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Manual Conversion

Manual conversion means moving your models from your old mart to your new mart, one model at a time. Some advantages to using the manual method include:

• Selectively choosing the models you want to move, and leaving those that you do not.
• Optimizing the mart if there are many models or versions that are no longer in use, and that would extend conversion time.
• Running both CA ERwin Data Modeler Workgroup Edition versions simultaneously, and moving incrementally, model by model, to the new mart.
• Hosting your new mart on a different server or database platform than your old mart version.

The disadvantage is that because it is a manual process, it can be time-consuming and labor-intensive.