Tips for Web Reports
Getting my model info onto the Web has had some drawbacks for me and I'm working on some solutions. Overall, the html reports are pretty good, just a little outdated. I've found a few tricks that...
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Reverse engeneering from Oracle DB synonyms
Hi everybody I tried to reverse engineer from Oracle DB using Power Designer. I have access only to synonyms in Oracle DB. I connected to source system, selected needed synonyms and clicked to reverse...
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PowerDesigner 16.5 SP02 HTML Report not displaying diagrams in IE8
I am creating an HTML report in PowerDesigner 16.5 SP02 and the diagrams are not displaying in IE8. I am aware that these are SVG images and that a download/install of SVGViewer would fix this BUT...
View ArticlePowerDesigner Repository - freezes when checking out large PDM?
Hi All, I am running PowerDesigner 16.5. The repository is installed on a windows 2008 R2 server. I am using the proxy to connect to the repository.I was cleaning up the repository, and checked out a...
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Constraint names - Modeling Naming Options
Can anyone advise me which group(under Model Options -> Naming Conventions) controls the max code length for the below in a physical data model. FK ConstraintsPK ConstraintsUK Constraints The...
View ArticleHaving trouble importing files into the demo
I'm trying to import from Vision 2010/13 but it does not appear to function with the Demo of PowerDesigner that I've brought in. I don't know if I've got Enterprise Architect or Information Architect...
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Update of Diagramm after .SetAttribute or .SetAttributeText
Hi, we use 16.5 and update a Requirement Model from Excel. i used .SetAttribute annotation , "Test" or.SetAttributeText annotation , "Test" and i get the Data in the description or also in...
View ArticlePowerDesigner 16.5 SP02 HTML Report Display Column Comments
Hi All, I am using PowerDesigner 16.5 SP02 and am trying to view the column comments in an HTML Report. I know that you can enable Table comments and such in the report wizard but I can't find anything...
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Is the import function in Power Designer limited during the trial?
Hello, I'm trying to use the PowerDesigner trial to replace Visio. I can't bring the Visio files into Power Designer for a few reasons. Is there a limit to the software on in the PowerDesigner trial?...
View ArticleAdding tablespace to table
Hi ! I'm trying to assign some tablespaces to tables using scripts. For that i triyed this : call TB.SetPhysicalOptionValue("<Physical Options>\<tablespace_clause>\in", TS.Name) I triyed...
View ArticleProblems with SP03, anyone?
I installed the latest EBF today - EBF 22452, which is the 64-bit installation for PD 16.5 Service Pack 03 (build 4313). I was going to roll it back to SP02 because of the following issues: when I edit...
View ArticleHow to generate columnar PDM for HANA?
Hi Folks, I'm quite new to PowerDesigner and have been working on generating a HANA database from MS SQLServer. Currently I've been able to import a source SQLServer system as a Physical Data Model in...
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Overlay a symbol in Power Designer
Hello, I am trying to overlay a dependency with another symbol (e.g. component of a component diagram).But at the moment i place the component on the dependency the dependency always goes out of the...
View ArticleODBC error checking in a data model
At my client we're using PD 16.5.0 build 3982, and we're trying to check in a LDM that was originally generated from a PDM. When we try and check the LDM in to the repository, we get an ODBC error:ODBC...
View ArticleAdding a TraceabilityLinks between Requirement and LDM Attributes ?
hi, i search about how to create a Tracability Link in vbs to a Requirement but i did not found any usefull information about how i could do it. i know that Requriments have the Property...
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How to disable Requirement Title uniqueness ?
hallo , i tried to find a point where in Requirement Model ( Model Options ..." etc.) i could disable the uniqueness check for Title.(Code is unique) but if i add with vbs a new Requirement with same...
View ArticleChildren and parent in different CDM packages?
Hi, I wonder if there is a way to use inheritance and packages, in a conceptual data model (CDM), so that the parent and the children are not in the same packages? I have first created entity A, B and...
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Synchronization issue | Extended Metamodel Signature
Hello, we want to use the repository functionality. A colleague and I use the same repository folder to "check in" /"check out" our content. Unfortunately I cannot "check in" my content anymore after I...
View ArticleData Mapping Model extensions to support LDM/CDMs as Source/Target ?
In DMM there are only 3 Source/Target Types (Database/XML/Process) and in Database it´s only possible to assign "physical Database Models" How could i assign a LDM or CDM as a Source or Target ?...
View Articlehow do I import indicies with excelimport.xem???
Hi all,i have the following exceltable:...
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