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I cannot import Excel Import Extension along with Requriement model or conceptual data model

November 12, 2015, 2:57 pm
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Hello

 

I have attached Excel import Extension along with Requirement model and successfully imported the data from excel but Powerdesigner gets stuck for hours when ever I try to checkin the Excel Import Extension along with the model into the repository. I tried to uncheck the Excel Import Extension during the checkin process and tried to check in and the model checks in fine into the repository. I tried the same with conceptual and logical model and the same problem persist. It differs with the physical model though, when I created a new physical model and attached the Excel import extension, the model again checks in fine.

 

Does anyone know why this scenario is happening? and why it is only particular to certain type of models?

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Linking data models to BPMN 2.0

September 21, 2015, 4:04 am
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Hello,

 

We have some data models (Conceptual and Logical) in PowerDesigner. Separately, Business Process Models are being produced in another tool (Signavio) using BPMN 2.0 notation. If possible, I would like to keep these models in sync.

 

The BPMN 2.0 models contain Data Objects. These are defined in PowerDesigner as follows: "Data objects represent data used in the process". Checking Wikipedia for BPMN, it says a Data Object "shows the reader which data is required or produced in an activity".

 

I don't have much experience of using BPMN 2.0, and I am not clear at what level a Data Object is pitched. Should the entities in the CDM or LDM drive what Data Objects you see in the BPMN 2.0 model? Or vice versa? Or do the Data Object names not necessarily have to match any entity name?

The example in PD showed a Data Object called 'Quarterly Report'.

 

As I understand it, a Data Object might contain more detailed information, e.g. a list of attributes, but you won't see this level of detail from looking at a BPMN diagram itself. I'm wondering whether I should be linking attribute level detail in an LDM to a Data Object, or if this is too granular.

 

As I said at the beginning, the BPMN models are being produced in a separate tool. I was able to import one of the models into PD (as a .bpmn file) as a test, as I was interested to see how it could be linked to a data model (perhaps using a Traceability Link). I am less interested in the mechanism for linking models, and more concerned I link the most appropriate type of data model to the BPMN model.

 

Thanks,

Antony

 

N.B. I have seen this post - BPMN Link Data to Process Steps - which doesn't quite answer my question (Traceability Links look like a sensible approach though). There might be another useful post on SCN which I have missed though.

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Naming template for Key (PK, UK)

October 23, 2015, 6:40 am
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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.

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Reverse Engineering PowerDesigner 16.5 - SQLServer 2012 tables Extended Properties

November 12, 2015, 8:07 am
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Hello all,

 

Sorry in advance if this basic question has already been asked. I have had a look at the forums first, as well as the documentation, without finding the answer I am looking for.

 

I am new to PowerDesigner 16.5, currently testing the reverse engineering function with a SQL Server 2012 database

 

I am trying to find how to import the table extended properties that were applied to the sql server tables (sp_addextendedproperties)

 

If it has already been imported with the reverse engineering default options, I can't see it anywhere in the resulting diagram.

 

Thank you in advance for your help

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Representing Object Browser Tree As Database Query

September 9, 2015, 11:34 am
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Hi everyone,

I am trying to query PowerDesigner Database to retrieve information exactly as the image attached. I need to know the parent and childs that is represented in the object browser tree. Where can I find this representation? Is in a table?

 

I do know that almost all information about the model is persisted in a object table PMOBJT and it has no much more tables related to a particular model (CDM in my case). The question is: how can I replicate this object browser tree using queries or anything else?

 

Thanks

Regards,

Marcelo

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Downloadin PD 16.5 SP2

July 15, 2013, 8:08 am
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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?

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How to import Reference Joins with different column names

July 22, 2015, 7:10 am
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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:

 

  • Table
  • Table.Key
  • Table.Column
  • Table.Index
  • Table.Index.Index Column
  • Reference
  • Reference.Reference Join

 

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:

 

Table:

OwnerName
OWNER1MASTER
OWNER1DETAIL

 

Table.Key:

ParentNameConstraint NamePrimary
MASTERPK_MASTERPK_MASTERTrue
DETAILPK_DETAILPK_DETAILTrue

 

Table.Column:

