• Introduction to IA
  • Introduction to HOPEX Information Architecture
    • The Scope Covered by HOPEX IA
    • The Information Architecture desktop
      • Connecting to HOPEX Information Architecture
      • Displaying the Working Environment of an Enterprise
        • Creating an enterprise and its working environment
        • Displaying the working environment of an enterprise
    • HOPEX Information Architecture Profiles
      • The Business information architect
      • Data architect
      • Database architect
      • Database administrator
      • The IA functional administrator
    • Business Roles of HOPEX Information Architecture
• IA Business Layer
  • HOPEX Information Architecture - Business Layer
    • Vocabulary Management Process
      • Analysis and organization of business concepts
      • Concept realization
  • Business IA: Objects Used
    • Concepts
      • Concept and Term
      • Links Between Concepts
        • Definition links
        • Dependency links
      • Concept Properties: Representation types
      • Concept Instances: Individuals
      • The life cycle of a concept or Individual
        • Concept life cycle
        • Individual life cycle
      • Periods
      • Classifying Concepts and the Concept Type Notion
      • The Concept View
      • Dictionary Element Realization
    • Presentation of Concept Modeling Diagrams
      • Concept Diagram
      • Concept structure diagram
      • Concept type structure diagram
      • State concept state structure diagram
      • Individual structure diagram
      • The concept life cycle structure diagram
    • Generating a Glossary
      • Launching a Glossary Report
      • Using the Glossary in a Multilingual Context
    • Managing Assignments of Business data
      • Accessing object assignments
      • Automatic assignment of an object
      • Explicit assignment of an object
  • Describing Business Information Architecture
    • Defining a Business Dictionary
      • The Elements of a Business Dictionary
        • Accessing the elements of a business dictionary
      • Creating a Business Dictionary
      • Creating a Business Information Map
        • The components of a business information map
    • Defining a Business Information Area
      • Creating a business information area
      • Creating the Structure Diagram for a Business Information Area
      • Building Concept Diagrams
        • Creating a concept diagram of a business information area
        • The components of a concept diagram
        • Activating the views window
        • Adding a concept diagram element
        • Using the object insert toolbar
        • Overview of links between objects
        • Accessing link properties in a concept diagram
      • Managing the components of a business information area
        • The components of a business information area
        • Define the CRUD for the components of a business information area
    • Describing Concepts
      • Accessing the Concepts List
        • In Web Front-End
        • In Windows Front-End
      • Creating Concepts
      • Concept Properties
        • Concept characteristics
        • Links between a concept and other dictionary elements
      • Describing Concept Components
        • Accessing concept components
        • Creating a concept component from a graph
      • Describing Concept Power Components
      • Describing a Computed Concept Component
      • Describing Representation Types
        • Connecting a representation type to a concept
        • Connecting two representation types
      • Creating a Computed Concept Representation
        • Example
      • Describing Concept Variations
        • Accessing concept variations
        • Creating a concept variation from a concept diagram
        • Creating a concept component variation
        • Creating a concept component substitution
      • Concept structure diagram
    • Describing individuals
      • Accessing the List of Individuals
      • Creating an Individual from a Subject Area
      • Individual Properties
      • Creating an Individual Classification
      • Creating a Dictionary Entity Component
      • Individual structure diagram
    • Describing Concept or Individual States
      • Describing State Concepts
        • Accessing the state concepts list
        • Creating a state concept from a subject area
        • State concept properties
      • Describing Event Concepts
        • Accessing the event concepts list
        • Creating an event concept from a subject area
        • Event concept properties
        • Connecting an event concept to its concept
      • State concept structure diagram
      • Describing Individual States and Events
        • Accessing the individual state and event list
        • Creating an Individual state from a business information area
        • Individual state properties
        • Creating an Individual event from a business information area
        • Connecting an individual event to an individual
      • Concept life cycle structure diagram
        • Creating a concept life cycle
        • Creating a concept life cycle structure diagram
        • Adding a concept life cycle event
        • Creating a concept life cycle transition
      • Using periods
    • Describing Concept Types
      • Accessing the Concept Types List
      • Creating a New Concept Type
      • Concept Type Properties
      • Describing Concept Type Components
