MDMI Workbench Installation
Transformation maps are created using the MDMI Workbench which is implemented as an Eclipse plugin. Note that if you already have Eclipse installed, this will create another side by side and not impede either installation.
You can find the Eclipse IDE here https://www.eclipse.org/downloads/. Download and unzip the Workbench’s setup file (here) then run the installer. Click the hamburger menu of the installer.
From that menu, select ADVANCED MODE…
On the next window click the green plus sign.
In the ensuing Add User Products popup click the Browse File System button to select the MDMI setup file. Click Next on the next three dialogs taking the default options. Finally, click Finish to initiate the installation process.
When Eclipse starts select a workspace for it, keeping the default if you like.
Next, install the Git plug-in by clicking Help in the main menu. From there select Install New Software.
Click Add on the Available Software Popup.
In the Add dialog enter the URI https://download.eclipse.org/egit/updates/. Use any name in that entry.
In the next dialog click Select All to include all Git options and click Next and Next again keeping all defaults. Click Finish accepting all license terms, if offered, to start the installation.
Download the following two zip files and extract them to the Eclipse dopins directory. This will be located within the installation directory under the MDMIWorkbench subdirectory.
From Window in the main menu select Preferences. Select MDMI from the left pane in the ensuing popup. In the right pane, under SEER URL enter:
http://ec2-34-230-37-179.compute-1.amazonaws.com:8080/org.mdmi.ri.service
Click Apply and Close.
In the Git Repositories pane click the Clone a Git Repository hyperlink. In the URI field of the ensuing dialog enter:
https://github.com/MDMIModels/V2Models
Click Next in the two windows that follow keeping the default settings, then click Finish.
In the Git Repositories pane, expand project tree and select Working Tree at the bottom. Right-click the selection and choose Import Projects from the context menu then click Finish.
If the Project Explorer pane is not visible click Window from the main menu. Select Show View then Other. Expand the General choice from the tree list and from there select Project Explorer.
To edit an MDMI map, expand the maps branch of the project tree in the Project Explorer. Right-click one of the maps listed, select Open With… and from there select MDMI Model Editor. Open the Properties tab in the accompanying pane to get access to the full range of map attributes.