• HOPEX Administration
•  Administrator Guide
  • About HOPEX Administration
  •  Access HOPEX Administration
    • Connecting to HOPEX Administration
    • Connecting to an Environment
  •  Managing Users
    •  Actions to be Performed to Define a User
      • Before defining a user: profile concepts
      • Compulsory Actions to be Performed to Define a User
      • Optional Actions to be Performed to Define a User
      • Other Actions to Set or Manage a User
    •  Introduction to Profile Management
      •  Description of a profile
        • Definition of the profile
        • Profile assignment
      • Connection schema: Person - Profile - Application
      • Connection schema: Person - Profile - Application - Desktops
      • Connection schema: Person - Profile - Application - Specific Desktops
      •  The Administration profiles provided
        • HOPEX Administrator profile
        • HOPEX Administrator - Production profile
        • User Management Web Administrator profile
        • Functional Administrator profile of a Solution
      •  Profile Properties
        • Name
        • Products accessible on the license (Command Line)
        • Assignable
        • Administrator profile
        • Profile display
        • Profile status
        • _GUIName
        • MetaPicture
        • Working Environment Template
        • Profile used
        • Persons
        • Available applications
        • Available desktops
        • Terminology
        • Available types
    •  Introduction to User Management
      • Users Delivered
      • User: Definition
      •  Person Properties
        • Name
        • Image
        • E-mail address
        • Telephone number and initials
        • Data language
        • Default library
        • Person reading access area and reading access area at creation
        • Person writing access area and writing access area at creation
        • Login
        • Belongs to a Person Group
      •  Login Properties
        • User code
        • Login Holder
        • Inactive user (Status)
        • Products accessible on the license (Command Line)
        • Authentication mode
        • Windows identifier
        • LDAP server
    •  Managing Profiles
      • Introduction to Profiles
      • Creating a Profile
      • Customizing an Existing Profile / Creating a Profile from an Existing Profile
      • Viewing Profile Characteristics
      •  Configuring a Profile
        • Configuring profile characteristics
        • Defining applications accessible to profile users
        • Defining application desktops accessible to profile users
        • Associating a terminology with a profile
        • Defining the object types available for a profile
      • Assigning a Profile to a Person
      • Performing a Mass Profile Assignment to Persons
      • Deleting a Profile
    •  Access to User Management
      •  Accessing User Management and UI Access Management Folders
        • Accessing User Management and UI Access Management Folders
        • Opening the User Management window
        • Opening the profile management window
        • Opening the profile assignment window
      • Viewing Person Characteristics
      • Viewing Login Characteristics
    •  Managing Users
      • Creating Users
      • Defining a Person
      • Creating the Login of a Person
      • Defining the Login of a Person
      • Modifying User Properties
      • Preventing User Connection
      • Deleting Users
      • Creating or Modifying a User Password (Windows Front-End)
      • Exporting and Comparing Repository Users
    •  Managing user options
      • Configuring Metamodel Access
      • Authorizing Deletion of a Published Object
      • Authorizing HOPEX Data Modification
      •  Managing User Inactivity
        • Activating/Deactivating user inactivity management
        • Managing user inactivity
    •  Authentication in HOPEX
      •  Defining Default Authentication Mode
        • Viewing default authentication mode
        • Defining default authentication mode to LDAP
        • Defining user authentication mode
      •  Windows Authentication
        • Synchronization with a company directory
        • Associating a Windows user with a HOPEX user manually
        • Connection in case of unique authentication
        • Single sign-on precautions
      •  LDAP Authentication
        • Configuring LDAP authentication
        • Accessing LDAP server management
        • Creating an LDAP server
        • Configuring the LDAP server
        • Configuring an LDAP parameter
        • Modifying LDAP directory import content
