Exercise 2: Importing the required resources
Before you begin, you must complete
Exercise 1: Setting up your environment.
The sample data design project that is included in the workbench contains project files, a domain model, and a logical model.
There are two ways to import the project files. If you are viewing this
tutorial in the Tutorials Gallery, follow the steps under Importing the
resources from the Tutorials Gallery. If you are viewing this tutorial
in another form (for example, if you printed the tutorial), follow the
steps under Importing the resources manually. You need to use only one
of these methods.
Importing the resources from the Tutorials Gallery
- While viewing this page in the Tutorials Gallery, click the following link:
Import the sample
A wizard opens.
- In the wizard, keep the default project name (Design) and click Finish.
The project is imported to your workspace and is displayed in the Data Project Explorer.
Importing the resources manually
- Outside of the workbench, extract the following zip file to any directory:
<RDA>\rda_prod\eclipse\plugins\com.ibm.datatools.sample.datamodels_xxx\install\TopDownScenario.zip
Where <RDA> is the directory in which you installed this product.
You should see the following files:
- .project - a data design project file
- .references - a project references file
- Domain Model.ddm - a domain model containing a data dictionary
- HR.ldm - a simplified logical data model that contains human resources
information
- From the workbench main menu, click File > Import > Existing Project into Workspace. An Import wizard opens.
- Click the Browse button. In the window that opens, browse to the folder where you extracted
the files, click OK, then click Finish in the wizard.
You should now see a project named Design in the Data Project Explorer. Expand the Design project folder and the Data Models folder to see the sample data models that are included in the project.
If you were working in a team environment, you could now share the design
project by using the source code management functionality in the workbench.
Now you are ready to begin Exercise 3: Viewing the domain model reference in the Design project properties.