Hello Experts
Need your guidance. I have a .PDM generated from Netezza DB and another .PDF from Oracle. Can i compare these 2 .PDF Files? When i click Compare Model i get the result, However when i click on the Options button before the comparison i get the attached error.
Regards
Hello,
currently our “Security team” is doing a review on tools that we use, and they have a few questions regarding the PowerDesigner:
- Is the connection from the PowerDesigner client software to the License server:
Encrypted
Authenticated (i.e. using certificates to make sure that the client is talking to the real licensing server)
- Is the connection from the PowerDesigner client software to Proxy server:
Encrypted
Authenticated (i.e. using certificates to make sure that the client is talking to the real licensing server)
- Is the connection from the PowerDesigner client software to Repository database (when using Direct connection instead of Proxy):
Encrypted
Authenticated (i.e. using certificates to make sure that the client is talking to the real licensing server)
Thank you very much, best regards,
Boris Silic
I'm doing some modeling using Object-Oriented Class Diagrams. The first OO Class Diagram I created uses the correct symbology for Associations, Aggregations, and Compositions. Every Class Diagram I have created since that first one uses incorrect symbology; it looks more like Barker notation for Conceptual Data Models rather than OO Class Diagram notation. I attached two files to depict the problem. The "Correct.JPG" file shows the symbology on my original Class Diagram. The "Incorrect.JPG" shows the symbology on subsequent class diagrams. In this example, I literally a cut and pasted the graphics from the original Class diagram to a new Class diagram. Is there a way to fix this problem?
I am wondering if it is possible to specify the sequence of "Transformation Processes" in data movement model?
I am manually reverse engineering SSIS packages as Transformation Process and the SSIS package execution has some dependence of execution order and I would like to model this within DMM if possible.
Your help is greatly appreciated. I am using Version 16.5.
Hi Experts
I have a very basic question on Mapping Editor Tool in PD. I have created a .PDF for 2 Tables that are within the same database. I need to map fields from Table 1 to Table 2. Data for Table_2 comes from Table_1
Table_1 Table_2
E.Name E.Name
Age Age
*** ***
Say E.Name and Age fields are directly populated from its corresponding field value from Table_1. But for Table_2.*** the logic is
IF Table_1.*** = 'M' then
Table_2.*** = 'MALE'
Else
Table_2.*** = 'FEMALE'
Is is possible to mention this type of transformation logic while using the Mapping Editor?
Also how can i HARDCODE a value?
Regards
Praveen
Hello,
I recently reimaged my PC to 64-bit and needed to reinstall Powerdesigner. I installed 16.5.5 64-bit major version and then applied PL01, 02, and 03 patches. Now when I copy a table with mappings and paste it as object in my model, not all the mappings are copied. Powerdesigner copy / paste seems to be having a size limitation of an object that it needs to process: I tried to copy a small table with many mappings and almost all of them made it, and I tried to copy a large table and only a few mappings came along.
Did anyone experience the same issue? Appreciate any of the insight you can provide.
Thank you,
Stella
P.S. Prior to reimage I was on PD 16.5.0.3982 (32-bit) build.
Hi Everyone,
I am facing some issues I don't seem to be able to fix myself after upgrading our company repository from 15.1 to 16.5 and hope someone might be able to help me with that.
I am currently in the process of upgrading our PowerDesigner landscape from 15.1 to 16.5.5.0 (4693). We are using an oracle db schema as our repository which I "upgraded" with the script given when accessing it for the first time with the 16.5 client.
After the repository upgrade I naturally wanted to check if the data model contents are still available or if anything is missing. Everything looks fine apart from the extensions within our CDMs.
I am still able to see them within the object browser and when opening its properties all settings appear on screen unchanged. Within our extensions we did some changes to e.g. forms within the entity branch. Which means we added additional property tabs per entity to capture additional info.
Now here is my problem - when opening an entity within the CDM the additional tabs which we defined in the extension object are not appearing. Even after selecting "Display all tabs for all". When going to Model -> Extensions I am able to see the wanted extensions (not grayed out) - however they do not seem to be properly linked to the entities.
