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- 04 Feb 2025, 10:32
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: Essential Viewer Error when using global search: A sequence of more than one item is not allowed
- Replies: 5
- Views: 440
- 24 Jan 2025, 13:12
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: Essential Viewer Error when using global search: A sequence of more than one item is not allowed
- Replies: 5
- Views: 440
Re: Essential Viewer Error when using global search: A sequence of more than one item is not allowed
Hi John, could it be possible to push this loop on multiple types into the essential base code ? Maybe with a separator (comma or newline) to between each type name ? It is rather harmless on the viewer display side and, as we are using instance multi-types here, it would save us a code patch at eac...
- 23 Jan 2025, 11:14
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: Essential Viewer Error when using global search: A sequence of more than one item is not allowed
- Replies: 5
- Views: 440
Re: Essential Viewer Error when using global search: A sequence of more than one item is not allowed
Hi,
Assigning multiple (class) types to the same instance is allowed in Protégé's frame data model.
I'd check in Protégé if you have instances with such a multiple typing.
J.-M.
Assigning multiple (class) types to the same instance is allowed in Protégé's frame data model.
I'd check in Protégé if you have instances with such a multiple typing.
J.-M.
- 22 Aug 2024, 11:22
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: Data Capture Lifecycle Viewer (Application)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6575
Re: Adding new slots
Hi, 'this" refers to the result of the "integration/api/core_api_import_business_capabilities.xsl" report. This report creates a JSON content which is imported by "business/core_bl_bus_cap_summary_new.xsl" and then used by handlebars.js ... So; if you want to use the new slo...
- 10 Jul 2024, 14:29
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: Protegé upload to Viewer on Azure App Service fails to connect
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6164
Re: Protegé upload to Viewer on Azure App Service fails to connect
Hi, first about the XML on your local hosted viewer: you should look for the file "reportXML.xml" in your local "webapps" tomcat folder. Next, about your upload problem: Accessing tomcat logs would be the best way to find the root cause of your problem (I don't know anything abou...
- 27 Mar 2024, 21:43
- Forum: Essential Modelling and Viewer
- Topic: Capture data classifcation
- Replies: 4
- Views: 9829
Re: Capture data classifcation
Hi. On the definition side: you should use the 'Security_Classification" Class to define such classifications ( public, private, confidential and restricted). You can then apply these classifications to architecture elements (such as data objects) with the "Classified XXXX" slots of t...
- 26 Mar 2024, 18:25
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: How to customize the global search class scope, ie. add more class?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 8433
Re: How to customize the global search class scope, ie. add more class?
Hi,
glad to see you've found the right approach
.
J.-M.
glad to see you've found the right approach

J.-M.
- 26 Mar 2024, 00:42
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: How to customize the global search class scope, ie. add more class?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 8433
Re: How to customize the global search class scope, ie. add more class?
Hi Xiaoqi, Ugly quick solution : edit the file "common/core_search_results.xsl" replace the line <xsl:variable name="linkClasses" select="$allReportMenus/own_slot_value[slot_reference = 'report_menu_class']/value"/> with <xsl:variable name="linkClasses" select...
- 14 Apr 2023, 20:19
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: run_protege_server.bat error on Windows Server 2022
- Replies: 2
- Views: 11534
Re: run_protege_server.bat error on Windows Server 2022
Hi xiaoqi, it may be because the rmiregistry process does not have the protege jar files in its classpath. For me, under unix, the most robust solution was to add these jars to the classpath when launching rmiregistry using its '-J' argument : rmiregistry -J-cp -J$CLASSPATH& I'm not proficient e...
- 22 Sep 2022, 09:45
- Forum: General
- Topic: Essential University User Group
- Replies: 6
- Views: 19676
Re: Essential University User Group
Hi Gena, I can't comment about the group as I'm not part of it. However two pointers could help : Are you aware of the "starter capability model" here (based on a previous version of the UCISA UK cap. model) : https://enterprise-architecture.org/dupcentral.php If you are in Europe, the Eun...
- 14 Jul 2022, 14:44
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: Unable to save Protege project
- Replies: 3
- Views: 12984
Re: Unable to save Protege project
Looks like an OS level problem : do you have access rights to delete this file ?
- 07 Jul 2022, 14:22
- Forum: Community Contributions
- Topic: Help Requested - Language Files for Essential Viewer
- Replies: 4
- Views: 15995
Re: Help Requested - Language Files for Essential Viewer
Hi Neil, 1: My intent was not to imply that you should change the DTD for i18n translation files, it was more about the choice of an intermediary format that translators could use to ease their work. 2: I missed this recent github repository dedicated to translations :) well done ... 3: About JSON/J...
- 07 Jul 2022, 12:58
- Forum: Essential Modelling and Viewer
- Topic: Project summary: No technology impact accounted for in business footprint heatmap
- Replies: 4
- Views: 14598
- 04 Jul 2022, 15:27
- Forum: Essential Modelling and Viewer
- Topic: Project summary: No technology impact accounted for in business footprint heatmap
- Replies: 4
- Views: 14598
Re: Project summary: No technology impact accounted for in business footprint heatmap
Hi John,
I added some code to our instance in order to ... tell me if you think it would be of any interest, I'll submit a PR on github ...
J.-M.
I added some code to our instance in order to ... tell me if you think it would be of any interest, I'll submit a PR on github ...
J.-M.
