the Table Editor. Denormalization history, including Columns, Indexes, and Relationships of pre-map tables, is no longer retained, so the undo and make permanent functions specifically for denormalizations are no longer available. Denormalization mappings have been worked into the normal undo function of the product allowing them to be undone like other operations. However, the names of the pre-map tables are retained. Retaining only essential pre-map information means that the DM1 file with denormalizations is smaller and therefore opens faster.
Upgrading ER/Studio Data Architect Standard Diagrams
Note: This procedure is for ER/Studio Data Architect Standard installations only, which do not include the Repository.
Once you have installed the new version of ER/Studio Data Architect, from the new version of ER/Studio Data Architect, open each of your old *.dm1 files. ER/Studio Data Architect will convert the files to the new format before opening them. Then save the files with a new name or overwrite the previous version by using the same name.
Upgrading ER/Studio Data Architect Diagrams
Note: This procedure is for ER/Studio Enterprise installations only, which include ER/Studio Repository.
Update your existing diagrams before you check out any diagrams or do any work with the new version of ER/Studio Data Architect.
Upgrading diagrams can be time consuming and memory intensive. The number and size of ER/Studio Data Architect diagrams managed in the upgraded Repository will dictate how long the upgrade process takes.
This will update your existing diagrams to the latest version.
Notes
Upgrading ER/Studio Repository
Use the following checklist to ensure ER/Studio Repository is correctly upgraded.
Upgrade Checklist
Important Notes
Preparing to Upgrade the Repository
Note: This procedure is for ER/Studio Enterprise installations only, which include the Repository. When you upgrade ER/Studio Data Architect you must also upgrade ER/Studio Repository to correspond with the same build date as ER/Studio Data Architect.
Note: If you are upgrading from a Repository version prior to 4.0, you can delete the C:\Program Files\Embarcadero\Repository\Data directory. This directory is not used with Repository versions 4.0 and later.
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