HOPEX Information Architecture - Logical Layer
Company organizers and architects can describe operations using HOPEX Information Architecture by modeling data used when implementing business processes and applications. To this end, HOPEX Information Architecture makes available a number of notations.
Using logical data models, you can build corresponding physical models, that is, create database tables, with its columns, indexes and keys as well as the relational diagram drawings.
You can also inventory applications that use the modeled logical data.
Data Modeling Options
Formalisms
You can model logical data using two formalisms:
• the data package, to build class diagrams (UML notation)
• the data model, for data diagrams (standard notations, IDEF1X, I.E, Merise)
To display one of the formalisms:
1. On the desktop, click Main Menu > Settings > Options.
2. In the navigation tree, expand the Data Modeling folder.
3. Click Data Formalism.
4. In the right part of the window pane select the formalism(s) that you want to display.
5. Click OK.
The folders corresponding to the packages and data models appear in the Logical data navigation pane.
Notations
You have access to a standard data model notation, selected by default. To display another notation (DEF1X, I.E ou Merise):
1. On the desktop, click Main Menu > Settings > Options.
2. In the navigation tree, expand the Data Modeling folder.
3. Click Data Notation.
4. In the right part of the window, select the notations that you want to display.
5. Click OK.
Repository access
To use the functionalities of HOPEX Information Architecture, you must have "Advanced" repository access:
1. Click Main Menu > Settings > Options.
2. In the left pane of the window, click the Repository folder.
3. In the right pane, check that access to the repository is in "Advanced" mode.