- 01 Jul 2022, 15:24
- Forum: Community Contributions
- Topic: Help Requested - Language Files for Essential Viewer
- Replies: 4
- Views: 15995
Re: Help Requested - Language Files for Essential Viewer
Hi neil. See below, some thoughts about your call to translate : Discussion point 1 : use a "standard' file format for translation file exchanges ? As the former initiator of the French translation, I must confess that working from essential files is not the best way to maintain a translation p...
- 30 Jun 2022, 17:28
- Forum: Essential Modelling and Viewer
- Topic: Project summary: No technology impact accounted for in business footprint heatmap
- Replies: 4
- Views: 14598
Project summary: No technology impact accounted for in business footprint heatmap
Hi,
Technology components (e.g. "technology products") are not accounted for in project impact capability heatmaps. Any reason for that ?
For example : impacts for "Drools BRMS" are not displayed in this view :
example view
Regards,
Jean-Marie.
Technology components (e.g. "technology products") are not accounted for in project impact capability heatmaps. Any reason for that ?
For example : impacts for "Drools BRMS" are not displayed in this view :
example view
Regards,
Jean-Marie.
- 30 May 2022, 08:28
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: Driver class not found
- Replies: 6
- Views: 19346
Re: Driver class not found
well the app fails to start now It's difficult to tell why the application is not starting withour error message.Just two guesses : 1) if it doesn't start *after* you just renamed your jdbc driver file to some driverX.jar' : there is a problem with this jdbc driver file; 1) in case you modified you...
- 20 May 2022, 20:17
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: Error after upgrading Java
- Replies: 3
- Views: 13163
Re: Error after upgrading Java
Hi Alex,
maybe, you could try one of the workaround described here :
https://appuals.com/fix-windows-error-2 ... g-java-vm/
J.-M.
maybe, you could try one of the workaround described here :
https://appuals.com/fix-windows-error-2 ... g-java-vm/
J.-M.
- 20 May 2022, 20:08
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: Driver class not found
- Replies: 6
- Views: 19346
Re: Driver class not found
Hi, protege does not scan for driver jars its installation directory at startup. By default, It expects these driver files to be called either driver.jar, driver1.jar, driver2.jar. Did you rename the driver jar file when you copied it to the install dir ? regards, J.-M. PS: Expected names (driverX.j...
- 04 May 2022, 17:32
- Forum: Essential Modelling and Viewer
- Topic: Link Application and Information
- Replies: 3
- Views: 12780
Re: Link Application and Information
Hi, Relation between app service and information views it may processes is indirectly done through functions : Application_Service --provides--> Application_Function Application_Function -->input_views-> Information_View Application_Function -->output_views-> Information_View J.-M. PS: I shortened s...
- 22 Apr 2022, 16:40
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: v615: dubious JSON quoted escape
- Replies: 1
- Views: 9450
v615: dubious JSON quoted escape
Many views are not functional when instance names or descriptions are containing an ' character. <= Function eas:renderJSAPIText@common/core_utils.xsl is escaping ' resulting in illegal JSON expressions (e.g. "\^'" is not legal json per JSON Notation standard ). A fix wou...
- 22 Apr 2022, 16:07
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: v615: new org.view is non functional ...
- Replies: 1
- Views: 9583
v615: new org.view is non functional ...
The 'new Style Group Actor Summary' cannot display any organizational chart as there is a bug in the org graph construction. The following diff should correct this defect: diff --git a/enterprise/core_el_org_summary_new.xsl b/enterprise/core_el_org_summary_new.xsl index 79d5cd8..9439de6 100644 --- a...
- 21 Apr 2022, 12:52
- Forum: Essential Modelling and Viewer
- Topic: Link Business Capability & Application Capability
- Replies: 7
- Views: 20108
Re: Link Business Capability & Application Capability
About your other questions (BC/AC mappings): I'll let someone from eas provide an answer as, AMHA, it depends on what kind of interface you would like for these mappings : json, "out of the box report", java, javascript...
Regards,
J.-M.
Regards,
J.-M.
- 21 Apr 2022, 12:38
- Forum: Essential Modelling and Viewer
- Topic: Link Business Capability & Application Capability
- Replies: 7
- Views: 20108
- 19 Apr 2022, 09:57
- Forum: Essential Modelling and Viewer
- Topic: Link Business Capability & Application Capability
- Replies: 7
- Views: 20108
Re: Link Business Capability & Application Capability
Hi Marco, you'll have to install the opensource version as explained in the download page to study the whole metamodel. You'll need the following components : 'java 1.8', 'Essential Protege Ontology Editor', 'widgets', 'Meta-Model' (there is no reason to install tomcat or the viewer in your case). N...
- 14 Apr 2022, 10:36
- Forum: Essential Modelling and Viewer
- Topic: Link Business Capability & Application Capability
- Replies: 7
- Views: 20108
Re: Link Business Capability & Application Capability
Hi Carlo, I think you are looking for the "app_cap_supports_bus_cap", this relation/slot relates an app_cap to a bus_cap. According to the metamodel (Protége): there is not inverse relation for "app_cap_supports_bus_cap" so there is no direct relation from bus_cap to app_cap. Reg...
- 13 Apr 2022, 18:10
- Forum: Essential Modelling and Viewer
- Topic: Webapp java sources no more available ?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 9500
Webapp java sources no more available ?
Hi,
subject should says all : it seems that java sources of the essential viewer are no more available since some (undetermined) revision ..
Do you plan to re-publish them, at least in some github repo ?