        • Accessing concept type components
        • Creating a concept type component from a business information area
      • Describing Concept Type Variations
        • Accessing concept type variations
        • Creating a concept type variation from a business information area
      • The Concept Type Structure Diagram
    • Defining Concept Views
      • Creating a Concept View
      • Defining the Concept View Content
        • Displaying objects in the view
        • Adding a source object to the concept view
        • Adding a component to the concept view
      • The View Report
    • Importing Business Data from an Excel File
      • Content of the Excel Template
        • Term Sheet
        • Concept Sheet
        • Synonym Sheet
        • Component sheet
        • State Concept sheet
      • Downloading the Excel File Template
  • Connecting the Business Concepts to the Logical and Physical architecture
    • Realization of Concept
      • Defining the Object that Realizes a Concept
      • Defining the Concept Realized by a Class
    • Using Realization Matrices
      • Realization Levels
      • Creating a Realization Matrix
    • Initializing a Business Dictionary Using Logical or Physical Data
      • Modifying the Initialization Option
      • Initializing a Business Dictionary Using Logical Data
      • Initializing a Business Dictionary Using Physical Data
      • Displaying the Realization Report
        • Report parameters
        • Report example
  • Business data reports
    • Accessing Reports
    • Description Reports
      • The View Report
      • Glossary Report
      • Realization report
    • Word Cloud Reports
      • Amount of Information in Information Areas
      • Extent of the Description of the Information
      • Use of Information in Data Area
    • Data usage reports
      • Use of information held by a container
      • Use of information in an domain
      • Use of information of an information map
      • Use of information
      • Use of information of the domains of a container
    • Report DataSets
      • Creating a Report DataSets
      • Example of a Report Dataset
• IA Logical Layer
  • HOPEX Information Architecture - Logical Layer
    • Data Modeling Options
      • Formalisms
      • Notations
      • Repository access
  • Logical Data Architecture
    • Logical Data Structure
      • Base elements
        • Data dictionary
        • Logical Data Map
        • Data area
        • Logical data view
      • Logical and application data areas
        • Creating a logical data area
      • The Data Area Diagram
        • Example of diagram
        • Creating a Logical Data Area Diagram
        • Adding an object to the diagram
        • Adding a component to a data area
      • The Logical Data Map
        • The components of a logical data map
      • Logical Data Views
        • Creating a logical data view
        • Displaying source objects in the data view
        • Defining the Data View Components.
    • Use of logical data by applications
      • Inventory of applications
      • Connecting Logical Data to an Application
        • Creating a data store
        • Defining data access mode
  • The Class Diagram
    • Creating a Package
    • Creating a Class Diagram
  • The data model
    • Data Modeling Principles
      • Summary of Concepts
        • Data model
        • Data diagram
    • Building a data model
      • Creating a Data Model
      • Creating a Data Diagram
    • Entities
      • Creating an entity
      • Attributes
        • Creating attributes
        • Inherited attributes
    • Associations
      • Creating an Association
      • Defining association roles (ends)
      • Multiplicities
      • Other association characteristics
        • Aggregation
        • Composition
      • Using reflexive associations
      • Displaying an N-ary Association
    • Constraints
    • Normalization Rules
      • First Normal Form
      • Second Normal Form
      • Third Normal Form
    • Generalizations
      • What is a generalization?
      • Multiple sub-entities
        • Advantages of sub-entities
      • Multiple inheritance
      • Creating a generalization
      • Discriminator
    • Identifiers
      • Defining an Entity Identifier
        • Identification by an attribute
    • Data Model Mapping
      • Functional Objectives
        • Distinguishing enterprise definitions and business function data
        • Integrating existing models
        • Use case
      • Running the mapping editor
      • Creating a Mapping
      • Deleting a mapping
      • Mapping details
        • Mapping properties
        • Object status
        • Mapping source
      • Example of mapping between data models
  • Other Notations Available with IA
    • IDEF1X Notation
      • Prerequisite
      • About Data Modeling with IDEF1X
      • Concept Synthesis for Data Modeling (IDEF1X)
      • Creating a Data Model (IDEF1X)
        • Data Diagram (IDEF1X)
      • Entities (IDEF1X)
        • Creating an entity
        • Attributes
      • Associations (IDEF1X)
        • Mandatory identifying relationship
        • Mandatory non-identifying relationship
        • Mandatory Non-Identifying Relationship
        • non-specific relationship
        • Associative entity
        • Defining Association Roles
        • Multiplicities
      • Categorization Relationships (Generalizations) - (IDEF1X)
        • What is a Categorization (Generalization)?