        • Importing persons from an LDAP server
        • Authentication and a user created on the fly (Web Front-End)
  •  Managing Repositories
    •  Using Repositories
      • Accessing Repositories
      • Repository Structure
      • Creating a Repository
      • Consulting and Modifying Repository Properties
      •  Enabling and Customizing Repository Indexing
        • Enabling/Disabling repository indexing for quick search
        • Indexing a repository manually
        • Customizing the indexing scheduler (RDBMS)
      • Consulting RDBMS Repository Performance
      • Generating a Health File for an RDBMS Repository
      • Accessing the Log of Repository Changes (.EMV file)
    •  Managing Repositories
      •  Managing logfiles
        • Backup logfile
        • Backup logfile process
        • If you have a problem
        • Enabling the repository log
      •  Configuring the logging for an inter repository consolidation
        • Logging
        • Modifying the log behavior
      •  Viewing the Repository Update Log
        • Viewing the Repository Update Log
        • Displaying dispatches
      • Exporting Updates
      •  Deleting a Repository
        • Deleting a GBMS repository
        • Deleting an RDBMS repository
      •  Converting a Repository
        • Mass converting technical data
      • Importing Libraries into a Repository
      •  Repository Physical Backup
        • Backup frequencies
        • Elements to be backed up
        • Other elements to be backed up
        • Elements that could be useful to back up
      •  Checking and Physically Restoring a GBMS Repository
        • Checking a GBMS repository
        • Physical restore
      •  Reorganizing a repository
        • Recommendations concerning GBMS repositories
        • Reorganizing a repository
      • Repository Logical Backup
      •  Duplicating a Repository
        • Duplicating a GBMS repository
        • Duplicating an Oracle repository
      • Initializing an Existing GBMS Repository
      •  Updating a Repository
        • Importing command files
        • Viewing rejects
        • Viewing the import execution report file
      •  Viewing the Environment Report File
        • Viewing the environment report file
        • Copying the environment report file
        • Opening the environment report file
      •  Viewing User Process Error Trace Files
        • Opening the trace file from HOPEX Administration
        • Opening the trace file from the HOPEX Server Supervisor tool
        • Opening the trace file from HOPEX
      • Saving the Error Zip file for Diagnostics
      • Viewing Object History
    •  Optimizing Repository Access Performance
      •  Managing Log Size
        • Log size management frequency
        • Deleting a log or reducing the log size
        • Backing up the repository log
        • Deleting log elements to reduce the log size (SQL server)
        • Modifying MetaClass loggability
      •  Managing cache in RDBMS environments
        • Increasing RDBMS cache size (memory)
        • Modifying HOPEX cache location
        • Extending or disabling RDBMS local cache files
        • Cyphering RDBMS local cache data
      • Managing Status Indicators
      •  Deleting RDBMS Repository Temporary and Historical Data
        • Mass deleting temporary data of private workspace
        • Mass deleting repository historical data
      • Performing regular maintenance tasks (RDBMS repository)
      • Managing GBMS Repository Locks (Windows Front-End)
      • Cleaning up a Repository
      • Configuring the Anti-Virus According to HOPEX Data
    •  Referencing and Unreferencing a Repository
      • Referencing a Repository
      • Unreferencing a Repository
      •  Protecting the referencing of a repository
        • Adding a referencing password to a repository
        • Modifying/Canceling a repository password
  •  Managing workspaces
    •  Private Workspace Principle
      • Private Workspace
      • Collaborative Workspace
    •  Using Your Private Workspace
      • Connecting to HOPEX
      • Saving Sessions
      • Workspace Properties
      • HOPEX Repository State Changes
      • Dispatching Your Work
      •  Dispatch Conflicts
        • Creation of duplicated objects
        • Deletion of already deleted objects or links
        • Links related to a renamed object
      •  Rejects When Dispatching
        • Change in writing access values between opening and dispatching a private workspace
        • Rename/create collisions
        • Verifying link uniqueness