Regards,
J.-M.
subject should says all : it seems that java sources of the essential viewer are no more available since some (undetermined) revision ..
Do you plan to re-publish them, at least in some github repo ?
Regards,
J.-M.
- 12 Apr 2022, 11:44
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: Publishing a model
- Replies: 4
- Views: 14997
Re: Publishing a model
Hi Alex, when you write "if I try to call the model something different from "essential_viewer'"", is it that you try to change the name of the war of else are you trying to change the publication url in the publish tab of protégé? Tip : The url you use for publication in the tab...
- 11 Oct 2021, 12:42
- Forum: Essential Modelling and Viewer
- Topic: Programme Plan view
- Replies: 4
- Views: 14951
Re: Programme Plan view
Hi Jean-Marie, Thanks very much for your post and commentary. As soon as I saw the note about the "e character I realised what the problem was.......the names of the projects included in the programme had a common denominator - i.e. an abbreviated word that included the single quote charact...
- 10 Oct 2021, 06:37
- Forum: Essential Modelling and Viewer
- Topic: Programme Plan view
- Replies: 4
- Views: 14951
Re: Programme Plan view
You may give a try to the attached file. You'll need a recent version of essential, though, at it uses xstl 3.0 capabilities (maps/arrays) which should be more robust than the text oriented approach actually in place. Edit: I'm unable to attach the file (not sure why). You'll find it attached to the...
- 08 Oct 2021, 16:45
- Forum: Essential Modelling and Viewer
- Topic: Programme Plan view
- Replies: 4
- Views: 14951
Re: Programme Plan view
Hi Keith, essential viewer is sometimes not very resilient to syntax errors in its JSON data processing. Under Firefox I would go under the "Web developer Tools' to get a meaningful error message first; and then I'll try to search the culprit JSON data. With other browsers (chrome ? edge ?) , t...
- 23 Jul 2021, 13:56
- Forum: Essential Modelling and Viewer
- Topic: Feedback on V7 new 'sliding' view style
- Replies: 1
- Views: 9252
Feedback on V7 new 'sliding' view style
Hi, ( see Sarah's post here : https://enterprise-architecture.org/blogs/new-view-style/ and the demo here : https://essentialviewer.com/demo/report?XML=reportXML.xml&XSL=enterprise/core_el_bus_cap_analysis_dashboard.xsl&LABEL=Business%20Capability%20Dashboard&cl=en-gb ) The sliding featu...
- 30 Jun 2021, 18:10
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: Not seeing all changes in Technical Reference Model
- Replies: 12
- Views: 30804
Re: Not seeing all changes in Technical Reference Model
Hi Matt,
By any (mal)chance, did you uncheck the "System is published slot" on some view related instance, (maybe a predefined one) ?
Jean-Marie
By any (mal)chance, did you uncheck the "System is published slot" on some view related instance, (maybe a predefined one) ?
Jean-Marie
- 17 Jun 2021, 21:53
- Forum: Community Contributions
- Topic: Application Architecture State
- Replies: 2
- Views: 61443
Re: Application Architecture State
Thanks Colin.
- 01 Oct 2020, 12:28
- Forum: Essential Modelling and Viewer
- Topic: (cyber)security modeling
- Replies: 1
- Views: 10081
(cyber)security modeling
Hi,
I'm trying to understand the model part related to security. Not an easy task as there is no report or references -- to standards or method -- related to it.
Do any exemple/prepopulated demo model about security_capability/solution/deployment/policy/controls relationships exist ?
Jean-Marie
I'm trying to understand the model part related to security. Not an easy task as there is no report or references -- to standards or method -- related to it.
Do any exemple/prepopulated demo model about security_capability/solution/deployment/policy/controls relationships exist ?
Jean-Marie
- 07 Sep 2020, 11:54
- Forum: Essential Modelling and Viewer
- Topic: Slot Value Checker
- Replies: 3
- Views: 13223
Re: Slot Value Checker
Hi Neil,
These calls to an external server do not behave well when essential viewer is used in protected network zones.
Could it be possible to make this feature conditional ? Maybe through a report variable ?
Jean-Marie.
These calls to an external server do not behave well when essential viewer is used in protected network zones.
Could it be possible to make this feature conditional ? Maybe through a report variable ?
Jean-Marie.
- 04 Sep 2020, 10:18
- Forum: Essential Modelling and Viewer
- Topic: Component application services missing in composite application provider summary view ?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 13715
Re: Component application services missing in composite application provider summary view ?
Thanks for the answer.
J.-M.
J.-M.
- 29 Jul 2020, 17:15
- Forum: Essential Cloud
- Topic: PowerBI Desktop (and Custom EAS OAuth2 Connector)
- Replies: 31
- Views: 83204
Re: PowerBI Desktop (and Custom EAS OAuth2 Connector)
Chris,
thanks for the pictures.
J.-M.
thanks for the pictures.
J.-M.
- 27 Jul 2020, 09:09
- Forum: Essential Cloud
- Topic: PowerBI Desktop (and Custom EAS OAuth2 Connector)
- Replies: 31
- Views: 83204
Re: PowerBI Desktop (and Custom EAS OAuth2 Connector)
Hi Chris,
for those of us unable to use powerbi, would it be possible for you to post some screenshots demonstrating the kind of reports you defined through the connector ? Either here or on github ?
Thanks,
Jean-Marie.
for those of us unable to use powerbi, would it be possible for you to post some screenshots demonstrating the kind of reports you defined through the connector ? Either here or on github ?
