Connecting to PowerDesigner Repository 15.3 - Error
Error Received: Invalid repository user or password! THe repository is on a SQL 2008R2 Server, using an OBDC connection. Authenticity of the login id is "WIth Integrated Windows Authentication". I'm...
View ArticlePD16 Repository Branching
We are using PD16.0 on our project and we are starting to develop releases in parallel. I am evaluating how the branching functionality works. The documentation does a pretty good job at explaining...
View ArticleChange case for attribute codes
Hi I am fairly new to PowerDesigner tool and would appreciate the help. I am trying to modify an exisitng CDM but the CDM is all over the place and the biggest challenge I have right now is to update...
View ArticleUpdating the Metadata in parent did not migrate to Children
Have you experienced any issue with migrating the metadata for the Primary Key column not migrating to the children after you established the relationship.Steps to reproduce the errors.1.Create a...
View ArticleLDAP does not work with Portal
I am having difficulty getting LDAP authentication to work with the PowerDesigner Portal service. I can still connect with the ADMIN account or any other non-LDAP account (i.e., PD account) via the...
View ArticleObject Permissions Report
Anyone know how to determine which objects have NOT had permissions (GRANT) applied to them in a model? I've created a list report that shows the Object, Grant, and User, but I need to know which...
View ArticlePower Designer 11 on Windows 7
Hi, I recently installed Power Designer 11 on Windows 7. Everything went ok, except for the last part. It gets stuck at the 'Registering Modules' section and doesn't seem to progress. Any ideas or...
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Incorrect FK Specification
When generating a LDM from a CDM, PowerDesigner builds a FK reference as an "Integer" from a PK specified as a Serial (8). When the PDM is created the FK reference is transformed to an "INT4". The FK...
View Articlechange RDBMS on delta script
I know just the basics of PowerDesigner and I have the following issue. We are developing an applicatrion which may run on SQL Server or Sybase ASE. In case of making any changeson the db schema we...
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[PowerDesigner Portal] Java error: cannot test database connection
Greetings I want to start using the PowerDesigner Portal 16.1, but I’m having trouble setting up this feature of PowerDesigner. 1- I select the Portal option. 2- I select the...
View ArticlePowerDesigner in Chinese?
some prospects asked me for a chinese version. are there any plans?
View ArticleAnyone using PD for EA repository?
Any suggestion how to structure the PD repository (i.e. TOGAF)?
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Why there is a big delay in posting
Why it takes so long to post a question/answer? Any thing you post takes couple of days with the moderators to release. Why there is a big delay in postings? There are people waiting for response and...
View ArticleCircular reference between a shortcut and the entitie in one and the same model
I did some moving of diagrams and entities recently between CDM’s in Sybase Powerdesigner 15.3And I discovered I ended up with some double entities (one base and a shortcut one referencing to that base...
View ArticleMake a copy of a model in repository
I'm trying to make a copy of a conceptual model (*.cdm) that resides in the repository, but there doesn't seem to be any way to do this. The model currently resides within one folder in the...
View ArticleUK PowerDesigner Special Interest Group - meeting in London on July 3rd
It's taken a while to organise, and now it's here! Registrations are now being taken for the inaugural PowerDesigner Special Interest Group (SIG) meeting. Please extend this invitation to any...
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Event icon at the begin of some flows
Could anyone tell me, how can I add event icon at the begin of some flows (see fig. below)? There is no such icon by default.Thank you.
View ArticleLDAP does not work with Portal
I am having difficulty getting LDAP authentication to work with the PowerDesigner Portal service. I can still connect with the ADMIN account or any other non-LDAP account (i.e., PD account) via the...
View Articlelooking for a Sybase/PowerDesigner Impact Analysis document for a customer
Can anybody help with a recommendation? thanks in advance. Mirko "I am writing an article on Business Architecture and how it relates to the Zachman Ontology. I found, downloaded and reviewed a 16...
View ArticleThanks to all who attended the PD user group meeting in London on Wednesday
Well, we held our inaugural PowerDesigner user group meeting at the Morgan Stanley offices in Canary Wharf on Wednesday, and it was great! I hope that I’m not the only one to think so, and that we have...
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