ParentNameData TypeMandatoryPrimary
MASTERIDINTEGERTrueTrue
MASTERParentIDINTEGERFalseFalse
MASTERStartDateDATEFalseFalse
DETAILIDINTEGERTrueTrue
DETAILNameVARCHAR2(50)TrueFalse
DETAILDescriptionVARCHAR2(1000)FalseFalse

 

Reference:

NameCodeParent TableChild TableForeign Key Constraint Name
FK_DETAIL_MASTERFK_DETAIL_MASTERMASTERDETAILFK_DETAIL_MASTER
FK_MASTER_MASTERFK_MASTER_MASTERMASTERMASTERFK_MASTER_MASTER

 

Reference.Reference Join:

ParentParent Table ColumnChild Table Column
FK_DETAIL_MASTERMASTER.IDDETAIL.ID
FK_MASTER_MASTERMASTER.IDMASTER.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.

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LicenceServer does not free floating licence for hours

November 16, 2015, 4:58 am
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Hello PD folks

 

 

Running PD 16.5 we are currently working with 3 People and 1 Floating licence.

 

When 1 user closes PD then it takes hours until another user can open PD.

The user who closed it  can open it again, so i think the problem is the licence-server not freeing the licence

 

 

Is there a tool/Workaround to free the licence immediatly ?

 

We have no direct access to the backend of PD (and when we open a ticket to the internal Helpdesk then it takes also a lot of time to solve this)

 

 

thanks for help

 

dj

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Transformation icon in Data Movement Model

November 17, 2015, 2:12 pm
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The Transformation Icon (in the Toolbox window) is 'grayed out' and I can't select it.  The rest are fine. What is preventing me from using this selection?

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"Unable to reverse engineer group attributes."

November 17, 2015, 3:08 am
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I've just started to use PowerDesigner (am giving it a try as we currently use ERWin)

 

 

I'm trying to reverse engineer using "Update Model from Database"

I've set up a connection using JDBC and "Test Connection" reporting this as OK - I'm looging in as myself as "sa" - All objects are owned as dbo.

 

The next window "Database Reverse Engineering" with tables for "Table", "View", "System table", etc.

     All tabs are blank except "Group" which have PUBLIC

Selections are "<Default Database>" "All users" which I can't change to anything that gets accepted.

 

I select OK and then get "1 error(s) occurred" and

     "Unable to reverse engineer group attributes."

 

I'm sure I'm doing something stupid but can't see what it is.

 

Can anyone help ?

 

Thanks

 

Mike

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SAP Power Designer 16.5 SP 5 Portal installation error

November 17, 2015, 1:50 am
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I have tried to use Microsoft SQL server for SAP Power Designer 16.5 SP 5  Portal installation

 

I have created the database on the SAP Sybase SQL Anywhere 12.

 

 

But I haven't seen any port number for this unlike SAP IQ.

 

How can can I know this is using 2638 port or not.

 

In the database parameter screen for the repository . I gave the credentials but it is giving error like below.

 

 

 

Please help me where it went wrong. Why it is not working . I have tried with SQL server also. There also not working fine.

 

Thanks & Regards,

Ramana.

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SAP Power Designer 16.5 SP 5 Portal is not starting.

November 17, 2015, 3:43 am
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Hi ,

 

I have installed the Power Designer 16.5 sp 5 portal. But I am unable to open the portal.

 

Please find the below error for reference.

 

 

Repository database is up and running.

 

What went wrong.

 

Thanks & Regards,

Ramana.

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How to import Reference Joins with different column names

July 22, 2015, 7:10 am
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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:

 

  • Table
  • Table.Key
  • Table.Column
  • Table.Index
  • Table.Index.Index Column
  • Reference
  • Reference.Reference Join

 

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:

 

Table:

OwnerName
OWNER1MASTER
OWNER1DETAIL

 

Table.Key:

ParentNameConstraint NamePrimary
MASTERPK_MASTERPK_MASTERTrue
DETAILPK_DETAILPK_DETAILTrue

 

Table.Column:

ParentNameData TypeMandatoryPrimary
MASTERIDINTEGERTrueTrue
MASTERParentIDINTEGERFalseFalse
MASTERStartDateDATEFalseFalse
DETAILIDINTEGERTrueTrue
DETAILNameVARCHAR2(50)TrueFalse
DETAILDescriptionVARCHAR2(1000)FalseFalse

 

Reference:

NameCodeParent TableChild TableForeign Key Constraint Name
FK_DETAIL_MASTERFK_DETAIL_MASTERMASTERDETAILFK_DETAIL_MASTER
FK_MASTER_MASTERFK_MASTER_MASTERMASTERMASTERFK_MASTER_MASTER

 

Reference.Reference Join:

ParentParent Table ColumnChild Table Column
FK_DETAIL_MASTERMASTER.IDDETAIL.ID
FK_MASTER_MASTERMASTER.IDMASTER.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.