        • Attribute uniqueness (other than name)
        • Updating a deleted object
      • Dispatch Report
      • Refreshing Data
      • Conflicts When Refreshing
      •  Discarding Work
        • Discarding work from a private workspace
        • Discarding work from a collaborative workspace
      •  Exiting a Session
        • Exiting a session from a private workspace
        • Exiting a session from a collaborative workspace
    •  Workspace Administration
      • Accessing workspace management
      • Deleting a Workspace
    •  Private Workspace Life: Example
      • Private Workspace 1
      • Private Workspace 2
      • Private Workspace 3
      • Private Workspace 4
      • Private Workspace 5
      • Private Workspace 6
    •  Managing Updates
      •  Viewing Updates
        • Private workspaces
        • Dispatches
      • Exporting Your Private Workspace Log
      •  Private Workspaces and Repository Size
        • Private workspace life
        • Private workspace monitoring
    •  Managing locks
      •  Principle
        • Preventing conflicts
        • Deleting a lock or unlocking an object
        • Clock Synchronization
        • Details on Lock Operating
      •  Managing Locks on Objects
        • Managing locks from HOPEX Administration
        • Managing locks from HOPEX
  •  Managing Environments
    •  Environment Structure
      • System Repository
    •  Using Environments
      • Creating an Environment
      • Copying a GBMS Environment
      • Deleting a GBMS Environment
    •  Moving and Referencing an Environment
      • Moving an Environment
      • Referencing an Environment
      • Deleting a Reference to an Environment
    • Deactivating an environment (RDBMS)
    •  Customizing Environments
      • Backing Up Environment Customizations
      • Restoring Environment Customizations
      • Compiling an Environment
    •  Comparing Environments
      •  Comparison Types
        • Standard analysis
        • Analysis by topic
      •  Environment Comparator Configuration
        • Configuring the comparison
        • Configuring the XML Report File
      • Running the Environment Comparison
  •  Managing Events
    •  Introduction to supervision
      • Prerequisites to Supervision
      •  Supervising Events
        • Event types
      • Supervision files
      •  Supervision configuration file: MegaSite.ini
        • Executable code
    •  Supervision tool: HOPEX Server Supervisor
      • Starting HOPEX Server Supervisor
      • Extend HOPEX Server Supervisor functionalities
      • Modifying processes to be supervised (MegaSite.ini filter)
      • Finding the supervision file location
      • Modifying the supervision file location
    •  Supervising events
      •  Supervision tool
        • Supervision tool toolbar
        • Supervision tool tabs
      • Consulting a supervision event file
      • Actions from an event supervision window
    •  Events to be Monitored (Production Server)
      • Events: Login and Authentication
      • Events: Configuration Management
      • Events: Workspace Activity
      • Events: Repository Connections
      • Events: Service Execution
  •  Managing objects
    •  Exporting HOPEX Objects
      • Export
      •  Exporting Objects
        • Exporting HOPEX objects
        • Exporting a HOPEX object from the object
        • Viewing an export file
        • Activating the export perimeter selection option
      •  Viewing Objects Before Export
        • Enabling the view option
        • Viewing objects
    •  Protecting Objects
      • Accessing the Object Protection Management Window
      • Assigning a Writing Access Area to an Object
      • Propagating Authorizations Between Linked Objects
    •  Comparing and Aligning Objects Between Repositories
      • Compare and Align Principle
      •  Compare and Align Warnings
        • Repository log
        • Users
        • Reading (confidentiality) and writing access levels
      • Comparing and Aligning Two Repositories
    •  Merging Two Objects
      • Choice of the objects to be merged
      • Merging Two Objects
    • Querying Isolated Objects
    • Querying Objects to be Translated
    • Importing a Solution Pack in HOPEX
    •  Managing UI Access (Permissions)
      • Opening the UI Access Management Window (Permission)
      •  Object UI Access Values
        • MetaClass occurrence access permissions
        • MetaAssociationEnd access permissions
        • MetaAttribute access permissions
        • Permissions on a tool
      •  Managing UI Access
