I'm trying to model a business rule set in EA.
The rules are easily described in a decision table: a column is a matching condition, a row is a rule, if all the conditions are matched in a row then the rule matched. More info is available in the Drools docs, for example.
These rules are an integral part of the application, even if on a different level than the technology details (classes, database tables, etc.). So naturally I would like to add the decision table to my documentation in EA.
I found no way to do this. EA doesn't even know about a "table" or a "spreadsheet", let alone decision tables. I would be happy to simply insert my XLS as an "attachment" to the model, but I didn't find a way to do that either.
Any ideas are appreciated.
There currently seems to be no way to do this short of taking a screen shot of the decision table and pasting it into the generated report after the fact. I believe it is in Sparx System's road-map to implement but no immediate time-frame has been given.
You could try submitting a feature request via their official forms, it can do nothing but add more ammunition to the request. At the very least they should notify you when its available.
Update1: You could always paste that screen shot into the linked document (Ctrl+Alt+D) of the parent element that contains the business rules matrix. This could then be automatically included in the auto generated report. At least then it is still contained in the model and can be used in many places.
Update2: Just Rereading your OP, are you actually using EA's business Rules engine? or are you just after a matrix that can be included in the reporting? if it is the latter then you have two options.
The first is the Relationship Matrix (View -> Relationship matrix). This can be included automatically in RTF and HTML generated reports as well has the option to Export to CSV, save as a png or metafile.
The second option is to shoehorn the State Machine Table, (From a State Machine Diagram, right click and select State Chart Editor - Table) Both of these options will allow you to layout a grid style table where you can compare your business rules.
I hope this helps
Related
I am a beginner in AX and I am trying to set access rights for some users and on a specific operation they get the error that they don't have access to the table SalesCreateReleaseOrderLineTmp. I have manually searched for this table in every category, but without success. I found on a website the full description of this table -> Order Lines - SalesCreateReleaseOrderLineTmp - ID: 995. I've search for the ID as well, but again no result. With admin rights everything is ok, but obviously not a solution.
Is there a fix location of this table and can anyone tell me where it is? :) Or is there any way to search for this table (by ID or name)?
I guess with
I have manually searched for this table in every category, but without
success
you mean you tried to find the table in the form for maintaining the user group permissions?
If so then this is due to the fact that temporary tables are hidden from that tree view as the class method SysDictTable.allowSecuritySetup is called from SysSecurity.expandSecurityKey while building the tree view and in this method there is - among other things - a check whether the table is temporary.
So essentially you have 3 options:
Give your permission group the desired access on the security key so that the group 'inherits' access to the table through it - downside of course could be to be too permissive but upside is better maintainability :)
Remove the security key on the temporary table as this in general is IMHO a wrong decision anyway. The application shouldn't restrict access to temporary tables (which are intrinsically scoped to the user session anyway) but rather force access checks in the code filling that table or even higher level processes.
Customize the code which builds the security tree view so that it includes temp. tables.
Try to apply the first option above that works for you as the first one does not need any application modification and the second one is only a simple property change which in my opinion is currently bad configured anyway. The last option should be the last resort.
I'm writing a Notes Client application. Web compatibility is a secondary concern. The language is LotusScript.
The specification: a form to enter lines from receipts. The lines are all saved as part of the same document so that they can be signed as an atomic unit.
When a line is added, it is to be formatted into a table for presentation. Ultimately, this architecture is like an input/datastore/presentation split.
I've managed to get the data stored and signed, and I think I've managed to get it deserializing properly (the LotusScript debugger makes it difficult to see, but it looks right). The problem now is the UI.
Looking at the Programmable Table, it is always a tabbed table with only one row shown per tab. I need a programmable table which can dynamically have rows added to it for display, without forcing new tabs to be created.
This suggests that I would need to use a Rich Text field to contain a table, but thus far my attempts to get anything to display when I try to update a Rich Text field in edit mode have failed. I am forced to conclude that it is impossible.
I cannot figure out how I'm supposed to do a dynamically-displayed list of tabular data like this. Any advice?
Most people just create a table with one row and N columns, with a multi-valued field in each column, and use code to append values to each of the fields in parallel. You don't get borders between rows this way or the ability to do variable formatting of cells, and you have to be careful to avoid letting data length exceed column widths in order to keep everything aligned properly.
