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Documentation Formats and Deliverables

The Bookshelf provided with CA ERwin Data Modeler, which is installed by default, includes documentation for CA ERwin Data Modeler Navigator Edition. You can open the Bookshelf in a web browser from the CA ERwin Data Modeler Start menu.

The documentation provided on the Bookshelf includes the following guides:

Deliverable Name

Format Provided

Add-In Manager Online Help

HTML

API Reference Guide

HTML and PDF

Data Modeling Overview Guide

(This guide was earlier known as Methods Guide.)

HTML and PDF

Editing Forward Engineering Templates

HTML and PDF

Implementation Guide

HTML and PDF

Implementation and Administration Guide (Workgroup Edition)

(The individual Administration and Implementation guides are merged to create one guide--Implementation and Administration Guide.)

HTML and PDF

Installation Guide

HTML and PDF

Metamodel Reference

HTML

CA ERwin Data Modeler Online Help

HTML

CA ERwin Mart Administrator Online Help

HTML

Release Notes

HTML and PDF

Template Language and Macro Reference

PDF

Upgrade Wizard Help

HTML

User Guide (Navigator Edition)

HTML and PDF

Note: For more information about the CA ERwin Data Modeler editions, see CA ERwin Data Modeler Editions.

The bookshelf includes a new section named Roles. This section includes documentation relevant to the tasks performed by each role in HTML format. The Roles section includes the following documentation:

Role

Deliverable Name

Business Analyst

Applying a theme to a model

Business Analyst

Changing the description of multiple objects

Data Architect

Applying data type standards

Data Architect

Applying naming standards

Data Architect

Creating a model

Data Architect

Generating or viewing reports

Data Architect

Compare models using Complete Compare

Data Architect

Create a Database Schema

Data Architect

How to Reverse Engineer a Database or a Script

System Administrator

Upgrading Mart

System Administrator

Setting up concurrent licenses

System Administrator

Using a local license

System Administrator

Using concurrent licenses

System Administrator

Adding users

System Administrator

Installing and configuring Mart