        • Modifying access permissions on occurrences of a MetaClass for a profile
        • Modifying access permissions of MetaAttributes of a MetaClass for a profile
        • Modifying access permissions to tools of a MetaClass for a profile
        • Modifying access permissions of a link around a MetaClass for a profile
        • Modifying access permissions on links around a MetaClass for a profile
        • Rules on permissions at profile aggregation
      •  Managing Data Access Dynamically
        • Creating permission rules
        • Associating a permission rule with a profile
        • Associating a permission rule with an object
      •  Generating a Report on Permissions by Profile
        • Generating the report
        • Report content
      • Managing General UI Access
    •  Managing Shapes
      • Accessing Shapes
  •  Managing Data Writing Access
    •  Introduction to writing access management
      • Users
      • Writing Access Areas
      •  Writing Access Diagram
        • Rules
        • Use
      • Link Orientation: Major and Minor Objects
    •  Opening the Writing Access Diagram
      • Opening the Writing Access Diagram (Windows Front-End)
    • Compiling the Writing Access Diagram
    •  Defining Writing Access Areas
      • Creating a Writing Access Area
      • Defining Writing Access Area Persons or Person Groups
      • Defining a Writing Access Area at Creation
      • Modifying Writing Access Areas of Objects
      • Modifying Writing Access Areas of an Object Group
      • Deleting Writing Access Areas
      • Propagating Object Writing Access Areas to Child Objects
      • Associating Objects with Writing Access Areas
      •  Tips on Using Writing Access Areas
        • Common data
        • Tips
        • Typical example
    •  Customizing Writing Access Area Management
      • Calculated Writing Access Area
      • Calculated MetaAttribute
      • Installing a Writing Access Diagram
      • Locking Validated Objects
      • Merging Two Projects
      • Splitting a Project
    •  Managing Users from the Writing Access Diagram
      • Creating Persons with Writing Access Areas
      • Creating Person Group with Writing Access Areas
      • Managing Users from the Writing Access Diagram
      • Compiling the Writing Access Diagram
      • Transferring the Writing Access Diagram
    •  Customizing Writing Access Diagram Display
      • Customizing Diagram Structure Representation
      • Customizing Writing Access Area Display
  •  Managing Data Reading Access
    •  Introduction
      • The Need to Manage Sensitive Data
      • General Concepts
      • Activating Data Reading Access Management
      • Consulting Environment Reading Access Information
      • Managing Reading Access in HOPEX
      • Compiling the Reading Access Diagram
    •  Reading Access Area Matrix
      • Accessing the Reading Access Area Matrix
      • Adding an Object Reading Access Area
      • Adding a User Reading Access Area
      • Associating User Reading Access Areas with Object Reading Access Areas
      • Associating Users with User Reading Access Areas
    •  Reading Access Diagram
      • Reading Access Diagram Operating
      • Activating the reading access diagram
      • Prohibiting Reading Access Diagram Modification
      • Opening the reading access diagram (Windows Front-End)
      •  Organizing Reading Access Areas
        • Creating reading access areas
        • Connecting two reading access areas
        • Displaying reading access areas associated with a reading access area
      •  Adding a User in the Reading Access Diagram
        • Adding a person in the reading access diagram
        • Adding a person group in the reading access diagram
      •  Connecting Users to Reading Access Areas
        • Reading access area of the user
        • Reading access area at creation
      • Consulting Reading Access Diagram Information:
      • Customizing Reading Access Area Display
    •  Configuring Data Reading Access
      •  Associating Objects with Reading Access Areas
        • Connecting objects to object reading access areas
        • Disconnecting objects from reading access areas
        • Displaying the list of objects associated with a reading access area
      • Associating user reading access areas with objects
      •  Propagating Reading Access Areas
        • Propagating a reading access area from HOPEX Administration
        • Propagating a reading access area from HOPEX
      •  Managing MetaClass Sensitivity and Reading Access Areas
        • Opening the HOPEX MetaClasses reading access configuration dialog box
