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WORKING WITH THE REPOSITORY > WORKING WITH OBJECTS IN THE REPOSITORY
• You can view a named release, but, in general, you cannot modify it. A special repository operation, Rollback
Diagram, lets you check in a named release as the latest version of a diagram. Once the Roll Back operation is
completed, you can check out the diagram (or a portion of it) to modify it.
• If the local diagram has the same name as the diagram in the repository you want to get, you must rename the
local copy of the diagram with a *.bak file extension. If you do not rename the local copy, you cannot complete
the Get From Repository operation.
• If a file exists in the active file directory with the same name as the selected diagram or the same name as the
diagram that the selected submodel belongs to, then there are several possible outcomes:
• If the local file is the same as the selected diagram or submodel, then ER/Studio opens it and refreshes it with
the latest Repository information.
• If the local file is from the same diagram, but contains a different submodel than the user selected (or the local
file contains the entire diagram and the user selected a submodel, or vice versa), then ER/Studio checks the
local file for checked out objects. If any objects are checked out, ER/Studio opens the local file instead of the
selected diagram or submodel. This lets the user Check In their work. If no objects are checked out, the
ER/Studio deletes the local file and replaces it with the chosen diagram or submodel.
• If the local file is not a DM1 file, is a DM1 file from a previous version of ER/Studio, is a DM1 file with a different
diagram GUID, or is a DM1 file that has not yet been added to the repository, ER/Studio renames the file with
a BAK extension and ER/Studio “Gets” the target diagram or submodel to the correct location.
• When you choose to get a named release, ER/Studio gives you the option of specifying where to place the
named release file. To see this option, you must select a named release in the tree (the UI is hidden and replaces
the check out UI when the named release is selected).
Delete a Named Release
Lets you delete Named Releases of diagrams stored in the ER/Studio Repository. To delete a Named Release, you
must already have Named Releases set in the server.
1 Click Repository > Releases > Delete Named Release.
2 Click the Select a Named Release list and then select the target release.
Branching and Merging Diagrams
Branches are typically needed for testing or development purposes and then, once stabilized, merged into the
currently deployed model. You can branch and sub-branch as often as you want.
1 Open the target diagram for branching or merging
2 Click Repository > Diagrams > Branch/Merge Diagram.
3 To create a branch of the active diagram, from the Branch Tree, select the diagram to be branched and then
click the Branch button.
To create a branch of the active diagram, from the Branch Tree, select the diagram or branch of the diagram to
be merged and then click Merge.
The following describes options that may not be self-explanatory.
Display deleted diagrams: Select this option to view all branches of the diagram, including those that were
previously deleted. Deleted diagrams are unavailable and cannot be selected to use with the Branch or Merge
functions.
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