Thanks,
Jean-Marie.
- 26 Jul 2020, 16:52
- Forum: Essential Modelling and Viewer
- Topic: Component application services missing in composite application provider summary view ?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 13715
Re: Component application services missing in composite application provider summary view ?
A related question (problem ?), this time about Application Info Dependency Model :of composite / component app provider ... Still on the demo, Starting from the view "Info dep". for component "BlackCurve" https://essentialviewer.com/demo69/report?XML=reportXML.xml&PMA=store_...
- 26 Jul 2020, 16:33
- Forum: Essential Modelling and Viewer
- Topic: Component application services missing in composite application provider summary view ?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 13715
Component application services missing in composite application provider summary view ?
Hi, As an example, in the demo viewer, "AMS Fleet Solutions" is a composite app. provider containing "BlackCurve" as an app component. See https://essentialviewer.com/demo69/report?XML=reportXML.xml&PMA=store_55_Class1190&cl=en-gb&XSL=application/core_al_app_provider_...
- 23 Jul 2020, 12:51
- Forum: Essential Modelling and Viewer
- Topic: ReportXML.xml Documentation
- Replies: 2
- Views: 11670
Re: ReportXML.xml Documentation
Hi, ReportXML.Xml is somewhat related to the "Experimental XML Format" for protege frame. See https://protegewiki.stanford.edu/wiki/PrF_UG_files_all#Experimental_XML_Format] . Thereis an xsd schema file at https://protege.stanford.edu/xml/schema/protege.xsd In brief the tag tree is followi...
- 16 Sep 2019, 16:12
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: [Essential 6.5 - Roadmap enabled views] : Uncaught SyntaxError: Invalid Unicode escape sequence
- Replies: 5
- Views: 20409
Re: [Essential 6.5 - Roadmap enabled views] : Uncaught SyntaxError: Invalid Unicode escape sequence
Hi Tshitshi,
You may try the xsl files in the attached zip.
cd <essential_webapp_rootdir> then unzip the file (do some backup before) .
J.-M.
You may try the xsl files in the attached zip.
cd <essential_webapp_rootdir> then unzip the file (do some backup before) .
J.-M.
- 16 Sep 2019, 14:55
- Forum: Essential Modelling and Viewer
- Topic: [Essential V6.5] Problem with JSON string Escaping in roadmap enabled views
- Replies: 18
- Views: 52880
Re: [Essential V6.5] Problem with JSON string Escaping in roadmap enabled views
Hi Jonathan, Can I confirm: Is it strings with apostrophe's in - the ' character - that are being broken by these operations? eas:removeQuotesFromString 1) Strings with apostrophe are indeed broken by a call to eas:removeQuotesFromString if the strings are already escaped. n this case, the viewer is...
- 06 Sep 2019, 13:42
- Forum: Essential Modelling and Viewer
- Topic: v6.5, Application Deployment Summary View : geographical locations are not displayed on map
- Replies: 0
- Views: 19548
v6.5, Application Deployment Summary View : geographical locations are not displayed on map
Hi,
Only countries are displayed in "Application Deployment Summary View".
This is not the case in "It Asset dashboard" where both geographical locations (point data) and geographical regions (polygon data) are displayed....
Regards,
J.-M.
Only countries are displayed in "Application Deployment Summary View".
This is not the case in "It Asset dashboard" where both geographical locations (point data) and geographical regions (polygon data) are displayed....
Regards,
J.-M.
- 06 Sep 2019, 13:33
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: [Essential V6.5] Populated demo repository ?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 17417
Re: [Essential V6.5] Populated demo repository ?
HI,
FYI : it seems that the demo was updated las monday (September 02).
J.-M.
FYI : it seems that the demo was updated las monday (September 02).
J.-M.
- 28 Aug 2019, 09:53
- Forum: Essential Modelling and Viewer
- Topic: [Essential V6.5] Problem with JSON string Escaping in roadmap enabled views
- Replies: 18
- Views: 52880
[Essential V6.5] Problem with JSON string Escaping in roadmap enabled views
Hi, the roadmap enabled views are great! However these views are unusable in French as there are many problems with JSON string escaping in the released code (v6.5.3). So, I would like to know the intent of the following two XSL functions (defined in the file common/core_js_function.xsl) : eas:remov...
- 09 May 2019, 15:46
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: Any plan to use xslt 3.0/ xpath 3.1 ?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 14744
Re: Any plan to use xslt 3.0/ xpath 3.1 ?
Hi Neil, The main reasons would be the new map data-type defined in xsl 3.0/xpath 3.1, and the associated serialization functions from/to json : fn:xml-to-json and fn:json-to-xml. As E.V. seems to rely more and more on javascript, this would simplify both native stylesheets and i18n handling. Jean-M...
- 09 May 2019, 10:34
- Forum: Essential Project Suggestions
- Topic: attaching stats for views
- Replies: 2
- Views: 13629
- 18 Apr 2019, 14:53
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: Combine two views into one
- Replies: 3
- Views: 14791
(OOps / attached file) Re: Combine two views into one
Forgot to attach the file ...
- 18 Apr 2019, 14:49
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: Combine two views into one
- Replies: 3
- Views: 14791
Re: Combine two views into one
Hi Julian, > Then I would like to ask if and how it is possible to have a combination of pages, in particular >I would like to see in the same page both the application summary and the application dependency > mapping, is it possible or is it a dream? Not an optimal solution but you can embed an htm...