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How to export a data model from PowerDesigner 16/Power AM16 to Excel

November 17, 2015, 9:40 am
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Hi

 

I use Power AMC 16 to export a data model to Excel by running this VB Script found on the Net

But I get this error.

 

Microsoft VBScript compilation error

Identifier expected (0x800A03F2)

At line 68, character 7 width.

 

 

Can you help

 

G

 

..../.....

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Products like ERWIN

November 18, 2015, 9:32 pm
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Good day

We have requirement in product like ERWIN but for BW 7.41. We have too many cubes and ods , thats is why looking for product which helps to manage

architecture of system. Is anyone knows such product?

 

 

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Support of LDAP groups

November 17, 2015, 2:39 am
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Hello,

 

is there a way to structure the user rights of PD repository via LDAP groups?

Perhaps there is a way to link LDAP groups to internal groups of PowerDesigner.

 

kind regards

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XEM protection

November 20, 2015, 7:07 am
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I am interested in encrypting the extensions for PowerDesigner. Here on SCN I have found only one 2-years old thread with partial answers (thanks Dirk and Thierry):

 

Code protection

 

I would like to ask other experts and people at the steering wheel (Marc, Laurent, Matt, David,...) if there are plans to implement this functionality in any of future releases? The most elegant way would be to let the creator of xem decide during the xem creation if it should be password protected or not. Is there any way how to implement it in such way that the password would be needed only for editation of the extension but not for the running? Or do you have any other idea how it could be implemented?

 

Or the only way is to encrypt code (object methods and Global script) in external library and call it like it was mentioned in the thread above?

 

Are there any other possibilities how to protect your code besides those mentioned?

 

Thanks in advance for any idea.

 

Ondrej

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Data Flow Diagram toolbox

November 19, 2015, 12:08 pm
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I have managed to create a Data Flow Diagram as a Physical Model.  However, the Toolbox does not display the 'Data Store', 'Process', 'Flow' tools in the toolbox.

 

How do I get them to appear?

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PowerDesigner - editions and licenses available?

July 17, 2015, 3:30 am
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Hello,

 

last days, I faced this problem couple times. What is the current list of PD editions available for purchase? Does the Portal Composer license exist or it is not needed anymore?

 

All I found in PD (16.5 SP05) documentation is mentioning named user licenses:

 

  • PD_EAR - PowerDesigner EnterpriseArchitect with Repository
  • PD_IAR - PowerDesigner InformationArchitect with Repository
  • PD_DMR - PowerDesigner DataModeler with Repository
  • PD_DM - PowerDesigner DataModeler
  • PD_WBPM - PowerDesigner Web BPM

 

Is Portal composer license (the ability to edit comments, etc.) part of one of these? I installed PD and repository in trial model and Portal Composer functionality was working. I put PowerDesigner DataArchitect Enteprise license for version 16.5 and it is working again. Can somebody please put here a CURRENT list of available editions and licensing types (Floating vs. standalone/named)? How about DataArchitect vs. DataModeler editions? I am still able to generate DataArchitect license for PD 16.5 (including CDM).

 

Is there a list of PD components used in license files with their description? So I can better understand directly from the license file, which functionalities are currently available for the customer? For example:

PD_SAP component is needed for: SAP Business Suite import, SAP Business Objects Universe generation and reverse engineering, etc.

PD_SHELLW componenet is needed for: ...

etc.

 

I would really appreciate if someone can clarify my confusion about this.

 

Thank you,

Ondrej Divis

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Transformation icon in Data Movement Model

November 17, 2015, 2:12 pm
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The Transformation Icon (in the Toolbox window) is 'grayed out' and I can't select it.  The rest are fine. What is preventing me from using this selection?

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