Release Notes for TM v3.8

Release 3.8 (released October 2005) contained the following new features:

 

TM Installation Procedure

The procedure for installing TM has changed.

To install TM, it is necessary to download the installer and install the licence file.

TM Installer

ETL’s TM Installers are available from the Resource Centre of the ETL web site www.etlsolutions.com. To access the Resource Centre you will need to register as a user and be given sufficient privilege to access the web downloads.

Once you have downloaded TM, the installation will begin automatically. If it does not, start the installer by opening the directory containing the TM installer (C:\IA_Installers\TM\install.exe) and double- click install.exe program in that directory. ETL’s TM Installer uses InstallAnywhere by Zero G (www.zerog.com), recently acquired by Macrovision.

Follow the instructions, remembering in particular to:

1. Read and Accept the licence terms.

2. Choose an install folder – the default is C:\Program Files\TM – and click on the Finish… button when complete.

Installing the Licence File

A valid licence file must be installed before TM can be used.

TM Licences

All ETL products use FlexLM licensing.

Three licence types are supported:

  • Node-Locked Licence (i.e. locked to a specific machine)
  • Floating Licence
  • Demonstration / Time-expired Licence

Customer information is required for node-locked and floating licences before they can be generated.

The TM components that are licensed are:

  • Design time
  • Run-time
1. Node-Locked Licence

The customer must supply the IP address before the licence file can be generated.

The generated file should then be put in C:/Program Files/TM/etc/

This is where TM Design time and run-time looks by default. The file can be put in another location if required, in which case, the user should use the TM Properties Editor to edit the Design Time.lax file and specify the location on the licence page.

A single licence file can give permissions for multiple components – i.e. the design time and run-time.

2. Floating Licence

This can control a licence for single or multiple users. Where there are multiple users, the same licence file is used by all users. Users may either point at the same file, or can have their own copies of the file locally, as the server location is specified in the licence file.

The address of the server is required before a floating licence can be generated.

Use lmhostid to get it. This may be downloaded from:

http://www.macrovision.com/services/support/fnp_utilities.shtml

Your system administrators should download and install the licence server, if necessary, then configure the licence server, which must be running lmgrd and pointing at the supplied licence file.

Upgrading From a Previous Release

Before upgrading an existing installation to the latest release:

1. Make backups of any repositories before installation.

2. After installation, copy the LastFiles.properties from C:\TransMan to
C:\Project Files\TM
This will ensure that your environment settings and repository connection details appear in the new installation.
If your repositories were contained in C:\TransMan\repositories, it is recommended that you copy the repositories over to C:\Program Files\TM\repositories.

3. Edit the start-menu shortcuts. Go to
Start->All Programs->Transformation Manager. There should be 5 items present:

  • TM Design Tool
  • TM Test Tool
  • TM Deployment Tool
  • TM Properties Editor
  • Docs

All other menu items should be deleted (by right-clicking on the menu item).

If you have difficulties with installation, please contact support@etlsolutions.com.

 

Java 5

From v3.8 onwards, TM is available in a Java 5 version as well as Java 1.3 and 1.4.

 

TM Properties Editor Guide

Each TM Application is configured according to an associated lax file generated by InstallAnywhere. These files and the TM application executables are stored in the TM Install Directory.

A TM Properties Editor application is provided to allow users to edit and extend the properties stored in the lax files.

There are four separate applications and each application has its own lax file (although it is not expected that the user need edit the TM Properties Editor lax file):

1. TM Design Tool

2. TM Deployment Tool

3. TM Test Tool

4. TM Properties Editor

Please see the TM Properties Editor Guide for further information.

 

TM Deployment Tool

The TM Deployment Tool allows users to schedule that a test is run as frequently as is required. Users may specify at which hour of which day of which month the test will first be run and how frequently thereafter.

 

Lookups

Lookups in transformation projects can now be modified by the user. The Lookup Wizard makes reviewing and editing the components of existing lookups straightforward.

 

Find and Replace

The Transform Editor in the TM Design Tool contains a Find and Replace facility, which includes the ability to replace text throughout entire projects.