Is there a capability to monitor users currently logged into our Essential Cloud tenant and what repository they are using? This will be useful to know as we are exploring how best to utilize the 3 repositories. If we use Pre-Production as the main editing repository and the Sandbox repository as tr...

Hello. I have noticed the following behaviour when entering values of Lifecycle Status for a Technology Product. Technology Product Lifecycle Status Internal changes from NOT SET to nothing if a value is entered for (Internal) Lifecycle Status External changes from {set value} to nothing if a value ...

The Technology Reference Model is now displaying. It may have resulted from my support ticket regarding the Technology Product Catalog views not completely working.
However, the Technology Reference and Standards Model view is still not displaying.
John Nordien.

Hello.
Support ticket resolved the issue.
There was a hidden character in a Product that was created during the Launchpad Import. The Launchpad Technology Product item had a hidden Carriage Return in the name so it would display nicely in the column.

Thanks John.

I have submitted a support ticket.
John Nordien.

Here is screenshot..

Hello. As I delve further into Essential Cloud, beyond the Launchpad Import, I am finding the following in our Essential Cloud & Essential Viewer tenant. View: Technology Product Catalogue by Component • Show by Component - is empty • Show by Capability - is working • Show by Vendor - is empty •...

Hello. We have populated the latest Launchpad with our data for the Technology Layer and performed an Import of the data. We have checked that everything was imported. We have compared things with our local Essential Open Source. However, the following views are not displaying anything or are incorr...

Hello.
This topic can be archived.
We have moved away from this tactic and have recreated everything from our Essential Open Source to the latest Launchpad and performed Import.
John Nordien.

Hello. We are new to Essential Cloud and we are wondering how to best handle versions of Application Product and Technology Product . There does not seem to be an attribute/slot for product version within a class instance. For example. Windows 10 has different feature versions 20H1, 20H2, 21H1, 21H2...

Hello. I also tried this Update Pack. Received the same error. Here is complete message trace during update. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Applying pack: Common Functions Pack of meta model and instance install functions Applying pack: R...

Hello.
I believe this can be accomplished via integrating TOMCAT with Active Directory. I have looked into this a bit but have not tried to do it. TOMCAT will provide the login access to all sites within.

John Nordien.

We also will be interested in this topic!

John Nordien.

Update. I have compared the Editors from Essential Cloud (baseline repository) and our Essential Open Source (EOS) in the Classes for Essential_Viewer\Editor_Configuration\Editor_Section and they match. Prior I was comparing the EOS using the Protege client with the Essential Cloud Viewer list of Ed...

Hello. We have just started using Essential Cloud and are still crawling & exploring. We have been using Essential Open Source as a Proof of Concept. I exported Protege files and used them to import into our Essential Cloud SANDBOX. When I did that I noticed right away that the Editors had disap...

Hello. This has been a real fun trip into the world of Java webapps on Tomcat. (^_^) I had a multi-user solution of Protege+Essential and Essential Viewer working back in early 2019. While wrestling with deploying the updated Essential Viewer 6.9, originally on Tomcat 8 with OpenJDK 11, I noticed th...

OK. DOH!
I just had a re-read of the Launchpad Plus page and I think I now know what to do.
During my initial read of the page I thought the Launchpad Plus only applied to Cloud and Docker versions.
There are indications that I can use it with Open Source version.

Thanks.
John Nordien.

Hello. Perhaps I am not making myself clear. I am looking to enter the Vendor Product dates that indicate their lifecycles. For example, Microsoft uses General Availability, Mainstream Retirement, and Extended Retirement dates for their products. This information, of course, goes toward planning upg...

Hello. Interesting. Please explain. I have the EssentialAM Open Source Edition running. I have Essential Viewer v6.11 running I have Launchpad v5, which I understand is a tool where the data capture worksheet is to be imported using the Import Utility. I am having some issues with the Import Utility...

