Note:
AWS
Bridge Requirements
This bridge:is only supported on Microsoft Windows.
Bridge Specifications
| Vendor | Visible Systems Corporation |
| Tool Name | IE:Advantage |
| Tool Version | 6.1 |
| Tool Web Site | http://www.visible.com/Products/Advantage/index.htm |
| Supported Methodology | [Data Modeling] Data Store (Physical Data Model, Logical Data Model) via IMP Export File |
| Data Profiling |  |
| Incremental Harvesting | |
| Multi-Model Harvesting | |
| Remote Repository Browsing for Model Selection | |
SPECIFICATIONS
Tool: Visible Systems Corporation / IE:Advantage version 6.1 via IMP Export File
See http://www.visible.com/Products/Advantage/index.htm
Metadata: [Data Modeling] Data Store (Physical Data Model, Logical Data Model)
Component: VisibleAdvantage version 11.2.0
OVERVIEW
n/a
REQUIREMENTS
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
n/a
LIMITATIONS
Refer to the current general known limitations at http://metaintegration.com/Products/MIMB/MIMBKnownLimitations.html or bundled in Documentation/ReadMe/MIMBKnownLimitations.html
SUPPORT
Provide a troubleshooting package with debug log. Debug log can be set in the UI or in conf/conf.properties with MIR_LOG_LEVEL=6
Bridge Parameters
| Parameter Name | Description | Type | Values | Default | Scope | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Directory | Start the IE:Advantage Import/Export Utility. 1. Choose 'Export' from the 'File' menu. 2. Select the Encyclopedia you want to export. Locate the drive and the folder that contains the Encyclopedia. Double-click on the folders in the list to switch to a different folder. If necessary, switch to a different drive by selecting a drive from the list and finally select the Encyclopedia. 3. Click 'Ok'. 4. Type the logon and password in the 'Logon' and 'password' text boxes allowing you to connect to the Encyclopedia. 5. Click 'Ok'. 6. Select an existing directory in which the export file will be located. 7. Click 'Ok'. 8. Select 'File' from the report destination dialog box. 9. Click 'Ok'. 10. Type the name of the report file in the 'File Name' text box or select it from the file name list. 11. Click 'Save'. The bridge will use the generated IMP files as input |
DIRECTORY | Mandatory | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Encoding | The character set encoding of the model to be imported. If there are multiple choices for a language, the actual encoding will be indicated between parentheses. |
ENUMERATED |
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windows-1252 |
Bridge Mapping
| Meta Integration Repository (MIR) Metamodel (based on the OMG CWM standard) |
"Visible IE:Advantage 6.1" Metamodel VisibleAdvantage |
Mapping Comments |
| Association | Association | |
| Aggregation | Based on attributes belonging both to a primary key and a foreign key associated with the association | |
| Description | Description | |
| AssociationRole | Association | |
| Multiplicity | Cardinality | |
| Source | Based on the multiplicity of each role | |
| Attribute | Attribute | |
| Description | Description | |
| Name | Name | |
| Optional | Mandatory | |
| Position | Order in the IEAdvantage file | |
| BaseType | Type | |
| DataType | Data Type | See datatype conversion array |
| Description | Description | |
| Name | Name | |
| PhysicalName | Data Type | Derived from the datatype |
| CandidateKey | Attribute (as primary key) | Attribute Type that describes the Entity Type |
| UniqueKey | True for Primary Key | |
| Class | Entity | |
| CppClassType | Set to ENTITY | |
| CppPersistent | Set to True | |
| Description | Description | |
| Name | Name | |
| ClassDiagram | View | |
| Description | Description | |
| Name | Name | |
| DerivedType | Domain | |
| DataType | Data Type | See datatype conversion array |
| Description | Description | |
| Length | Data Type Length | |
| LowerBound | Domain Value Minimum | |
| Name | Name | |
| PhysicalName | DataType | Derived from the datatype |
| Scale | Data Type Precision | |
| UpperBound | Domain Value Maximum | |
| UserDefined | True for User Defined Domain | |
| DesignPackage | View | A main package "Logical View" will be created to contain all entities/references |
| Description | Description | |
| Name | Name | |
| ForeignKey | Foreign Key | Foreign Key + Based on Primary Key and association role |
| Generalization | Subtype | |
| GeneralizationRole | Subtype | |
| Index | Attribute (as primary key)/Foreign Key | Associated with each key |
| IndexMember | Associated with each attribute in a key | |
| Position | Computed | |
| StoreModel | Encyclopedia | Is created using IE administrative tool |
| Description | Description | |
| Name | Name | Derived from the IEAdvantage file name |
| TypeValue | Domain Value | |
| Name | Value | |
| Position | Order in the IEAdvantage file | |
| Value | Value |