The online demo shows for the Application Reference Model - APM under the CXO portal ( https://essentialviewer.com/report?XML=reportXML.xml&XSL=ext/shared/ess_al_app_ref_model.xsl&LABEL=Application%20Reference%20Model%20-%20APM&cl=en-gb ) a nice feature where it lists the related softwar...

Thanks again for your insights, Colin. At this stage I'm doing an initial trial to better understand the tool and its possibilities but also the implications if we go down this track. So definitely useful information and much appreciated.

Has anyone done an interface with Sparx EA to keep in sync with its repository content, ideally using an API?

Thanks for the reply. It confirms that the sensible thing is to maintain the core and add classes, modify forms and reports to present the info that fits the maturity and also the terms that the organisation is comfortable with. Btw, very impressive reports that you've provided as examples! For anyo...

Yeah, found my own answer: modify the ../essential-import-utility/config/essential_import_users.xml or use the "[email protected]" as the email address and "admin" as the password.

I've got the Import Utility set up alongside my Essential OS install on my dev VM Ubuntu Server (with no internet access). How do I set up the local credentials for the login?

I am interested in understanding how the meta model can be modified to make it simpler to apply and more likely understandable and easier to adopt for a low maturity organisation that currently feels more comfortable to maintain some architecture portfolio info using spreadsheets. And if the meta mo...

That is what I tried first before I ran into the memory errors. In the separate discussion thread relating to the error, your response on 31 Oct provided the https://www.enterprise-architecture.org/os_download.php which also provides the Metamodel v6.7 update. You may want to update the pages to avo...

So something like this?


https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eJxvxk ... sp=sharing

I've downloaded the latest meta model from https://www.enterprise-architecture.org/os_download.php, which gives me 3 essential_baseline_v6_7 files (.pins, .pont, .pprj). How do I update/migrate an existing project to the latest meta model?

Ah, that explains why fixing it in run_protege.sh worked ok and why changing the memory allocation through the Protege preferences did not work. Thanks Neil.

I should have clarified in my post that I had already configured Protege to set the initial and max java heap size to 700000000, using File->Preferences->Property Files->Protege.lax. I fixed the problem however by editing run_protege.sh and changing the JVM option to MAX_MEMORY=-Xmx2048M. The memory...

I'm trying to do the update to the repository as well but encountered the same out of memory errors applying the 6.4 to 6.5 EUP upgrade. Opening the newer essential_baseline_v6.7.pprj in Protege appears to do nothing but the terminal output (see below) shows the "Exception in thread "AWT-E...

Running beautifully now. Many thanks for your help, Neil. Really appreciated.

Hi, I've got the Launchpad and am starting to populate the capture spreadsheet. A suggestion to have a populated example to compare against. For now a question on the Business Process Families worksheet: how is one expected to select all of the contained processes relating to a business process fami...

Hi I created the xml file in my root folder but I would suggest you put it in the user folder, which I do for all our custom reports. Mine is working fine so I assume that it is not finding the file in your case and you need to fix the link. viewerlatestversion.png Regards Colin Thanks for your sug...

I can answer this but unfortunately I’m away from my machine for a couple of days. I’ll try and post ASAP. On a wider note, we’ll review the implementation of this feature to minimise impact in a future release. I’ll update soon Neil Thanks Neil. I really appreciate your quick responses / help with...

Hi Colin, I'm getting the "Oops.." error so need to check on your instructions where you say to comment out the original "xsl:variable name="updateFile.." line, I assume that this should be replaced with a same line that points at the local "../viewerLatestVersion.xml&q...

Hi. What possible reasons why my Essential project takes ages to load using the viewer via the browser? I'm a Noob when it comes to the Essential Open Source EA tool but managed to do the standalone install on my Unbuntu VM server that is running in our work Dev environment (no Internet connection),...

Kia ora Jonathan. I have protege installed to "/opt/protege", and running it from that directory using "sudo sh ./run_protege.sh". "echo $JAVA_HOME" returns "/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.8.0-openjdk-amd64". There is indeed a "/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.8.0-openjdk-amd64/...

Hi. I'm trying to get the prerequisites installed and everything seemed fine including Protege quite happily running the install. But when I try to run Protege 3.5 it comes up with a "Java VM could not be found. Please check your JAVA_HOME environment variable". When I do an echo $JAVA_HOM...

I installed Essential Project and after issues with trying it with the latest version of Protege, I've got it all just about running. The one problem that I've struck is that I get the following error when I try to publish the repository from within the Essential Architecture Reporting tab: Failed t...