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Use Multiple Threads to Load Models

When you upgrade Mart models from a previous release to the current release using the Upgrade Mart utility, the time taken to upgrade depends on the number of models. Higher the number of models, longer is the time taken to upgrade. The reason for taking longer time is that the computer on which you run the wizard uses a single thread to process the models. From this release onward, you can configure the Upgrade Mart utility to use multiple threads and process multiple models simultaneously.

Note: The computer on which you run the upgrade process must have a minimum of 3 GB free memory to use multiple threads. If not, the message, "You need 3 GB free memory at least to launch multi-threads mode" appears.

The number of threads that you can use depends on the system resources of the computer on which you are running the Upgrade Mart utility. In addition, you can use a maximum of five threads.

Follow these steps:

  1. From the Windows Start menu, go to All Programs, CA, ERwin, ERwin Data Modeler r9.6, MartUpgrade.

    The Mart Upgrade dialog appears.

  2. Click Upgrade Options and go to the Threads for Loading field. Enter a number that is less than 5.

    Default: 1

    Note: The computer on which you run the upgrade process must have a minimum of 3 GB free memory to use multiple threads. If not, the message, "You need 3 GB free memory at least to launch multi-threads mode" appears.

  3. (Optional) To verify whether multiple threads are running for the upgrade process, open the Windows Task Manager and locate SourceConfigure.exe in the Processes tab. You can view the logs in the Working Directory for details of the models that failed upgrade.
  4. Click Finish to start the upgrade process.

Online Help Enhancement

From this release onward, online help is literally 'online'. This means, when you press F1, the help file is fetched from a website, as opposed to from the local computer. You can configure whether you want to view the help files from a website, or from your local computer. By default, the help files are fetched from a website.

To configure the application to fetch the help files from a your computer, click Tools, Options and select Use local help.