- 18 Apr 2019, 12:14
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: Add an isRenderAsJSString parameter to template RenderMultiLangInstanceName
- Replies: 0
- Views: 19057
Add an isRenderAsJSString parameter to template RenderMultiLangInstanceName
Hi,
adding a parameter isRenderAsJSString in the RenderMultiLangInstanceName (common/core_utilities.xsl) would ease json value escaping of protege strings.
Please see https://github.com/jfcjm/essential_view ... lities.xsl
Regards,
Jean-Marie
adding a parameter isRenderAsJSString in the RenderMultiLangInstanceName (common/core_utilities.xsl) would ease json value escaping of protege strings.
Please see https://github.com/jfcjm/essential_view ... lities.xsl
Regards,
Jean-Marie
- 18 Apr 2019, 12:05
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: information/core_il_data_object_model.xsl : mapping protege instance identifiers to json : dubious calls to translate
- Replies: 0
- Views: 18788
information/core_il_data_object_model.xsl : mapping protege instance identifiers to json : dubious calls to translate
Hi, I found dubious calls to 'fn:translate' in information/core_il_data_object_model.xsl. It seems that the author intend was to use "point json expression" to access the value of slots in json e.g (in pseudo code) : dataObject.translation-in-json-point-notation-of (instance/name) ... inst...
- 18 Apr 2019, 11:38
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: Any plan to use xslt 3.0/ xpath 3.1 ?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 14744
Any plan to use xslt 3.0/ xpath 3.1 ?
Hi,
do you plan to switch to a more recent release of saxon ? maybe switching from xslt 2.0 to 3.0;
Regards,
Jean-Marie
do you plan to switch to a more recent release of saxon ? maybe switching from xslt 2.0 to 3.0;
Regards,
Jean-Marie
- 18 Apr 2019, 11:35
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: Issues / Pull requests on github
- Replies: 2
- Views: 12025
Re: Issues / Pull requests on github
OK, thanks.
Jean-Marie
Jean-Marie
- 18 Apr 2019, 11:34
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: v64/i18n : default string ordering ( collation )
- Replies: 1
- Views: 9869
Re: v64/i18n : default string ordering ( collation )
Saxon allows to set a default collation before applying a tranbsformation : with the java API one must set the 'DEFAULT_COLLATION' feature in order to do so.... As an example with the cli : java -jar WEB-INF/lib/saxon9he.jar --defaultCollation:'http://saxon.sf.net/collation?lang=en-gb;case-order=upp...
- 18 Apr 2019, 11:23
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: v64/i18n : default string ordering ( collation )
- Replies: 1
- Views: 9869
v64/i18n : default string ordering ( collation )
Hi, it seems that no default collation is defined in the open source viewer. In this case saxon uses the "http://www.w3.org/2005/xpath-functions/collation/codepoint" collation. In this collation the sequence ('e','A','f', 'b', 'c', 'E','a') is sorted as A E a b c e f thus separating upper ...
- 12 Apr 2019, 13:05
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: Issues / Pull requests on github
- Replies: 2
- Views: 12025
Issues / Pull requests on github
Hi,
is the github repo planned to be used as an issue/pull request manager or is it better to post
stuff in the forum ?
Regards,
Jean-Marie
is the github repo planned to be used as an issue/pull request manager or is it better to post
stuff in the forum ?
Regards,
Jean-Marie
- 04 Apr 2019, 16:39
- Forum: Essential Modelling and Viewer
- Topic: Static Application Provider Architecture
- Replies: 2
- Views: 12363
Re: Static Application Provider Architecture
Hi, In the instance tab : in the "Class browser" part : search for the class ":APU-TO-APU-STATIC-RELATION" then in the "Instance Browser" go to the menu icons and open the last entry .. This entry allows you to choose which attributes are used as labels for instances of...
- 04 Jul 2018, 13:44
- Forum: Essential Modelling and Viewer
- Topic: Language synonyms listed under correct letter in "Catalogue by Name" views
- Replies: 4
- Views: 17131
Re: Language synonyms listed under correct letter in "Catalogue by Name" views
Hi dag, you may try the files i the zip file attached to this answer . These files try to correct two problems : 1) essential viewer is unable to display architecture elements whose name starts with a diacritic (such as 'É' or 'Ç' in french) 2) essential viewer is unable to use alternative localized...
- 19 Jun 2018, 09:12
- Forum: Essential Project Suggestions
- Topic: Using tabs for protege instance edition
- Replies: 0
- Views: 20235
Using tabs for protege instance edition
Hi, As some essential classes got many attributes I played with the use of tabs in Protégé. You may find the result interesting at it allows to simplify editing forms... Screenshot at 2018-06-19 10-57-48.png Remark: it is possible to use these tabs only by configuration of classes/slots. The attache...
- 15 Jun 2018, 15:59
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: Colors are not reset on valuechain elements in Projects to Business Objective Mapping View
- Replies: 0
- Views: 15116
Colors are not reset on valuechain elements in Projects to Business Objective Mapping View
I'm not sure what is going on here but I added the following lines in core_bl_bus_cap_2_change_footprint.xsl after line 639 ($('.threeColModel_valueChainObject').css('background-color', '#c6bd9a')) and the view seems to work now : $('.threeColModel_valueChainObjectDouble').css('background-color', '#...
- 15 Jun 2018, 14:50
- Forum: Essential Modelling and Viewer
- Topic: (6.2 opensource viewer) Unprotected string (with quotes) in javascript code
- Replies: 1
- Views: 11018
Re: (6.2 opensource viewer) Unprotected string (with quotes) in javascript code
THe same for strategic roadmap views ....
