Hello David, The page you added is correctly indexed to "Ofbiz Technical Documentation" --> "Data Model". If appropriate, please make the following corrections (which I don't have access to edit, I guess). 1. Remove following from the main "Ofbiz Documentation Index". a. General Documents --> Entity Overview . This is aptly availabe through "Ofbiz Technical Documentation" --> "Data Model" b. Data Model Documents and Diagrams . Please move this to "Ofbiz Technical Documentation" --> "Data Model" if it is still relevant, or remove it.
2. Add a link to "Ofbiz Technical Documentation" in "Ofbiz Documentation Index thanks, Babu. ________________________________ From: David E Jones <d...@me.com> To: user@ofbiz.apache.org Sent: Tue, February 9, 2010 1:39:32 AM Subject: Re: Data Model Diagrams (was Re: Key data model relationship pages in Wiki) The data model diagrams are now on cwiki, available on this page: http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBTECH/Data+Model+Diagrams Please note that because there is a 20MB limit for files on cwiki the version of the diagrams attached is split into a table of contents (TOC) and 4 files with different page ranges. If anyone hasn't taken a look at these yet I highly recommend that you do. They are a great resource for training as well as for discussions and reference during developments. I've had an older version of this document in my desk drawer for a couple of years now to use for easy reference. Enjoy! -David On Feb 8, 2010, at 11:23 PM, David E Jones wrote: > > For those looking at these the first time, the best file to choose is the > "AllDiagramsAndTOC_20081030.pdf" file. > > After reviewing these files we might want to move the PDF files to a cwiki > page and attach them to it, and eliminate them from SVN (they are rather > large, and being binary files can't benefit from revision management). I may > also go ahead and remove the eomodeld files since they aren't all that useful > any more, and are also fairly large (lots of files anyway). > > I'll be doing this soon in order to avoid all of these files ending up on the > web site on the next update. > > Answers inline... > > > > On Feb 8, 2010, at 10:44 PM, Babu Sreekanth wrote: > >> Ruppert, >> thanks for the documents. To update them, is it possible to post a quick >> writeup in wiki on >> >> 1. how to get (updated) emodeled files from ofbiz > > In the WebTools app there is a screen to export eomodeld files for different > entity groups (ie based on the records in the EntityGroup and related > entities). > >> 2. how to know the changes in data model from the creation of those files, >> and how to manually incorporate the changes > > There is no use in manually changing the eomodeld files, and I wouldn't > recommend creating new diagrams based on them either... it would be an > ENORMOUS amount of work. The finished diagrams you see are the result of > hundreds of hours of work (if I were to guess I'd say about 500 hours). > >> 3. software necessary for transformation into pdf documents in different >> platforms > > As I explained in an earlier message software for the eomodeld files only > exists in Mac OS X machines (AFAIK anyway). The problem we used for creating > these diagrams is called "OmniGraffle". The .graffle files that are needed to > change these diagrams are in SVN, in the > site/ofbiz_datamodel/graffle_diagrams directory. > > -David > > > >> ________________________________ >> From: Tim Ruppert <tim.rupp...@hotwaxmedia.com> >> To: user@ofbiz.apache.org >> Sent: Mon, February 8, 2010 9:47:13 PM >> Subject: Re: Data Model Diagrams (was Re: Key data model relationship pages >> in Wiki) >> >> Anytime my friend - anytime. >> >> Cheers, >> Ruppert >> -- >> Tim Ruppert >> HotWax Media >> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com >> >> o:801.649.6594 >> f:801.649.6595 >> >> On Feb 8, 2010, at 7:12 PM, David E Jones wrote: >> >>> >>> I just checked it out, and it looks good. >>> >>> Thanks again Tim. >>> >>> -David >>> >>> >>> On Feb 8, 2010, at 6:50 PM, Tim Ruppert wrote: >>> >>>> This is complete - under the site under the directory ofbiz_datamodel - >>>> just as it was in our repo. David, feel free to move that around wherever >>>> you like and give everyone a tour of the work that was put in and how much >>>> this may help them going forward. Great stuff. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Ruppert >>>> -- >>>> Tim Ruppert >>>> HotWax Media >>>> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com >>>> >>>> o:801.649.6594 >>>> f:801.649.6595 >>>> >>>> On Feb 8, 2010, at 5:16 PM, David E Jones wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Cool, sounds great. >>>>> >>>>> -David >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Feb 8, 2010, at 6:08 PM, Tim Ruppert wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Yeah - I think putting them into SVN would be best - I'll do that later >>>>>> today. >>>>>> >>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>> Ruppert >>>>>> >>>>>> On Feb 8, 2010, at 3:58 PM, David E Jones wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> That's great Tim. Thank you to you, and to Hotwax, for making these >>>>>>> available. With all of the work on color and adding seed data and such >>>>>>> that Laurian did these are really great diagrams (well, I guess I am >>>>>>> biased about that). >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I guess the place that makes the most sense for now is attached to a >>>>>>> page on cwiki. If people start updating too much it might make sense to >>>>>>> put them in SVN somewhere, or maybe it would be better to start with >>>>>>> that (in the ofbiz/site directory would probably be best). >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -David >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Feb 8, 2010, at 11:03 AM, Tim Ruppert wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> HotWax would love to donate these and the time that went into them >>>>>>>> from David Jones, John Maw and Laurian Escalanti. It's a great set of >>>>>>>> information for people learning or using OFBiz - for those of you at >>>>>>>> ApacheCon New Orleans, we were handing these out at the booth. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Be warned that they haven't been updated in about a year, but they do >>>>>>>> have a ton of useful information that will be an amazing jump start to >>>>>>>> getting these efforts started up again. David, just let me know where >>>>>>>> you'd like them and I'll get them posted and the effort can again be >>>>>>>> off to the races. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>>>> Ruppert >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> Tim Ruppert >>>>>>>> HotWax Media >>>>>>>> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> o:801.649.6594 >>>>>>>> f:801.649.6595 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Feb 7, 2010, at 2:31 PM, David E Jones wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> If people are interested in making diagrams there is some stuff build >>>>>>>>> into OFBiz to export "eomodeld" files. That particular file format >>>>>>>>> can be imported by a few tools, but mostly on the Mac (my preferred >>>>>>>>> tool being OmniGraffle). Unfortunately the weeks I put into that >>>>>>>>> code, organizing the entities into groups, and then creating and >>>>>>>>> organizing diagrams for the groups, was done while I was part of >>>>>>>>> Hotwax Media so I don't actually have any rights to the diagrams any >>>>>>>>> more, and I'm not sure what the situation is with them (a Hotwax rep >>>>>>>>> would have to answer that I guess). >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >
