Problems 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 ArticlePD 16.5, Oracle 11.2 reverse engineering problem with foreign keys
General- reverse engineering of big (almost 2k tables) schema, directly from DB is actually impossible due to 'server does not respond' status. - reverse engineering from create.sql files is really...
View ArticleListing of tables in a diagram
How do I get a .CSV of tables in a particular diagram ? In Erwin, diagram names were expandable within the Model Explorer (Object Browser in PD). And you could then see tables only in that diagram. In...
View ArticleSAP Business Objects Add-ins
Hello, I have a computer with SAP Business Objects 4.1 SP2 and SAP PowerDesigner 16.5.3.2 (4343). When I try to enable SAP BusinessObjects Add-ins I get the error message "Add-in SAP BusinessObjects...
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Setting synchronization order of folders in the Library
Hi, just wondering, how to set the refresh order of the folders/files in the Library. I have the following case: There are 6 foldes in the library, some of the folders contains references to files in...
View ArticlePower Designer does not generate rename constraint
Hello,I am facing a problem with PD 16.1. (DBMS: Oracle 11g):When I am changing the name of a column check constraint, PowerDesigner does not generate the expected statement likeALTER TABLE TEST RENAME...
View ArticleHow to get rtf formatted text to Word by vbscript?
Hello, I`m trying to export rtf formatted text from Descriptions and Annotations of PowerDesigner objects into MS Word document by vbscript. I cannot use Reports, that is not an option. The only way...
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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 ArticleSP04 PowerDesigner Web Server License
Hi, PowerDesigner Web Server -which is newly introduced in SP04- asks for Floating License Server connection parameters.In Portal16_SysamLog.txt, it seems that (LT=FL;PKG=WBPM) information is required...
View ArticleIs it a good practice to create CDM followed by PDM (skipping LDM)
From my limited experience in using PowerDesigner (we are using 16.5 SP03), CDM appears to have all functionality of LDM plus something called 'library of Data Items' where all the attributes are...
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Feature Request: Option for Diagrams folder
Hello PD-Team,everything in PD is well organised stored in expandable folders, but i get tired in some models scrolling down a list of 50 or more diagrams to see the first folder in my model. Why not...
View ArticleHow to modify view DDL?
Looking to modify the view DDL. Using PowerDesigner version 15.2 for Teradata. Have been able to make quite a bit of customization on the .xdb but there are two things I want to change: a) list all the...
View ArticleRole names on data models being moved to default location when printing
Hi, Am having problems with the layout on Logical Data Models. I move Role names into spaces where they don't overlap other role names, relationship lines, cardinality symbols and so forth. When I...
View ArticleMultiple operators on the same column in a List Report - is it possible?
Hi, I would like to run a List Report for some Attribute details where the Comment column is filtered to return where the Comment column is null (Operator is 'Empty') or the Comment column contains a...
View ArticleAttaching an extension to a model via script
Hi, quick question to one of the PD gurus: How to create a model by script and add an existing extension to it. I'm able to create a model using the CreateModelFromTemplate function based on a template...
View ArticleCreateing a model containing an extension
Hi, quick question to one of the PD gurus: How to create a model by script and add an existing extension to it. I'm able to create a model using the CreateModelFromTemplate function based on a template...
View ArticleNext release of PowerDesigner?
Hi gurus,Do you know where I can find documentation on timing for next release of PowerDesigner and end of maintenance for PowerDesigner 16.5 sp03? So far, all I've been able to find is a SAP document...
View ArticleAttachToComposite function
Hi, did one of you folks already had the chance to use the AttachToComposite function? AttachToComposite(ByVal Symbol As BaseObject) As BaseObject This method searches in the diagram for a composite...
View ArticleIs it a good practice to create CDM followed by PDM (skipping LDM)
From my limited experience in using PowerDesigner (we are using 16.5 SP03), CDM appears to have all functionality of LDM plus something called 'library of Data Items' where all the attributes are...
View ArticleHow to build an external html-link to PD Portal object's page
I'm in developing an external restful-service for working with PD repository.The service aims to search objects in the repository and represent result in json format. Since I have search result in json...
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