        • Creating a Categorization
        • Multiple Categories
        • Multiple Category Clusters
        • Complete Categorization
        • Discriminator
    • I.E. Notation
      • Prerequisite
      • About Data Modeling with I.E.
      • Concept Synthesis for Data Modeling (I.E)
      • Creating a Data Model (I.E)
        • Data Diagram (I.E.)
      • Entities (I.E.)
        • Creating an entity
        • Attributes
      • Associations (I.E)
        • Overview
        • Associations and their Multiplicities
      • Sub-types (I.E)
        • What is sub-type?
        • Multiple Subtypes
        • Advantages of sub-types
        • Multiple inheritance
        • Creating a sub-type
    • The Merise Notation
      • Prerequisite
      • About Data Modeling (Merise)
      • Concept Synthesis for Data Modeling (Merise)
      • Creating a Data Model (Merise)
        • Data Diagram (Merise)
      • The entities (Merise)
        • Creating an entity
      • The associations (Merise)
        • Examples of associations
        • Reflexive relationships
        • "n-ary" relationships
        • Participations or cardinalities
        • Creating an Association (Relationship)
      • Attributes (Information) - Merise
        • Properties
        • Identifier
        • Creating Attributes
      • Normalization Rules (Merise)
        • First Normal Form
        • Second Normal Form
        • Third Normal Form
      • Refining Data Model Specification (Merise)
        • Ordering Attributes
        • Attribute Description
        • Participations or cardinalities
      • Sub-typing (Merise)
        • What is sub-type?
  • Attribute Types
    • Datatype Packages
      • Creating a New Datatype Package
        • Creating a datatype
      • Referencing Datatype Packages
    • Assigning Types to Attributes
• IA Physical Layer
  • HOPEX Information Architecture - Physical Layer
    • Data Modeling Options
      • Formalisms
      • Notations
      • Repository access
  • Database and Physical Modeling
    • Physical Data Architecture
      • Physical data structure - Basic elements
        • Database
        • Physical Data Area
        • Physical view
    • Physical data areas
      • Creating a physical data area
        • Relational Data Area
      • The physical data map
        • Creating a physical data map
        • The components of a physical data map
    • Database
      • Creating Databases
      • Database Properties
      • Associating a Package with a Database
      • Importing a DBMS Version
    • Relational Diagram
      • Creating the Relational Diagram
        • Creating objects in the diagram
        • Configuring display of relational diagrams
    • Defining the components of a database
      • Database Tables
        • Creating a table
        • Deleting a table
      • Table Columns
        • Viewing columns
        • Creating a column
        • Deleting a column
      • Modifying Keys and Indexes
      • Creating a Key
        • Primary key
        • Foreign key
      • Creating an Index
      • Adding a Column to a Key or Index
    • Specifying Primary and Foreign Keys
      • Specifying Primary Keys
      • Specifying Foreign Keys
      • Column Primary Key of Two Tables
      • Column Primary Key of Three Tables
    • Database Modeling Rules
  • Synchronizing logical and physical models
    • Synchronization Display Options
    • "Logical to Physical" Synchronization Rules
      • Logical > physical synchronization: the application and logical data areas
      • Logical to Physical Synchronization: the Entities (or Classes)
        • General rule
        • Sub-entity
        • Abstract entity
        • Realized entity
      • Logical to Physical Synchronization: the Associations
        • Constraint associations (multiplicities: 0,1 or 1,1)
        • Constraint associations (multiplicities: 0,1 and 0,1)
        • Deadlocks
        • Non-constraint association
        • Association class
      • Logical to Physical Synchronization: the Parts (UML)
        • Example 1: None / *
        • Example 2: Aggregation / *
        • Example 3: Composition / 0..1
    • From the Logical Model to the Physical Model
      • Running Synchronization (Logical > Physical)
        • Step 1: Selecting the source objects to be synchronized
        • Step 2: Synchronization options
        • Step 3: Protecting objects
        • Step 4: Validating results
      • Using Options (Logical > Physical)
        • Take account of optimizations
        • Take account of deletions
        • Possible option combinations
      • Protecting Objects
        • Frozen mode
        • Realized mode
      • Synchronization Results: Correspondences
        • Mapping characteristics
    • Reduced Synchronization (Logical to physical mode)
