Here are several resources to get you started with Ecrion Data Architect:

 

Tutorials

This section of the manual describes several common usage scenarios. For a quick tutorial on how to connect to a database and generate XML or Excel output, see Creating a Sample Diagram.

 

Data Architect Concepts

This section describes the types of objects involved when creating diagrams.

 

Working With Documents

In this section you will find a detailed description of all elements in a DAX job.

 

Data Architect works with job files in DAX (Data Aggregation XML) format.

A DAX file contains rules  and parameters that customize the process of retrieving data from your database and generating one of the supported output formats.

You do not need to know the format beforehand to work with it, but you can always look at the code generated by Data Architect at any time and even edit it using the embedded text editor component.

 

DAX jobs can be used without user's intervention in automatic processes by Data Aggregation Server (DAS) or can be used as a data source by Ecrion XF Designer or Ecrion XF Rendering Server.