- 15 Jun 2018, 14:18
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: Instance in cyrilic missing in the view
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6423
Re: Instance in cyrilic missing in the view
Jonathan, we have an analog problem in French (as we use letter with diacritics, such as 'É') :) We have done some modification to the xsl code for catalogs in order to cope with this problem. I can post a patch/diff if you are interested. Please tell me. Regards, Jean-Marie We’ll take this away and...
- 15 Jun 2018, 14:10
- Forum: Essential Modelling and Viewer
- Topic: (6.2 opensource viewer) Unprotected string (with quotes) in javascript code
- Replies: 1
- Views: 11018
(6.2 opensource viewer) Unprotected string (with quotes) in javascript code
Hi, some views relying on javascript are not rendering when quote characters are used in name or description instance. The attached file contains a patch against the following files : common/core_utilities.xsl : add a isRenderAsJSString parameter to "RenderInstanceLink", "RenderMultiL...
- 21 Mar 2018, 13:27
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: "Could not clear Essential Viewer Cache successfully." [SOLVED]
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4408
Re: "Could not clear Essential Viewer Cache successfully."
Acl problem ?
I'd check if files under tomcat/webapp are owned/readable/writable by
the tomcat process user.
@+
I'd check if files under tomcat/webapp are owned/readable/writable by
the tomcat process user.
@+
- 06 Nov 2017, 13:51
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: Vanishing simple quotes using Import Utility
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4381
Re: Vanishing simple quotes using Import Utility
BTW, une tentative de traduction française pour le viewer :
https://sourcesup.renater.fr/plugins/sc ... e7;hb=HEAD
@+,
Jean-Marie
https://sourcesup.renater.fr/plugins/sc ... e7;hb=HEAD
@+,
Jean-Marie
- 22 Aug 2017, 08:47
- Forum: Essential Modelling and Viewer
- Topic: Multi-level parent child views
- Replies: 5
- Views: 19991
Re: Multi-level parent child views
Hi Sarah, Your answer is a real help for the graphical view on org structure (business/core_bl_bus_org_structure_model.xsl). But I think that @tmacfarlane was talking about the organisation summary view (enterprise/core_el_group_actor_summary.xsl). As far as I know there is no means to parametrise t...
- 26 May 2017, 13:45
- Forum: Essential Modelling and Viewer
- Topic: core_el_strategic_roadmap2.xsl throws error in browser due to special characters
- Replies: 2
- Views: 13573
Re: core_el_strategic_roadmap2.xsl throws error in browser due to special characters
The attached files should correct the problem you encounter.
You should copy core_utilities.xsl under webapp/common and core_el_strategic_roadmap2.xsl under webapp/enterprise.
J.-M.
You should copy core_utilities.xsl under webapp/common and core_el_strategic_roadmap2.xsl under webapp/enterprise.
J.-M.
- 11 May 2017, 11:20
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: fr-fr translation available
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4489
Re: fr-fr translation available
About the diacritic issue in reports : we have created a patch against release v6 viewer.,the patch is available here : https://sourcesup.renater.fr/frs/download.php/file/5251/equivletters.patch Feel free to integrate it in the open-source (GPLed) release ... J.-M. PS: you may see related changes by...
- 11 May 2017, 08:51
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: fr-fr translation available
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4489
Re: fr-fr translation available
We also find an issue with "catalogue" reports when item names are starting with a diacritic (e.g É,È, ...) . See urls below for screenshots. Our solution was 1) to add "letters equivalence class" in the language file, and then 2) to modify related reports... Incomplete catalog: ...
- 10 May 2017, 15:08
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: fr-fr translation available
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4489
fr-fr translation available
Hi, you'll find an attempt to localize Essential for French at https://sourcesup.renater.fr/frs/download.php/latestfile/2064/essentialv6-fr.zip/ This zip should contains both an "fr-fr.xml" file and an adapted v6 metamodel. Feel free to integrate it in the essential open-source distrib.......
- 03 Oct 2016, 17:21
- Forum: Essential Modelling and Viewer
- Topic: Where to capture Business Services
- Replies: 6
- Views: 23684
Re: Where to capture Business Services
Thanks Jonathan for taking over .... I would ask/remark one more thing, while we are at the Product related parts of essential : How does it come about that Product_types and Products are both in the Business Logical Layer (both are subclasses of the Logical Business) ? I would expect Products to be...
- 01 Oct 2016, 17:42
- Forum: Essential Modelling and Viewer
- Topic: Where to capture Business Services
- Replies: 6
- Views: 23684
Re: Where to capture Business Services
Hi,
You have to use the Product_Type class to enter business services under essential
See the following description
http://www.enterprise-architecture.org/ ... _Type.html
You have to use the Product_Type class to enter business services under essential
See the following description
http://www.enterprise-architecture.org/ ... _Type.html
- 19 Apr 2016, 17:01
- Forum: Essential Modelling and Viewer
- Topic: eas5 : Use of deprecated slot in roadmap related reports
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6880
eas5 : Use of deprecated slot in roadmap related reports
Hi, I'm currently working with strategic roadmap models and I noticed some discrepancies between the metamodel and the way related reports are using it. My problem is that related reports (milestone summary, strategic plan summary) do not display the KPI values for impacted objectives. I saw that th...
