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USING ER/STUDIO > CREATING AND WORKING WITH DATA MODELS
5 Convert the relationships.
6 Mark the Describe project with the newly created ER/Studio diagram.
This sequence is followed during the process of importing Describe classes into an existing ER/Studio diagram:
1 Get the diagram.
2 Get the logical model.
3 Process any imported Data Dictionaries.
4 Loop through the structure:
• If the entity node does not have an associated entity, create one.
• If the entity node’s name is modified, get its associated entity and update the entity.
• If the entity node has new attributes, add attributes to the associated entity.
5 If the entity node has modified attributes, update the associated entity’s attributes.
The ER/Studio - Describe Integration Advanced Setup Editor lets you set various options for importing Describe
projects into ER/Studio diagrams. The ER/Studio - Describe Integration Preferences Editor lets you set general
preferences for importing Describe projects into ER/Studio.
Before you begin importing from Describe, you should review the following topics:
• Supported Describe Diagrams and Classes
• Standard Datatype Lengths in ER/Studio
• Import Database Types
• Describe - ER/Studio Mapping
See Also
Importing a Describe Project Using the Wizard
Importing a Data Model from Describe Using the Advanced Method
Setting Describe Collaboration Preferences for Importing from Describe
Supported Describe Diagrams and Classes
Using ER/Studio’s Describe Collaboration you can create an ER/Studio models directly by importing the following
types of Describe UML diagrams:
• Class
• Component
• Deployment
• Robustness
Only cldclasses can be imported from Describe to ER/Studio. The following are the cldclasses that you can import:
• Standard classes
• Iconix Boundary classes
• Iconix Control classes
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