        • Modifying MetaClass sensitivity
        • Hiding confidential or sensitive objects in a diagram
      •  Confidential or Sensitive Object Behavior
        • Displaying a confidential or sensitive object in a diagram
        • Export and Duplication
        • Generation of reports (MS Word) and Web sites
        • Macros
        • Confidential or sensitive objects and namespaces
      •  Modifying Reading Access Areas
        • Modifying object reading access areas
        • Modifying user reading access areas
    • MetaClass Confidentiality Exceptions
  •  Command File Syntax
    • Command file extensions
    • Object Naming Rules
    • Commands
    •  Basic Syntax
      • Creating an Object
      • Deleting Objects
      • Modifying an Object
      • Modifying Texts
      • Modifying a Name
      • Creating and Modifying an Object with a Single Command
      • Creating a Link Between Two Objects
      • Modifying a Link
      • Deleting a Link
      • Managing Translations
      • Validating Import
      • Displaying a Comment in the Import Dialog Box
      • Transforming an MGL File to MGR
      • Transforming an MGR File to MGL
  •  Managing Options
    • Options Overview
    • Option Window Presentation
    •  Accessing Options
      •  Options Level
        • Modifying options at site level
        • Modifying options at environment level
        • Modifying options at profile level
        • Modifying options at user level:
        • Modifying options at workstation level:
      • Option Inheritance
      •  Checking Option Modifications
        • Prohibiting modification of a lower level option
        • Unlocking the modification of a lower level option
      •  Reinitializing Option Values
        • Reinitializing the values of an option
        • Reinitializing the values of an option group (Windows Front-End)
    • Generating the list of options
    •  Available Option Groups
      • User options
      • Workstation Options
    •  Managing Languages
      • Changing User Interface (Windows Front-End) Language
      • Defining the Data Languages Available for a User
      • Changing User Data Language (Windows Front-End)
      • Installing Additional Languages
      • Defining the Language of e-mails in Workflows
      • Managing Languages in Web Applications
  •  Frequently Asked Questions - Administration
    • Common Operations
    • Recurrent Messages
    •  Product Codes
      • Access your list of available products
  • Glossary
•  Technical Articles (EN)
  •  Web connection overloading and configuration MEGA HOPEX 1.0 EN
    • Authentication and mapping principles
    •  Overloading the authentication web service
      • Defining the web service to call
      • Web service interface to implement
    •  Overloading the mapping web service
      • Defining the web service to call
      • Web service interface to implement
    •  Delegating authentication to A Centralized Authentication service (SSO)
      • Delegated authentication principle
      • Activating delegated authentication
      •  Delegated authentication samples
        • Windows .Net authentication
      • Writing your own delegated authentication service
    •  Improving MEGA Advisor first connection response time
      •  Timeout configuration
        • Configuring IIS Application Pool timeout
        • Configuring Advisor ASP.NET Session State timeout
        • Configuring Advisor session timeout
      •  Preload profiles configuration
        • Configuring the KeepAlive value
        • Configuring the Preload profiles
        • Administration page
      • Preload planning
  •  HOPEX – Securing the platform
    • Introduction
    •  Securing the access to the application
      • Activating SSL on the website
      • Disabling SSL v2, v3, TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1
      • Block the TRACE HTTP request
      • Remove the default install page in IIS
      • Securing the RDP access (Terminal Services)
      • Configuring the firewall
      • Configuring the default error page of the application to hide application errors
      • Protection against ClickJacking
      • Securing the ASP.NET session cookie
      • Hide ASP.Net version header
      • Strict-Transport-Security HTTP header
      • Manage content type options
    •  Securing the application
      • Hiding the error details
      • Activating the automatic logoff
      • Hiding the information when entering the wrong credentials
  •  Description of MEGA Data Exchange XML Format
    • Introduction to MEGA XML Data Exchange Format
