Versioning Database and Models

Dear Srinivas,

Did you already search and read articles here tagged with versioning?

http://www.ariscommunity.com/tags/versioning

http://www.ariscommunity.com/tags/aris-versioning

Or google the ARIS Community:

https://www.google.de/search?q=versioning+site%3Aariscommunity.com&aq=f&oq=versioning+site%3Aaris&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Cheers

Rune

Hi Rune,

Thanks for your reply.

However I didnt find answers to my questions in that articles, Can you please answer the below questions?

1. Whenever I created a version, the newly created version is in read mode. Then what is the use of creating a version? In other BPM tools I can see the revision functionality, and If I create a revision the new one will be in write mode and the old one will be in read mode. And we have an option "set to default" to move to the older revision if I want to go back to the older versions.

2. Does the DB will have any performance issue whenever we create a version? Because I can see now the size of the DB is double in my case. I am using ABA 7.2 now.

3. What is the "Versioning State"? I can see 3 options while login to database like "Workspace", "Current Version" and "Change List" in versioning state, If I choose Workspace then the DB is in write mode, for other two again it is in read mode, then what is the use of those two options?

4. Let us assume that I need to change an as-is EPC and wants to add some functions to that, and make the newly EPC to be available in DB in write mode. How can we implement Version concept here?

Waiting for your answers :) :)

Thanks in advance.

Best Regards,

Srinivas.

Dear Srinivas,

Whenever you will have to work in DB you should login by option "workspace" which will have current version of models. And you can see your old version model in the explore tree and u can edit/change existing model.

Hope it will help you.

Thanks & regards,

Ishwar Briadar

Hi Ishwar,

Thanks for your reply,

If I want to revert back to my previous revision, will it be possible? For example from revision 3 EPC to revision 2 EPC.

Thanks & Best Regards,

Srinivas.

Hi Srinivas,

You can revert back to older model versions by restoring a db that contains the older model version (Revision 2 EPC, in your example). Then, Revision 2 EPC can be merged into your current db environment from the db you restored.

To your questions above:

1. When you create a new version, a read only image is created. However, you would still be able to edit the actual model itself. So, when the version is first created, the model itself and the read only image are exactly the same. (One in Read mode, one in Write mode.) Then, you would update the model a second time and then, create a susequent version.

2. The db does get larger but performance I guess depends on your ARIS environment setup.

3. Workspace is the current state (or "live") db. In other words, editable.

    Whenever you look at previous "versions" of the db it's read only. So basically, "work" is only possible in the "Workspace."

Current Version is basically your Workspace in Read Only mode. (It's considered a "previous version" becuase it's not the Workspace.)

Change List allows you to look at a specific version of a model(s). The versions of models are actually controlled via Change Lists. (So, you may be versioning a model for the first time and the system prompts with "Creating verion 12." It really means Change List 12.) Please see the attachment.

4. See answer to question #1.

Hope this helps some!

Best Regards,

Bob/system/files/editor/files/ARIS Version Control.ppt

sorry, retrying attachment...

Hi Robert,

Thanks a lot for your answers, Now I got some knowledge on Versioning.

One more question, you mentioned in previous comment that to revert back to previous version we have to restore the db which consists of that version, You mean whole DB? If that is the case can you please answer to my question below?

Consider example as in your PPT above, Currently my workspace is in change list #3, and I would like to revert only model B to version 1, If I restore my DB to change list #2 to make model B as version 1, rest other models A,C,D,E will also change there versions right?

How we will get the backup of the DB as per versions?

Thanks in advance.

Best Regards,

Srinivas.

Hi Srinivas,

Yes. For what you're trying to do though, I would restore the Chagelist #2 database (making Model B, version 1 active again). You then merge Model B, version 1 into your current (Workspace) database. Model B, version 2 could be overwritten during the merge, for example.

Best Regards,

Bob

Hi Robert,

Thank you so much, Learnt some stuff on versioning from you.

One last question, I can see in explorer window on variants tab, different change lists of a model. For comparision of models I found only two options, "Workspace" and "Previous Version". Assume in my case I have 7 change lists for a model, and change list #7 is the current workspace. Suppose if I want to compare change list #5 with changelist #3, Is it possible to do?

If yes, please let me know how?

Many thanks in advance.

Best Regards,

Srinivas.

Hello Srinivas,

this is easy: just select the versions you want to compare, and right click to get the context menu:

Bye,

Frank

Hi Frank,

Thank you so much :) :). Its working...

Have a great day.

BR/Srinivas.

Hello all:

In Aris Architect 9.5, when I try to safeguard a database (export a database as an ".adb") the tool does not give the option to choose the list of changes (baseline) previously created to import it in another database.

Previously, in Aris Architect 7.2, when I do a safeguard of a database to export it on a file ".adb", I can chose a list of changes to import in another database.

How can do this action with Aris Architect 9.5?

Thank you very much.

Greetings.

Hello  With ABA 9.7, I see a choice selection for backup the versionable database Workspace, Current Version or Change List number.

Brgds, Thierry