Those documents rock! Thank you Tim and David! -Adrian
--- On Mon, 2/8/10, David E Jones <d...@me.com> wrote: > From: David E Jones <d...@me.com> > Subject: Re: Data Model Diagrams (was Re: Key data model relationship pages > in Wiki) > To: user@ofbiz.apache.org > Date: Monday, February 8, 2010, 10:39 PM > > 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). > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>> > >> > >> > > > >