- 02 Feb 2016, 14:25
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: App. provider summary : bad links to database dependencies
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3851
App. provider summary : bad links to database dependencies
It is not possible to browse from application provider summary to the database dependencies. There is a missing link in "linkClasses" for 'Information_Representation' The following diff should correct that : diff --git a/application/core_al_app_provider_summary.xsl b/application/core_al_ap...
- 30 Mar 2013, 14:00
- Forum: Essential Modelling and Viewer
- Topic: Exporting Models to PDF
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8673
Re: Exporting Models to PDF
Hi Jonathan, In terms of ways forward, an option would be to produce an alternative view that uses something like the Plant UML rendering component (as we do for the Business Process Flows) to produce a PNG that can be zoomed, printed etc. Jonathan SVG would be a better format than PNG for that. Mor...
- 14 Feb 2013, 19:57
- Forum: Essential Project Suggestions
- Topic: ev3 : global information flow between applications
- Replies: 5
- Views: 146570
Re: ev3 : global information flow between applications
Except that I'm not really sure that a "SAML identity provider" wouldn't be better described in the technology_layer.jonathan.carter wrote: This view looks excellent.

- 09 Feb 2013, 14:43
- Forum: Essential Project Suggestions
- Topic: PAL constraints and essential
- Replies: 4
- Views: 124294
Re: PAL constraints and essential
Jonathan,
Thanks for your detailed answer. I had no time yet to elaborate a reply. I will do it later.
J.-M.
Note: I'm a rather old fan of Jambalaya
.
Thanks for your detailed answer. I had no time yet to elaborate a reply. I will do it later.
J.-M.
Note: I'm a rather old fan of Jambalaya

- 09 Feb 2013, 14:37
- Forum: Essential Project Suggestions
- Topic: ev3 : global information flow between applications
- Replies: 5
- Views: 146570
Re: ev3 : global information flow between applications
So, we advanced on this.... Now we get a view with (directed) radial graph with appProviders as nodes and flowing infoRepresentations as edges[/list] The graph can be difficult to read when edges (infoReprensentations) are too numerous thus we also added a control panel in order to filter unwanted e...
- 18 Jan 2013, 14:34
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: Cache error after sending snapshot to Report Service
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6164
Re: Cache error after sending snapshot to Report Service
This error maybe tomcat related.
I'd check owner rights for ${TOMCAT_ROOT}/webapp/essential_viewer directory :
is the tomcat user able to write files in it ?
I'd check owner rights for ${TOMCAT_ROOT}/webapp/essential_viewer directory :
is the tomcat user able to write files in it ?
- 14 Jan 2013, 17:44
- Forum: Essential Project Suggestions
- Topic: PAL constraints and essential
- Replies: 4
- Views: 124294
Re: PAL constraints and essential
Some of this already works at the meta model level, e.g. the Facet Constraints tab is helpful when trying to identify instances that do not comply with the constraints of the meta model. I think what you describe here is more about working at the model level (rather than meta model). I was thinking...
- 11 Jan 2013, 16:12
- Forum: Essential Project Suggestions
- Topic: PAL constraints and essential
- Replies: 4
- Views: 124294
PAL constraints and essential
It would be handy to have some way to check constraints against the architecture. Something such as: For each information I flowing from appProvider A to appProvider B then both A. an B. have to use I. The first step would be to describe such rules in plain english ... Another step would be to use P...
- 11 Jan 2013, 15:58
- Forum: Essential Project Suggestions
- Topic: Integration tab: co-publish an rdf view of the model
- Replies: 1
- Views: 65001
Integration tab: co-publish an rdf view of the model
EAS chose to use the frame model for the essential ontology. That's fine as the open world logic associated with owl may be too open for well definite entities such as those defined in an E.A. But .. in some case it would be fine to have an rdf model of the ontology at hand *in the viewer*. Some use...
- 11 Jan 2013, 15:42
- Forum: Essential Project Suggestions
- Topic: ev3 : global information flow between applications
- Replies: 5
- Views: 146570
ev3 : global information flow between applications
We would like to have a global view of the information flow betweenn application providers. We started some development using radial graph, starting with the project interaction view already present in essential. As the starting global view may be too dense: we are adding some controls to the report...
- 19 Dec 2012, 17:50
- Forum: Essential Modelling and Viewer
- Topic: Dependencies for Business Service Interaction Model
- Replies: 5
- Views: 7712
Re: Dependencies for Business Service Interaction Model
The URL you gave lists the services. so I understand the suspicious style sheet is "core_bl_bus_svc_interaction_model.xsl". This stylesheet worked out of the box for me (I did not modify it). So this view should work if you follow the modelling requirements described in the manual page : h...
- 18 Dec 2012, 16:39
- Forum: Essential Modelling and Viewer
- Topic: Issue with Essential Viewer (Tech. Ref. Model)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5602
Re: Issue with Essential Viewer (Tech. Ref. Model)
Hi, In order for this view to have some content you have to classify instances of the 'Technology_Capability' class with relevant instances of the 'Taxonomy Terms' classs. "Relevant instance' for this view are Taxonomy Terms whose name is prefixed by 'Technology Capability Layers'. Say you have...
- 18 Dec 2012, 16:12
- Forum: Essential Modelling and Viewer
- Topic: Dependencies for Business Service Interaction Model
- Replies: 5
- Views: 7712
Re: Dependencies for Business Service Interaction Model
Hi,
I had to modify some stylesheet and would like to know which report you're talking about.