If you truly want a dynamic table for presentation with all the bells and whistles that you can get in terms of cell formatting, then the Midas Rich Text API from Genii Software is a commercial solution that can do the job.
I blogged about this a couple of years ago: http://blog.texasswede.com/dynamic-tables-in-classic-notes/
This is a non-XPages solution, but of course you can also use XPages to achieve the same/similar result. It does not use tabs, as each row is a separate table.
Alternatively, you can build your Rich Text Table in another NotesDocument, which you then save. Then use NotesUIDocument.ImportItem (which is undocumented, but present in the R8.5 mail template) to update your NotesUIDocument.
Don't forget to delete the other NotesDocument when you're done.
Another option is to build the table in HTML in computed text, and re-open the document every time you modify it. I have inherited a system that does that, and I hate it...so be warned :)
I've started using Access 2010 recently and started testing some of the new features, namely the Calculated Field datatype.
I had hoped that this was something that based on a formula (expression builder) would remove an amount of data and shrink an ACCDB file because Access only has the formula not actual data.
However, my new version of the file seems to be larger than the original which IMHO makes the feature a bit useless.
I've searched the interweb regarding the feature and can only really find people who show how to create one rather than any pros and cons about the feature.
As it stands I'm going to go back to the old method of calculations in a query but before I do I thought I'd ask on StackOverflow just in case anybody has used it.
Access stores the results of calculated fields for each record, so yes, that will increase the size of the database. However your claim that this "makes the feature a bit useless" misses the point:
The primary advantage of using calculated fields is that the calculation (expression) is defined once, at the table level. Once the calculated field has been defined it can simply be used much like any other field in queries, reports, etc..
Sure, you can "go back to the old method of calculations in a query" if that suits your purposes, but it also means that
You will have to repeat the (same) calculation logic in all of your queries.
If the calculation logic ever changes then you'll have to go back and edit all of those queries.
Every time you run one of those queries it will have to re-do the calculation for every record, instead of simply retrieving the calculated field from the table.
I'm doing a project for a surveying company in Drupal 6. Ultimately, employees will need to enter measurements into a new content type. Currently they do it in a big Excel spreadsheet that has a bunch of macros to do calculations between cells (Meters to Feet, m^2, some pricing stuff).
My question is:
How would one go about replicating the functionality of this spreadsheet best in Drupal 6, keeping in mind the amount of data the employees using this system gather varies between projects (I.e., 3-floor house versus 1-floor with basement; etc.).
I have two ideas so far:
Create a new content type and populate it with CCK fields. Use Sheetnode's CCK functionality to drop Sheetnode CCK fields to replicate the spreadsheet exactly. Use Views to display this data other ways.
Create a new content type and populate it with CCK fields. Use Views (and possibly something like Views Calc) to get varying measurement values.
That said, I'm completely open to suggestions outside of these two implementations.
Thank you!
I dont have an answer so much as a caution. I did a project where a number of pieces of content were rendered simultaneously on a page, each piece being in its own node. The down side to multiple nodes is the performance hit you will take having at least one (possibly complex) query per node.
So in this case, if there were many many lines in the sheet, and each line was a node, you might take a pretty heavy performance knock.
This might be acceptable - but I thought I'd give you the heads up.
This might be one of those times where its best to actually create a purpose-built mechanism on-top of the Drupal API instead of using nodes+CCK.
Like I said, I could be being over cautious. It depends on your exact usecase.
HTH!
This seems like the kind of question http://drupal.stackexchange.com was made for...
I ended up doing this with jQuery, Measured Value Field and Flexinode; see: Auto-updating width/length/area using jQuery and Drupal6
I have a scenario where I need to search for cars by keywords using a single search field. The keywords can relate to any of the car's attributes for e.g. the make or the model or the body style. In the database there is a table named 'Car' with foreign keys referencing tables that represent models or makes or body style.
What would be the best way of doing this? Specifically, How should I take the query from user(must support exact phrase search, or, and) and how do I actually do the search.
I am using SQL Server and ASP.NET 3.5 (Data access using LINQ)
Easily the best and most comprehensive article on the subject : http://www.sommarskog.se/dyn-search-2005.html
Regardless of which implementation you pick from Aaron's article, I always log the search criteria and execution time in this situation. Just because you provide search flexibility, it doesn't mean most users will make use of it. You usally find most searches occur on a limited number of fields and logging the search criteria will allow you to create targetted indexes.