Computer Associates International, Inc. (CA) is proud to announce the latest release of the AllFusion Modeling Suite. The AllFusion Modeling Suite is part of CAs eBusiness Transformation and Integration solution family, providing the development and deployment solutions necessary to integrate disparate applications, databases and business partner systems in today``s Internet environment.

Products featured in this release include:

AllFusion ERwin Data Modeler 4.1

New features include:

Increased size for stored procedures

Complete Compare transforms

Export of entity location

Overall usability improvements

AllFusion Model Manager integration

Updated Database Support:

Oracle 9i

Sybase 12

UDB Version 7

DB2 Version 7

AllFusion Model Manager 4.1

New features include:

Automatic Model Manager conversion

Flexible metadata structure

Improved handling of library-level objects

Movable library-level objects

Multi-Mart

Change control management for synchronizing objects

Updated support of host databases

AllFusion Component Modeler 4.1

Multi-User support, which allows for multiple user access to the same repository

Extended support for UML 1.3 modeling includes:

Enhanced access to reusable components

Added support for UML 1.3 notation

Automatic saving of UML diagrams

AllFusion Process Modeler 4.1

AllFusion Model Manager integration

Simulation interface improvement

Added support for Euro currency

Platforms supported by AllFusion Modeling Suite include:
Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000 and Windows XP

Tips and Tricks - AllFusion™ Modeling Suite

In AllFusion™ ERwin® Data Modeler, how do you unlink a model from its source model?

AllFusion ERwin Data Modeler has the ability to split a logical/physical model into separate logical and physical models. At that point, the logical model becomes the Model Source for the physical model. But, if necessary, the models can be unlinked and a different model may be designated as the source model.

To unlink related models, all you need to do is to open the target model (the physical model). Go to the Model menu and choose Model Sources which opens the Model Sources Properties dialog.

In the drop-down list, select the Model Source you want to remove and click on the Delete button. From there on, the two models are no longer related in any way.

Additionally, you can use the Save As New Model on the File menu which will totally disassociate even that link. The results are two separate logical and physical models.