The name of the used stylesheet is in the url of the report you are trying to view . Can you post this url or at least its the parameter part (after the '?').
J.-M.
I had to modify some stylesheet and would like to know which report you're talking about.
The name of the used stylesheet is in the url of the report you are trying to view . Can you post this url or at least its the parameter part (after the '?').
J.-M.
- 30 Nov 2012, 09:48
- Forum: Essential Modelling and Viewer
- Topic: not able to create new project in Protege 3.4.8
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5316
Re: not able to create new project in Protege 3.4.8
Hi, Please correect me if I'm wrong but it seems that you are somewhat new to essential .... In brief : you don't need a database to start using it. Did you read the tutorial at http://www.enterprise-architecture.org/getting-started-docs/51-open-architecture-model ? If you are working Stand Alone, s...
- 02 Nov 2012, 17:24
- Forum: Essential Project Suggestions
- Topic: ev3: basic search capability (source code in xslt)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 85431
Re: ev3: basic search capability (source code in xslt)
Hi, Thanks for this. It's quite similar to ideas we've looked at developing. As there is no technical roadmap I decided it was better to develop this tool than to wait for a new viewer release :). The license is similar to the GPL so you may reuse the code in next releases ... Be warned that I'm no...
- 31 Oct 2012, 21:25
- Forum: Essential Modelling and Viewer
- Topic: Defining links to other reports EAM 3.0.4
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10003
Re: Defining links to other reports EAM 3.0.4
jmk. Thanks for your response. I figured out what the problem was (as always it seems pretty obvious once you find it :oops: ). Fine ... FYI, just in case you'd like to add some search capabilities to your viewer you may have a look to the following article : http://www.enterprise-architecture.org/...
- 31 Oct 2012, 10:23
- Forum: Essential Modelling and Viewer
- Topic: Defining links to other reports EAM 3.0.4
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10003
Re: Defining links to other reports EAM 3.0.4
Thanks for the quick response. Unfortunately the linkclasses variable is not the problem as I already had this class in the list: <xsl:variable name="linkClasses" select="('Business_Objective','Business_Capability')" /> fail :( Also, the purpose of the report is to show our key ...
- 30 Oct 2012, 18:24
- Forum: Essential Modelling and Viewer
- Topic: Defining links to other reports EAM 3.0.4
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10003
Re: Defining links to other reports EAM 3.0.4
Hi, Hi, I have created a new report to show the relationships between business objectives and business capabilities. Fine I'll take it if you release it :) [ .. snipp ...] The report works fine but the link to the next report (Capability Summary) does not. The generated URL http://localhost:8080/ess...
- 26 Oct 2012, 18:59
- Forum: Essential Project Suggestions
- Topic: ev3: basic search capability (source code in xslt)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 85431
ev3: basic search capability (source code in xslt)
Hi, you'll find attached an xslt file doing a search of one word in the reportXML.xml file. As other stylesheets in ev3, this file may be run with the a PMA parameter in the invocation URL. If the PMA parameter is defined then the stylesheet cleans the value, downcases it and then search if the resu...
- 17 Oct 2012, 14:42
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: Report list not displaying in multi-user deployment
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7361
Re: Report list not displaying in multi-user deployment
Thanks for your help. I do have two installs one on Win XP and a second on Windows Server 208 R2. First, beware that I never installed essential on a microsoft machine... Nevertheless I see at least four things you should try :) I tried clearing the browser cache but that didn't work. Then I replac...
- 12 Oct 2012, 13:11
- Forum: Essential Open Source - Platform
- Topic: Report list not displaying in multi-user deployment
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7361
Re: Report list not displaying in multi-user deployment
I have installed Essential both as stand-alone and multi-user. ..... Some users experience the problem, others don't. I have tested both with IE and Firefox . As this depends on users I would first clear the navigators cache between each attempt ... Moreover, I think menu displays are driven by the...
- 12 Oct 2012, 12:49
- Forum: Essential Modelling and Viewer
- Topic: Organization Structure Model Rpt not working
- Replies: 5
- Views: 34606
Re: Organization Structure Model Rpt not working
Hi We defined 1 Group Actor as our parent, with it's Parent Organization being itself This self-reference seems dubious to me, i would try without it. We added that Actor to the EA Support-Essential Viewer-Report_Constant-Org Model - Root Organization. Can you supply us with any more information? We...
- 05 Oct 2012, 10:59
- Forum: Essential Project Suggestions
- Topic: Feature : skinnable plantuml output
- Replies: 2
- Views: 84867
Re: Feature : skinnable plantuml output
One use of such parameter could be, in the future, to allow for output of archimate like diagrams through the stereotype uml mechanism...
- 05 Oct 2012, 10:58
- Forum: Essential Project Suggestions
- Topic: Feature : skinnable plantuml output
- Replies: 2
- Views: 84867
Feature : skinnable plantuml output
I just noticed that plantuml uses skin parameters to taylor its output. Skins may for example change generated (uml) components color, size or shape. Would it be possible to add some capability to essential in order to parameterize skins plantuml outputs ? I think this may be done through either an ...
- 04 Oct 2012, 17:49
- Forum: Essential Modelling and Viewer
- Topic: Product, Channel Implications
- Replies: 6
- Views: 8948
Re: Product, Channel Implications
The Product class has a slot called 'product_implemented_by_process' which relates the Product to the Physical Process that is used to deliver that Product. OK. Physical Processes have no flow to define HOW they work - that is defined at the Logical level - but describe who is performing the proces...