Hello. Have been using Launchpad v5. The same errors occur whether attempting the University Example or using the blank Capture Worksheet, along with the supplied import spec. I built both systems/servers. Followed my notes etc each time. Don't know what is different between the system builds, excep...

Hello.
Is there any documentation regarding how to get Technology Product or Application Product Vendor Lifecycles to be created?
The Youtube video is quite straight forward but has no relationship to using Protege v3.5 Ontology Editor and the Essential Ontology within.

Thanks.
John Nordien.

Thanks for the reply.
The prototype system where Import Utility v2.3 is running in Tomcat8 and was performing imports is also using OpenJDK v11.
I am still, as time permits, working the issue.

John Nordien.

Hello. I have noticed that Essential Import Utility is not logging to the configured log file according to log4j.properties. I even have tried to set the log level to INFO. ------ log4j.properties #log4j.rootLogger=WARN, file #log4j.rootLogger=ERROR, file log4j.rootLogger=INFO, file #log4j.rootLogge...

Hello. Reset filesystem permissions on folder tomcat9/webapps/essential_import_utility just to be sure. Just tried an import to capture fresh tomcat log entries. ------------- Dec 04 07:50:28 essentialam tomcat9[5220]: GETTING USER MANAGER FROM SESSION: org.zkoss.zk.ui.http.SimpleSession@2d40d2d Dec...

And also activation[xxx].jar...

Hello.
Thanks for the reply.
Will have a look at the logs and the filesystem permissions.
Basically I am running on
Linux Mint 19.3
Openjdk 11
Tomcat 9
Mariadb 10

Due to use of Openjdk I had to manually add missing jaxb jar file into Tomcat's lib folder.

John Nordien.

More on this issue.
I have a prototype server and I ran the import on that system just fine!
The only difference I can see is that my production system is using Tomcat9 whereas the prototype system is using Tomcat8.
All the other components in the solution are the same.

John Nordien.

Hello I have been trying out the Import Utility v2.3 with no success. I used Protege to save a snapshot of our mulit-user database repository. I created a ZIP using the 3 Protege files. I created a new Live Target Environment using the ZIP file. I created a new DEVELOPMENT Target Environment using t...

Hi.
See attached.

Further clarification about this item. Maintenance Costs for Technology Products are displaying in British Pounds instead of $ Canadian.

John Nordien.

Hello. I have entered a new currency for Canadian Dollars, marked it as DEFAULT, and checked that no other currency was marked as DEAFULT. However, cost values are being displayed in Essential Viewer using British Pounds. What have I missed in the metamodel? Is this an error and needs correcting? Si...

Hello. I was recently reviewing and updating my installations and noticed that Essential Viewer 6.11.2 seems to have a small error in the EA Principles view. The Technology and Information Principles are reversed on the horizontal items. The 2 attached images indicate the issue. EA_Principles-Techno...

Hello,

I have a multi-user installation of Essential Architecture Manager Open Source Edition.
Where can I find the documentation on the REST APIs for Essential Open Source?

Thanks.
John Nordien.

Hello. I started a multi-user installation with the downloads for Essential v6.2. That is what my clients and protege server are running. Do we run essentialinstallupgrade67.jar to perform a client upgrade or do we stay where we are with existing clients? Please advise what to do. Thanks John Nordien.

Hi Neil,
Adding the new taxonomy terms to the capabilities works. App Ref Model is displaying properly.
Better than for the Essential-Viewer v6.5.
Looks like I am away to the races now.
Thanks for all your help.

Thanks Neil. Will remap the Application model. Will also add the new xsl. Also glad to assist with discovering a bug. :) Was wondering if there was something wrong with my new server. Not a traditional install. More of a new server + restore combination. But is worked. Tomcat was the most tricky par...

Hi Neil...

Missing folder ext in the webapp context??