And worst of all, it seems that all data which was collected on these customized forms for entities is gone as well. At least it is not showing up in any of the exports or can be called into view anywhere.
Has anybody ever faced the same issues and could tell me what I might be missing? The PowerDesigner help is not really supporting me here, as it just covers the creation of new extensions or the import of extension definitions (which do not seem to come with the data collected on e.g. customized forms). I am happy to share any additional info or screenshots if needed!
TLDR;
Extensions are appearing after upgrade within CDMs but are not "applied" to entities, etc. and formerly collected data on custom forms cannot be found.
Thanks a lot in advance
Cheers
Chris
Message was edited by: Chris Dettmann
Hello Experts
Need your guidance. I have a .PDM generated from Netezza DB and another .PDF from Oracle. Can i compare these 2 .PDF Files? When i click Compare Model i get the result, However when i click on the Options button before the comparison i get the attached error.
Regards
There is a box checked by default to Keep PowerDesigner 15.3 settings during the 16.5.0 client install. Anyone know to which settings this refers and the potential side effects of retaining or not retaining?
Where can I find the rules on how PD 16.5 generates the text it puts in the Name AND Code columns for a Key on a Table. Key could be Primary or Unique.
Right now it is generating a value such as key_1, key_2. I would like it to use the same value as used by ConstraintName, for which I have a rule defined in the DBMS Resource file to generate the value such as PK_tablename, UK_tablename_seqnbr.
Having the Name and Code columns as Key_1 is not impacting the DDL being generated, but when merging the Dev model to Production model, it is getting difficult to identify which changes to merge.
I want to do a similar thing for Name and Code column for References (i.e Relationships). Would like to put the same value as in Constraint name in this case too.
I am using Oracle 10 or 11 databases.
Hi, there,
My apologies if this has been asked before, but I searched in the forum and couldn't find an answer. I'm trying to reverse-engineer a PDM by extracting metadata from the Oracle data dictionary and importing it into PowerDesigner 16.5 (SP03) using the Excel import extension. At the moment, I am operating with some basic objects, and below are the tabs I've created:
Everything seems to work correctly, except for one reference join that fails to import properly. I've narrowed down the case to the following: If the "Child Table Column" name is different from the "Parent Table Column," then the import function will create a new column object (with some made up name) instead of using the designated child one.
On the other hand, as long as the parent and child columns are homonyms, everything works without issue.
Here's a representative example:
| Owner | Name |
|---|---|
| OWNER1 | MASTER |
| OWNER1 | DETAIL |
| Parent | Name | Constraint Name | Primary |
|---|---|---|---|
| MASTER | PK_MASTER | PK_MASTER | True |
| DETAIL | PK_DETAIL | PK_DETAIL | True |
| Parent | Name | Data Type | Mandatory | Primary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MASTER | ID | INTEGER | True | True |
| MASTER | ParentID | INTEGER | False | False |
| MASTER | StartDate | DATE | False | False |
| DETAIL | ID | INTEGER | True | True |
| DETAIL | Name | VARCHAR2(50) | True | False |
| DETAIL | Description | VARCHAR2(1000) | False | False |
| Name | Code | Parent Table | Child Table | Foreign Key Constraint Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FK_DETAIL_MASTER | FK_DETAIL_MASTER | MASTER | DETAIL | FK_DETAIL_MASTER |
| FK_MASTER_MASTER | FK_MASTER_MASTER | MASTER | MASTER | FK_MASTER_MASTER |
| Parent | Parent Table Column | Child Table Column |
|---|---|---|
| FK_DETAIL_MASTER | MASTER.ID | DETAIL.ID |
| FK_MASTER_MASTER | MASTER.ID | MASTER.ParentID |
I've highlighted above the offending object. In this case, the reference is to the same table (self-referential), but I've tried it to a different table. It always fails if the Child Table Column name is different from the Parent Table Column name.