    • Format XML Schema Model
    •  Tags in Brief
      • <MegaExchange>
      • <Header>
      • <Attribute>
      • <Value>
      • <Commands>
      • <Content>
      • <Object>
      • <Link>
      • <Add>
      • <Delete>
      • <Replace>
      • <Extension>
    •  Format in Detail
      •  MEGA data exchange XML document structure
        • Physical structure
        • Logical structure
      •  Exchanged data description modes
        • Command exchange: <Commands> tag
        • Content exchange: <Content> tag
      • Commands description: <Add>, <Delete>, <Replace> tags
      •  Object Descriptions
        • Command Mode
        • Content Mode
        • Object identification mechanisms
      •  Link description
        • Hierarchical link in content mode
        • Other links
      •  Description of attribute values
        • Attribute value format
        • Translatable attributes and attribute value expression language
      •  MEGA XML format extensions
        •  Example of use of the <Extension> tag by MEGA
          • Example 1 : Use of the <Extension> tag by MEGA
      •  Attributes of MEGA XML documents used by MEGA
        • Document attributes list
    • Glossary
  •  Reporting Datamart
    • Reporting Datamart Overview
    •  Reporting Datamart Description
      • Structure
      • Data
      • Content
      • Excluding MetaAttribute values from the Reporting Datamart
    •  Creating and initializing a reporting datamart
      • Creating a Reporting Datamart
      • Initializing the Reporting Datamart structure
      • Initializing the Reporting Datamart data
    •  Synchronizing the Reporting Datamart with the HOPEX Repository content
      • Synchronization frequency
      • Launching an incremental synchronization
      • Launching a calculated MetaAttribute synchronization
      • Launching a diagram synchronization
    • Deleting a reporting datamart
    •  Using the Reporting Datamart
      • Usage
      • Advantages
    •  Reporting Datamart Detailed description
      • Reporting Datamart table classification
      •  Reporting Datamart table name format
        • Technical tables
        • MetaClass occurrence tables
        • MetaAssociation tables
      •  Reporting Datamart columns
        • MetaClass occurrence table columns
        • Link table columns
      •  Use case: reading the Reporting Datamart through a link
        • Accessing your Reporting Datamart tables
        • Understanding a link table
        • Finding the MetaClass corresponding to an IdAbs
        • Finding attributes or tagged values belonging to a MetaClass occurrence
        • Finding information on an attribute
      • Use case: saving the diagram drawings
•  RDBMS Environment Duplication (EN)
  •  RDBMS Environment Duplication - 1 - SQL Server
    •  Prerequisites
      • The SQL Server account
    •  Backup/Restore of SQL Server databases
      • Backup and file transfer
      • Restore
      • When duplicating a repository in an environment – Expert mode
  •  RDBMS environment duplication - 1 - Oracle
    •  Generalities
      • Oracle supported versions
      • Oracle tools used
    •  Using Oracle SQL Developer
      • Fill in the connection parameters according to MEGA Administration settings
    •  The Oracle data export with expdp
      •  Prerequisites for using expdp utility
        • Oracle USER configuration
        • Oracle DIRECTORY object configuration
      •  Initiating the export
        • expdp parameters explained
        • The actual export
      • SystemDb repository export
      • User data repositories export
      • Special case (not recommended): many repositories for one SCHEMA
      • Identifying the set of data corresponding to the MEGA repository
      • Filtering the export to include only that specific repository data
      •  Initiating the import
        • Location of the target Oracle database
        • impdp parameters explained
        • When duplicating a repository in an environment – Expert mode
        • When renaming an environment – Expert mode
  •  RDBMS Environment Duplication - 2 - Post Processing Tasks
    • Introduction
    •  Post Installation Tasks
      •  Create/Attach an environment in Mega
        • Creating an environment
        • Attaching the working database(s) to the environment
        • When duplicating a repository
      •  Copy the documents from source to target 
        • The Word/RTF documents
        • The internal documents (.DAT files)
      •  Get the parameters of the environment
        • MegaEnv.ini file
        • Mega_Usr folder