      • Reduced Synchronization Source Objects (Logical > Physical)
        • Running from a data model
        • Running from a data model entity
        • Running on an entity outside context
      • Reduced Synchronization Strategies (Logical > Physical)
        • Impact of synchronized object on other objects
        • Impact of other objects on synchronized object
        • All impacts
      • Running Reduced Synchronization (Logical > Physical)
        • Reduced synchronization options
    • Running Synchronization After Modifications
      • Synchronization after Modification of the Data Diagram
        • Newly created entities, associations, and attributes in the data diagram
        • Entities, associations, or attributes deleted from the data diagram
        • Modified attribute characteristics
        • Modified name of an attribute, entity, or association
        • Modified maximum multiplicity of an association
        • Modified association links
      • Synchronization after Modifications to the Physical Diagram
        • Deleted table or column
        • Created objects
        • Modified characteristics of objects created by synchronization
        • Modified order
    • From the Physical Model to the Logical Model
      • "Physical to Logical" Synchronization Rules
      • Running Synchronization (Physical > Logical)
        • Step 1: Selecting objects to be synchronized
        • Step 2: Synchronization options
        • Step 3: Protecting objects
        • Step 4: Validating results
        • Reduced synchronization
      • "Physical to Logical" Synchronization Results
        • Owner data model
        • Data diagrams
        • Mappings
    • Configuring Synchronization
      • Preparing Synchronization
      • Creation Options
        • On a database
        • On the DBMS
      • Configuring Name Generation
        • Naming rules
        • Modifying a naming rule
        • Entering the SQL mask
        • Configuring PK column names (implicit identifier)
    • Diagram Synchronization
      • Case of Diagram Update at Synchronization
        • After source diagram modification
        • After target diagram modification
        • After modification of both diagrams
        • No modification detected
        • Particular case: an entity mapping with two tables
  • Model Mapping
    • The Database Editor
      • Run the editor on a database
        • Creating a Logical/Physical Mapping Tree
      • Creating a Mapping
      • Deleting a mapping
    • Mapping Details
      • Mapping Properties
      • Mapping Report
      • Object status
        • Saving display of editor indicators
      • Mapping Source
      • Mapping Drawing
  • Denormalizing logical and physical models
    • Denormalization Principles
      • Denormalization: consistency of models
        • Transferring mappings
        • Deleting source objects
      • Synchronization and Denormalization
        • Combining denormalization and synchronization options
      • Denormalization: Use Case
    • Logical Denormalization
      • Running Logical Denormalization
        • Logical denormalization example
      • Logical Denormalization Wizards
        • Transform association to entity
        • Transform entity to association
        • Transform generalization to association
        • Transform association to generalization
        • Vertical partition of an entity
        • Horizontal partition of an entity
        • Merging of entities
        • Merging of ascending entities
        • Merging of descending entities
        • Copy/paste of attributes
    • Physical Denormalization
      • Running Physical Denormalization
        • Physical denormalization example
      • List of Physical Denormalization Wizards
        • Vertical partition of a table
        • Horizontal partition of a table
        • Merging of tables
        • Transform foreign key to table
        • Transform table to foreign key
        • Copy/paste of columns
  • Attribute and Column Types
    • Attribute Datatypes
      • Datatype Packages
      • Creating a New Datatype Package
        • Creating a datatype
      • Referencing Datatype Packages
      • Assigning Types to Attributes
    • Determining Column Datatypes from Attribute Types
      • Pivot Types
        • List of pivot types
      • Connecting a Datatype to a Pivot Type
      • Connecting a Datatype to a Pivot Type in UML Notation
        • By inheritance
        • By a correspondence link
        • By an equivalence link
        • By creating a compound datatype
    • Mappings Between Pivot Types and Datatypes
      • Example of correspondence between pivot types and Oracle 8 datatypes
    • Creating New Datatypes
      • Creating Datatypes - Example for Oracle 10