Is there a way to make PowerDesigner correctly link the reference in such situations, or am I doing something wrong?
Best regards,
- j.
Hello and thank you in advance for your help.
How to draw constraints {xor}, {subset} and other in a class diagram?
I use PowerDeisnger 16.5.
Thank you,
Hello,
currently our “Security team” is doing a review on tools that we use, and they have a few questions regarding the PowerDesigner:
- Is the connection from the PowerDesigner client software to the License server:
Encrypted
Authenticated (i.e. using certificates to make sure that the client is talking to the real licensing server)
- Is the connection from the PowerDesigner client software to Proxy server:
Encrypted
Authenticated (i.e. using certificates to make sure that the client is talking to the real licensing server)
- Is the connection from the PowerDesigner client software to Repository database (when using Direct connection instead of Proxy):
Encrypted
Authenticated (i.e. using certificates to make sure that the client is talking to the real licensing server)
Thank you very much, best regards,
Boris Silic
Hi Experts
I have a very basic question on Mapping Editor Tool in PD. I have created a .PDF for 2 Tables that are within the same database. I need to map fields from Table 1 to Table 2. Data for Table_2 comes from Table_1
Table_1 Table_2
E.Name E.Name
Age Age
*** ***
Say E.Name and Age fields are directly populated from its corresponding field value from Table_1. But for Table_2.*** the logic is
IF Table_1.*** = 'M' then
Table_2.*** = 'MALE'
Else
Table_2.*** = 'FEMALE'
Is is possible to mention this type of transformation logic while using the Mapping Editor?
Also how can i HARDCODE a value?
Regards
Praveen
I'm looking forward to downloading PD 16.5 SP2, which includes the 64-bit version of PD, but why-oh-why have they combined the 32-bit and 64-bit versions into one huge (2,925,384,014 bytes) ZIP file? I'm now on my third attempt to download it. My first two attempts were (only!) 1,829,605 KB and 1,843,062 KB. We don't all have access to super-fast broadband. 
Am I the only one having problems downloading it?
I am trying to reverse-engineer a Postgresql schema, version 9.2.,4 that was created from a PowerDesigner 16.5 data model. The process is unable to extract any of the columns or keys for any of the tables.
Unable to list the columns.
SQLSTATE = 22003
Bad value for type short: t
Alternate keys have the same problem:
Unable to list the alternate keys
SQLSTATE = 22003
Bad value for type short: t
Simple query everyone - can you point me to a place I can download PowerDesigner please.
Hi
I am trying to show some specific attributes in a different color and size in an entity and using the sub-objects format menu to do that. it works great first time when you create it; however, if either create a copy of the entity into a different name or come back to the original entity to add more formats to the other attributes in the entity, what I see, it applies the formatting to attributes either above or below the position than the attribute for which I have set the sub-object format. It is really annoying. I believe this is a PD Bug unless I am doing some thing wrong.
can you please advise.
thanks
I am trying to print a logical model diagram as PDF by setting the page as Tabloid and orientation as 'Landscape'; I also set the options as 'fit in 1 page'; However the printed PDF always is in a truncated mode; it misses several entities in the diagram or shows them in partial content. It works fine in letter mode, but not in any other page size. Is this a PD Bug or any work around exists to print diagrams in tabloid mode without losing model contents.
I am using PD 16.5 sp03 PL03 64-bit version
thanks
Krishna
Hello. I would like to set some customizations in Oracle script file header. I was able to find how to set the date and the script name with variables ( %DATE% and %NAMESCRIPT% respectively) but there are other informations I don't know how to do. Below, follow a sample header:
/* Script generated on: %DATE% by the user %USER% */ the variable %USER% didn't display any output
/* Script name: %NAMESCRIPT% */
/* Label: ????? */ Here, I want to put information about which configuration label is linked to this document version , if exists.
/* Model/ Version: ??????? */ Here, I want to putwhat the PDM nameandthe repositoty version corresponding toscript
Regards, Jan.