Listing of the webapp folder for the context... sudo ls -l /var/lib/tomcat8/webapps/essential_viewer_6102 total 6988 -rw-r----- 1 tomcat8 tomcat8 7797 Apr 29 10:15 android-chrome-192x192.png -rw-r----- 1 tomcat8 tomcat8 23299 Apr 29 10:15 android-chrome-512x512.png -rw-r----- 1 tomcat8 tomcat8 3064 ...

Hi Neil
Fun stuff huh?

Browser console..
Using BRAVE browser...

Here is 2nd screenshot

Hi Neil.
No error messages. Just no diagram.
Attached are 2 screenshots. Note the filenames.

Hi Neil,
I tried deploying Essential Viewer 6.10.2. No joy on the App Ref Model.
It is working with Essential Viewer 6.5 I have running.
Any other suggestions?

Cheers,
John.

Thanks Neil.
Have turned off Kafka. All quiet on the logging!

Everything seems to be working except the Application Reference Model. View comes up but displays no block diagram.
That 's enough for today.

Have a good weekend!

John.

Hello I was able to get the essential_viewer_610.war instance working. With TOMCAT8 offline, I copied the 2 files jaxb-api.jar & jaxb-impl.jar from the original essential_viewer_62.war to the WEB-INF/lib folder of the deployed essential_viewer_610 instance. I posted the Repository from my Proteg...

Thanks Neil. I downloaded the essential_viewer_610.war 30 mins ago and just deployed it. No Joy! }:-( Still looks like missing JAXB classes. org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component [StandardEngine[Catalina].StandardHost[localhost].StandardContext[/essential_viewer_610]] Cau...

Hello. I have downloaded and deployed the new essential_viewer_6.9.2.war file but it will not start up. Below is the CATALINA.OUT log file. How do I add the appropriate JAXB classes? 11-Jun-2020 11:44:41.534 INFO [main] org.apache.catalina.startup.VersionLoggerListener.log Server version: Apache Tom...

OK.. I have successfully applied update packs v6.8 and v6.9. My Essential Viewer is still reporting v6.5 and indicating "Updates are available." I am also seeing that some of the views are missing graphics and they display errors indicating missing xsl file. Do I download the newest master...

Hello. So... After yesterday's failure to apply the 6.5_to_6.7 update I tried the 6.5_to_6.6.1 update. That was successful. Today I tried the 6.5_to_6.7 update again. FAIL! Different error message. I then went to the Updates site and downloaded a fresh copy of essential_meta_model_6_5_to_6_7_update_...

Hello I have had a working prototype multi-user installation of Essential AM Open Source on Linux Mint Debian Edition v3, which is now EOL. I started with Essential v6.2 and have applied patches/upgrades to obtain v6.5. This has been running for some time. I recently moved the installation to a new ...

OK. Thanks. I look forward to the improvements.
Um... If <br/> works then can other html tags such as <ul> & <li> work?
Cheers.
John Nordien.

Hello I have proto-typed a server install using Linux Mint Debian Edition. It seems to work fine but I had to perform some workarounds regarding Java. Anyway, it seems that all the documentation regarding installation of Protege and Essential AM assumes that the "server" will have a GUI. H...

Hello I have posted the item below in the forum for Open Source but duplicating it here. I have been working with Essential AM Open Source v6.5. Recently I have been entering our Architecture Principles using Protege. For many of the principles, the rationale has either a bulleted list or paragraphs...

I have been working with Essential AM Open Source v6.5. Recently I have been entering our Architecture Principles using Protege. For many of the principles, the rationale has either a bulleted list or paragraphs separating rationale items. The Essential AM project ontology does not handle this. Para...

Hi John Thanks. I have seen the comparison information you posted. So... how does one create the layering? I have been working with Essential AM v6.5 . I have been trying to work the Classification and the Contains Capabilities relationships without success. There is no assistance/guidance in the to...

Hello.
Is there any information regarding the limitations of the Open Source version compared to the supported version? For example, how many model layers can each version have for the Reference Models?

Cheers,
John.