        • Objective
        • Steps
        • Prerequisite Conditions
        • Creating a new datatype
        • Connecting the datatype to the pivot type
        • Configuring conditions on links
        • Verifying datatypes
      • Creating Datatypes - Example for SQL Server 7
        • Objective
        • Creating a new datatype
        • Connecting the datatype to the pivot type
        • Configuring conditions on links
  • Generating SQL scripts
    • Running SQL Generation
      • SQL Generation Objects
      • Start the generation wizard
    • Incremental Generation
      • Incremental Generation Objects
      • Running Incremental Generation
        • Generation options
        • Start the generation wizard
    • Configuring SQL generation
      • Configuring the DBMS Version
        • Supported DBMS versions
        • Modifying DBMS version properties
      • Configuring Database Generation
      • Prefixing Object Names
        • Inheritance
        • DBMSs concerned
    • Supported Syntax
      • CREATE TABLE Instruction
        • Managing NOT NULL
        • PRIMARY KEY clause
        • FOREIGN KEY clause
        • UNIQUE clause
      • CREATE INDEX Instruction (Oracle, Sybase, SQL Server)
        • Definition of an index
        • Processing and generating SQL commands
        • CREATE VIEW Clause
  • Advanced SQL Options
    • Defining Database Views
      • Creating Database Views
        • Add a table or a column to a view
      • SQL Definition
        • View joints
        • User mode
        • Fields
      • Defining a Data Group
    • Defining Triggers for a Database
      • Creating Triggers
        • Trigger triggering
        • References
        • SQL Definition
      • Repository Integrity
    • Using Stored Procedures
    • Adding Physical Properties to Database Objects
      • Target DBMSs
      • Creating Physical Properties
        • Objects containing physical parameters
        • Creating a new clause
        • Connecting a clause
        • Naming clauses
        • Physical Model Customization Example
      • Generating the SQL File
  • Reverse engineer tables
    • Running Reverse Engineering
    • Physical Properties Reverse Engineering
      • Default Values
      • Eliminating Redundant and Transverse Values
      • Specific Cases
        • Physical properties of tablespaces
        • Clusters Reverse Engineering
  • ODBC Extraction Utility
    • Extracting the Description of a Database
      • Extraction Report File
      • Extraction Results File
    • Customizing ODBC Extraction
      • Using the Odwdbex.ini file and customized queries
      • Using ODBC standard APIs
    • Select Clause Formats
      • Select Clause Formats: Primary Keys
      • SELECT Clause Format: Foreign Keys
      • SELECT Clause Format: Indexes
      • SELECT Clause Format: Columns
  • • The following tables show correspondence between pivot types and the different supported DBMSs and their versions.DB2 OS/390 Version 5
    • DB2 OS/390 Version 7
    • DB2 for z/OS Version 8
    • DB2 Universal Database Version 5
    • DB2 Universal Database Version 7
    • DB2 Universal Database Version 8
    • DB2 Universal Database Version 9
    • DB2 Version 9 For OS
    • Informix Dynamic Server 7.3
    • Ingres II 2.0
    • MySQL 4.1
    • MySQL 5.0
    • Oracle 10
    • Oracle 11
    • Oracle 8
    • Oracle 9i
    • PostgreSQL9.3
    • SQL ANSI/ISO 9075:1992
    • SQL Server 2000
    • SQL Server 2005
    • SQL Server 2008
    • SQL Server 7
    • Sybase Adaptive Server 11
    • Sybase Adaptive Server 12.5
    • Teradata Database
  • DB2 Version 10.5: Syntax supported by HOPEX
    • Detail of Concepts Managed by DB2 V10.5
      • Tables
        • CREATE GLOBAL TEMPORARY TABLE
      • Indexes
      • Tablespaces
      • Views
      • Triggers
      • Sequences
      • Procedures
    • Creating Datatype Packages
      • DB2V10.5 Datatypes
        • NCHAR, NVARCHAR, NCLOB
        • OCTETS, CODEUNITS32, CODEUNITS16
        • LONG VARCHAR, LONG VARGHAPHIC
    • Physical Parameters
      • Tables
      • Columns
      • Indexes
      • Tablespaces
      • Unmanaged physical parameters
      • UNIQUE Constraint
      • Organize_sequence_key-clause Clause 
      • ‘EVERY \ DB2' Properties
  • PostgreSql 9.3: Syntax supported by HOPEX
    • Detail of Concepts Managed by PostgreSQL
      • Tables
      • Indexes
      • Tablespaces
      • Views
      • Triggers
      • Sequences
      • Functions
      • Materialized views
      • Domains and types
      • "Trigger events"
    • Creating Datatype Packages
      • PostgreSQL datatypes
    • Physical Parameters
      • Tables
      • Columns
      • Indexes
      • Tablespaces
      • Generic clause types
      • Unmanaged physical parameters
      • Properties pages